I thought "gaming highlights" would work. Made 20 videos. Got 47
subscribers. Realized the CPM is like $2-4. Would need 500K views
just to make $1K/month. Not happening.
Then I tried "motivational quotes". Saturated. Couldn't get any
traction.
Then "meditation music". Also saturated. Plus copyright issues.
I was so frustrated. I knew faceless channels could work (I saw
some making money), but I had no idea HOW to find profitable ones.
Manually searching YouTube was a nightmare:
- Most channels show face sometimes (not truly faceless)
- Can't tell if they're actually monetized
- No way to know their revenue
- Takes forever to find good examples
I wasted 3 months guessing. Made 50+ videos across different niches.
Got nowhere.
Then I realized the problem:
I was trying to find profitable faceless channels manually. It's
impossible. There are millions of channels. How do you know which
ones are actually making money?
So I built a scraper to track faceless channels making $5K+/month.
Started analyzing what actually works.
What I found:
- Personal finance reviews (budget products) - Channels making
$15K-35K/mo
- Tech comparisons (budget tech angle) - Channels making $12K-28K/mo
- "How it works" explained content - Channels making $8K-20K/mo
- Ranking videos ("Top 10 X under $Y") - Channels making $6K-18K/mo
- Historical deep dives - Channels making $10K-22K/mo
The pattern: All successful faceless channels pick a micro-niche.
Not "tech reviews" but "budget gaming laptops under $800".
I turned my research into a tool called *ApexVix* so other people
don't waste months like I did. It tracks profitable faceless channels
across all niches and shows you:
- Real channels making $5K-30K/month
- What niches they're in
- Growth patterns
- Upload frequency that works
It's free to use: apexvix
No signup needed. I just wish I had this when I started. Would've
saved me 3 months of guessing.
If you're struggling to find profitable faceless niches, this might
help. Happy to answer questions!"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Show HN: Find Faceless YouTube Channels with AI"}},"_tags":["story","author_andybady","story_45949988","show_hn"],"author":"andybady","children":[45949990,45950299,45963444],"created_at":"2025-11-17T01:03:40Z","created_at_i":1763341420,"num_comments":4,"objectID":"45949988","points":2,"story_id":45949988,"story_text":"Here's my embarrassing story:
I thought "gaming highlights" would work. Made 20 videos. Got 47
subscribers. Realized the CPM is like $2-4. Would need 500K views
just to make $1K/month. Not happening.
Then I tried "motivational quotes". Saturated. Couldn't get any
traction.
Then "meditation music". Also saturated. Plus copyright issues.
I was so frustrated. I knew faceless channels could work (I saw
some making money), but I had no idea HOW to find profitable ones.
Manually searching YouTube was a nightmare:
- Most channels show face sometimes (not truly faceless)
- Can't tell if they're actually monetized
- No way to know their revenue
- Takes forever to find good examples
I wasted 3 months guessing. Made 50+ videos across different niches.
Got nowhere.
Then I realized the problem:
I was trying to find profitable faceless channels manually. It's
impossible. There are millions of channels. How do you know which
ones are actually making money?
So I built a scraper to track faceless channels making $5K+/month.
Started analyzing what actually works.
What I found:
- Personal finance reviews (budget products) - Channels making
$15K-35K/mo
- Tech comparisons (budget tech angle) - Channels making $12K-28K/mo
- "How it works" explained content - Channels making $8K-20K/mo
- Ranking videos ("Top 10 X under $Y") - Channels making $6K-18K/mo
- Historical deep dives - Channels making $10K-22K/mo
The pattern: All successful faceless channels pick a micro-niche.
Not "tech reviews" but "budget gaming laptops under $800".
I turned my research into a tool called *ApexVix* so other people
don't waste months like I did. It tracks profitable faceless channels
across all niches and shows you:
- Real channels making $5K-30K/month
- What niches they're in
- Growth patterns
- Upload frequency that works
It's free to use: apexvix
No signup needed. I just wish I had this when I started. Would've
saved me 3 months of guessing.
