YouTube Competitor Finder

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TubeResearcher Competitor Finder showing curated channels for space telescope discoveries — Curated channel snapshots · Recorded November 12, 2026

Curated channel snapshots · Recorded November 12, 2026

How it works

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Step 1: Search your niche

Enter a topic to find channels covering your niche, or look up a specific channel by URL or handle.

Step 2: We analyze performance

We compare public stats and recent videos from channels in your niche, including views per hour, upload activity and estimated revenue.

Analysis preview for Astrum videos: We Detected an Unusual Signal Coming From Our Galaxy's Core and We Found a Chemical on Titan We've Never Seen Before

Step 3: Find your niche competitors

Explore relevant channels, see what videos they publish and save the competitors worth tracking.

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Why analyze other channels in your niche?

You don't have to guess what works on YouTube. Explore channels in your niche to discover which topics attract viewers, how successful videos are packaged, and what performs better than usual.

Don't just follow the biggest creators. Study channels that reach a similar audience, identify patterns behind their successful videos, and use those insights to find new opportunities for your own content.

Our Agent finds patterns
across channels in your niche

What can I learn from Enrico Tartarotti’s outliers for my next video?

Make your next video about why some UI animations make interfaces easier to understand—and others make them confusing.

Working title: “The animation mistake that makes your UI harder to use”

Borrow the mechanism, not the topic

Enrico starts with a familiar detail, then reveals its consequence. A tiny blue read receipt becomes a bigger story about how design changes behavior. His messaging video reached 1.84M views—12× its channel baseline.

Study the curiosity-driven framing in these examples:

12.0×

The Insane Design Of MessagingEnrico Tartarotti · 1.84M views

5.6×

The LIES That Make Hardware ACTUALLY WorkEnrico Tartarotti · 855.05K views

Give it your hands-on payoff

Your audience already responds to practical UI explanations. Open with two versions of the same interaction: one closes back into its card; the other disappears in an unrelated direction.

“The page didn’t change. The card didn’t change. The animation did—and now it’s harder to tell where we are.”

Then show three fixes:

Match entry and exit direction so viewers keep their bearings.
Connect actions to results so the interface explains what changed.
Remove distracting delays so motion supports the task.

Show the confusing version, fix it, and explain the trade-off. Borrow Enrico’s curiosity; deliver the practical UI decisions your audience comes for.

Views and outlier scores are snapshots, not a guarantee of future performance.

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Pattern recognition

Our Agent finds recurring patterns in topics, titles, thumbnails and formats across channels in your niche. Use what stands out to shape your next video.

Compare channels at a glance

Compare channel size, recent activity and estimated performance to find competitors worth tracking.

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Pricing & Plans

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For getting started

Free

$0/month

Explore your niche for free.

$5 Agent credits
Connect 1 channel
Monitor 3 competitors per channel
Limited research tools

Pro

$10/month

Research what works. Grow with confidence.

Monthly Agent usage
Connect 1 channel
Monitor 10 competitors per channel
Unlimited research tools
Connect to ChatGPT & Claude
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For growing channels

Studio

$30/month

Scale your research across channels.

5× Pro Agent usage
Connect 3 channels
Monitor 30 competitors per channel
Unlimited research tools
Connect to ChatGPT & Claude
Everything in Pro

How TubeResearcher compares
for competitor research

Compare TubeResearcher with vidIQ, TubeBuddy and ViewStats for competitor research
Feature	TubeResearcher	vidIQ	TubeBuddy	ViewStats
Find channels from a topic search
Track competitor channels
See subscribers and recent uploads
Estimated channel views per hour
Estimated monthly channel revenue
Estimated revenue for competitor videos
Estimated RPM for competitor videos
AI research with channel and transcript context
Best for	Find relevant channels, spot their breakout videos and turn patterns into your next video idea	Benchmark channels you follow and find their best-performing videos	See how your channel stacks up and keep up with competitor uploads	Watch channel growth and spot breakout videos worth studying
Pricing	$10/mo Pro · billed monthly	$19/mo Boost · billed monthly	$32.99/mo Legend · billed monthly	$49.99/mo Pro · billed monthly