If you're struggling to find profitable faceless niches, this might
help. Happy to answer questions!","title":"Show HN: Find Faceless YouTube Channels with AI","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:00:53Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"sonivek"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Had to go take a look\u2026\nDo we really need \u201cHow to Build a Faceless AI YouTube Channel (step-by-step tutorial)|Christian Content Automation\u201d? (An actual title)"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"[dead]"}},"_tags":["comment","author_sonivek","story_45697598"],"author":"sonivek","comment_text":"Had to go take a look\u2026\nDo we really need \u201cHow to Build a Faceless AI YouTube Channel (step-by-step tutorial)|Christian Content Automation\u201d? (An actual title)","created_at":"2025-10-24T20:04:08Z","created_at_i":1761336248,"objectID":"45698541","parent_id":45698408,"story_id":45697598,"story_title":"[dead]","updated_at":"2026-03-05T22:54:29Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"longstoriesai"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"LongStories.ai is an AI-powered platform that enables creators to generate high-quality, engaging videos effortlessly. Designed for YouTubers, storytellers, and content creators, it automates the entire video creation process-from scriptwriting and visuals to voiceovers and publishing. Whether you run a faceless YouTube channel or need AI-generated narratives, LongStories.ai provides superior video quality, creative control, and seamless automation, helping you scale your content without the hassle."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"[dead]"}},"_tags":["comment","author_longstoriesai","story_43187304"],"author":"longstoriesai","comment_text":"LongStories.ai is an AI-powered platform that enables creators to generate high-quality, engaging videos effortlessly. Designed for YouTubers, storytellers, and content creators, it automates the entire video creation process-from scriptwriting and visuals to voiceovers and publishing. Whether you run a faceless YouTube channel or need AI-generated narratives, LongStories.ai provides superior video quality, creative control, and seamless automation, helping you scale your content without the hassle.","created_at":"2025-02-26T19:38:20Z","created_at_i":1740598700,"objectID":"43187305","parent_id":43187304,"story_id":43187304,"story_title":"[dead]","updated_at":"2025-02-26T19:43:24Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"TrackerFF"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"I've seen an increase in this "firehose" tactic among the passive-income folks, where the idea is to just saturate certain niches with AI-generated content, and collect some cents here and some cents there - in the hopes it will generate as much money as maintaining a single high-quality content channel.
Don't know if they actually make any money doing it like that. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across some content-creator that said he had hundreds of faceless YouTube channels, which was made possible due to AI tools."},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["ai"],"value":"12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://github.com/OneUptime/blog/commit/30cd2384794c897d95aca77d173db44af51ca849"}},"_tags":["comment","author_TrackerFF","story_47640722"],"author":"TrackerFF","children":[47641776,47641789],"comment_text":"I've seen an increase in this "firehose" tactic among the passive-income folks, where the idea is to just saturate certain niches with AI-generated content, and collect some cents here and some cents there - in the hopes it will generate as much money as maintaining a single high-quality content channel.
Don't know if they actually make any money doing it like that. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across some content-creator that said he had hundreds of faceless YouTube channels, which was made possible due to AI tools.","created_at":"2026-04-04T18:15:48Z","created_at_i":1775326548,"objectID":"47641701","parent_id":47640722,"story_id":47640722,"story_title":"12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit","story_url":"https://github.com/OneUptime/blog/commit/30cd2384794c897d95aca77d173db44af51ca849","updated_at":"2026-04-06T04:09:18Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"goodmythical"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Talk to student affairs. They have many students face this question every semester. They will have access to lots of relevant resources.
The only thing I would suggest is to broaden your horizons a bit. If you don't have a meal plan at the school, you need to be looking for food assistance programs, soup kitchens, church breakfasts/dinners, etc to reduce your cost of food. In terms of income, I'd consider whether it is true that you truly need a full time job or if a part time position (ideally working from home) would fill enough of the gap.
Given that you're in CS, you could look at bounty programs, book keeping (I'm sure you can figure out quicken or excel or vibecode something to automate a majority of the workload).
There are companies that pay people to train their AI models via chatting and providing feedback.
You could work remote tech support.
You could set up a side hustle providing tech support for students, start a faceless youtube channel, start a real youtube channel, etc.
If your dad is no longer contributing due to some medical or accident situation, there are sometimes hardship grants and loans for students.
In any case, if the worst case is that you end up having to take an interest bearing loan for a single semester, that's not the end of the world. If you're agressive with paying it down via being agressive with your personal revenue, you could be done paying it off in as little as a few years."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Need Advice. Should I Give Up My CS Degree in the Last Semester?"}},"_tags":["comment","author_goodmythical","story_47704698"],"author":"goodmythical","comment_text":"Talk to student affairs. They have many students face this question every semester. They will have access to lots of relevant resources.
The only thing I would suggest is to broaden your horizons a bit. If you don't have a meal plan at the school, you need to be looking for food assistance programs, soup kitchens, church breakfasts/dinners, etc to reduce your cost of food. In terms of income, I'd consider whether it is true that you truly need a full time job or if a part time position (ideally working from home) would fill enough of the gap.
Given that you're in CS, you could look at bounty programs, book keeping (I'm sure you can figure out quicken or excel or vibecode something to automate a majority of the workload).
There are companies that pay people to train their AI models via chatting and providing feedback.
You could work remote tech support.
You could set up a side hustle providing tech support for students, start a faceless youtube channel, start a real youtube channel, etc.
If your dad is no longer contributing due to some medical or accident situation, there are sometimes hardship grants and loans for students.
In any case, if the worst case is that you end up having to take an interest bearing loan for a single semester, that's not the end of the world. If you're agressive with paying it down via being agressive with your personal revenue, you could be done paying it off in as little as a few years.","created_at":"2026-04-09T15:31:18Z","created_at_i":1775748678,"objectID":"47705044","parent_id":47704698,"story_id":47704698,"story_title":"Need Advice. Should I Give Up My CS Degree in the Last Semester?","updated_at":"2026-04-09T15:38:33Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"eliezerord"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Hey HN in this time internet is flooded with videos about how to make millions of dollars with automated faceless Youtube channels, even when I believe that is not that simple like they say is true that AI tech is helping to increase the amount of content created also improve the quality or reduce costs.\nThinking in this I created VoiceOver the goal is that you can start a short form channel on any social platform you can choose the best voice depending on the type of content you are creating.\nThis tool its good also to create product demos or ads, give it a try is in beta so may have a bug or two."},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel"],"value":"VoiceOver in the era of faceless YouTube channels"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://getvoiceover.com"}},"_tags":["comment","author_eliezerord","story_42161481"],"author":"eliezerord","comment_text":"Hey HN in this time internet is flooded with videos about how to make millions of dollars with automated faceless Youtube channels, even when I believe that is not that simple like they say is true that AI tech is helping to increase the amount of content created also improve the quality or reduce costs.\nThinking in this I created VoiceOver the goal is that you can start a short form channel on any social platform you can choose the best voice depending on the type of content you are creating.\nThis tool its good also to create product demos or ads, give it a try is in beta so may have a bug or two.","created_at":"2024-11-17T02:24:04Z","created_at_i":1731810244,"objectID":"42161482","parent_id":42161481,"story_id":42161481,"story_title":"VoiceOver in the era of faceless YouTube channels","story_url":"https://getvoiceover.com","updated_at":"2024-11-17T02:42:26Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"igorkotua"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Hi there
Several months ago I launched an app called LogoPicture AI. It's a simple app that generates picture in the style of your logo. Last week I sold this app.
It was my first app ever which generated some revenue. But I really struggled with marketing. I tried SEO, TikTok, Twitter - many other things.
And one thing I realized that in marketing you need to be super consistent to win. You need to create a video every day, a post, etc. But I am too lazy for this :))
So, this is how the idea of Cliplama was born. I wanted to automate my marketing. I wanted to create a tool what will do at least some marketing for me. A tool, that will create a popular social account for me and I will be able to funnel its traffic in my apps.
So yeah, this is that Cliplama is about. It helps you to create faceless TikTok or even YouTube channel and just post there videos daily. That's it.
Right now Cliplama is in beta, so there are some bugs for sure. Some features are also missing. But I felt like it's a time to launch it.
Would love to hear your feedback. Thank you!"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["faceless","ai"],"value":"Show HN: AI generator for faceless TikTok videos"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://cliplama.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_igorkotua","story_39919381","show_hn"],"author":"igorkotua","children":[39926170],"created_at":"2024-04-03T16:20:29Z","created_at_i":1712161229,"num_comments":4,"objectID":"39919381","points":3,"story_id":39919381,"story_text":"Hi there
Several months ago I launched an app called LogoPicture AI. It's a simple app that generates picture in the style of your logo. Last week I sold this app.
It was my first app ever which generated some revenue. But I really struggled with marketing. I tried SEO, TikTok, Twitter - many other things.
And one thing I realized that in marketing you need to be super consistent to win. You need to create a video every day, a post, etc. But I am too lazy for this :))
So, this is how the idea of Cliplama was born. I wanted to automate my marketing. I wanted to create a tool what will do at least some marketing for me. A tool, that will create a popular social account for me and I will be able to funnel its traffic in my apps.
So yeah, this is that Cliplama is about. It helps you to create faceless TikTok or even YouTube channel and just post there videos daily. That's it.
Right now Cliplama is in beta, so there are some bugs for sure. Some features are also missing. But I felt like it's a time to launch it.
Would love to hear your feedback. Thank you!","title":"Show HN: AI generator for faceless TikTok videos","updated_at":"2025-08-14T22:41:29Z","url":"https://cliplama.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"doychinivn"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"I started a faceless TikTok account, but I HATE editing videos.
I really do. It is complicated, I need to learn new software, it is time-consuming, and generally not my thing. I speak from experience. I had a YouTube channel where I played guitar. Here is me playing a John Mayer song: https://youtu.be/IQjXa8HSwGk?si=6Y6JpKIBHvtyklDX
I ditched my channel because I hated editing. I don't want the same thing to happen to my TikTok account, so I built an AI tool that generates faceless videos for me. It handles everything from voice-overs and scripts to images, all in one place.
I know that there are many similar tools, but they are all subscription based, which I think is unfair for this specific service. BlitzToksAI uses a pay-as-you-go credit system. No reoccurring payments and nasty subscriptions."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["ai"],"value":"Show HN: I made an AI tool to boost my TikTok account"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.blitztoksai.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_doychinivn","story_40935882","show_hn"],"author":"doychinivn","children":[40935911],"created_at":"2024-07-11T12:22:03Z","created_at_i":1720700523,"num_comments":1,"objectID":"40935882","points":1,"story_id":40935882,"story_text":"I started a faceless TikTok account, but I HATE editing videos.
I really do. It is complicated, I need to learn new software, it is time-consuming, and generally not my thing. I speak from experience. I had a YouTube channel where I played guitar. Here is me playing a John Mayer song: https://youtu.be/IQjXa8HSwGk?si=6Y6JpKIBHvtyklDX
I ditched my channel because I hated editing. I don't want the same thing to happen to my TikTok account, so I built an AI tool that generates faceless videos for me. It handles everything from voice-overs and scripts to images, all in one place.
I know that there are many similar tools, but they are all subscription based, which I think is unfair for this specific service. BlitzToksAI uses a pay-as-you-go credit system. No reoccurring payments and nasty subscriptions.","title":"Show HN: I made an AI tool to boost my TikTok account","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:25:15Z","url":"https://www.blitztoksai.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"JonyYadgar"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Hey HN, I made this because I tried to make a faceless AI YouTube video for fun (in the style that channels like "Bible Stories" make), and it took me hours individually generating the AI stock footage. (For example, if you want an image to change every 10 seconds in a 1 hour video, you need to generate 360 images)."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["ai"],"value":"Show HN: I built an AI that turns scripts into AI stock footage"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://autostockfootage.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_JonyYadgar","story_44756800","show_hn"],"author":"JonyYadgar","created_at":"2025-08-01T13:48:37Z","created_at_i":1754056117,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"44756800","points":1,"story_id":44756800,"story_text":"Hey HN, I made this because I tried to make a faceless AI YouTube video for fun (in the style that channels like "Bible Stories" make), and it took me hours individually generating the AI stock footage. (For example, if you want an image to change every 10 seconds in a 1 hour video, you need to generate 360 images).","title":"Show HN: I built an AI that turns scripts into AI stock footage","updated_at":"2025-08-01T13:51:51Z","url":"https://autostockfootage.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"andybady"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"I spent 8 months growing a YouTube channel to 50k subs only to realize I was in a $2 CPM niche (gaming commentary). That channel barely made $200/month despite decent views.
So I built ApexVix to solve this for myself and other creators.
What it does:
Scans 400K+ YouTube channels to find what's actually making money (not just getting views)\nShows you the CPM range for each niche BEFORE you waste months creating content\nTracks 4M+ "outlier videos" (videos that popped off unexpectedly) so you can spot trends early\nAnalyzes any channel in 60 seconds: revenue estimates, health score, posting patterns, what's working\nThe data that surprised me: Some tiny niches with 10k subs are making $5k/month (luxury watch reviews, B2B SaaS tutorials), while million-sub gaming channels struggle to hit $2k. The difference? CPM rates range from $2 to $50+ depending on niche.
Most creators pick niches based on passion or what's trending on Twitter. Then they're shocked when monetization sucks. I wanted actual numbers upfront.
What's different from VidIQ/TubeBuddy: Those focus on SEO and keywords. ApexVix focuses on money. We show you:
Estimated monthly revenue per channel\nCPM ranges by niche and country\nWhich faceless automation niches are exploding right now\nCompetitor revenue tracking (not just sub counts)\nAfter using it myself for 6 months, I went from that $200/month channel to starting a new one in financial education that's on track for $3k/month at just 15k subs.
Some early users are finding 3-5 profitable niches they never considered in their first session. One guy pivoted from tech reviews to AI automation tutorials and tripled his RPM.
Recent updates based on feedback:
Added bookmark system for saving promising channels and video ideas\nAI-powered content idea generator based on proven outlier formats\nThumbnail analyzer that predicts CTR before you publish\nScript optimizer for better retention\nRevenue forecasting based on your upload schedule\nWould love to hear from other YouTubers here. What's your biggest pain point when choosing content topics? Do you look at monetization potential before committing to a niche?
Free plan available if you want to explore (no CC needed). All feedback welcome."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["youtube"],"value":"Show HN: Find profitable YouTube niches (I wasted 8 months on $2 CPM)"}},"_tags":["story","author_andybady","story_45894359","show_hn"],"author":"andybady","children":[45895269],"created_at":"2025-11-11T23:30:39Z","created_at_i":1762903839,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"45894359","points":3,"story_id":45894359,"story_text":"I spent 8 months growing a YouTube channel to 50k subs only to realize I was in a $2 CPM niche (gaming commentary). That channel barely made $200/month despite decent views.
So I built ApexVix to solve this for myself and other creators.
What it does:
Scans 400K+ YouTube channels to find what's actually making money (not just getting views)\nShows you the CPM range for each niche BEFORE you waste months creating content\nTracks 4M+ "outlier videos" (videos that popped off unexpectedly) so you can spot trends early\nAnalyzes any channel in 60 seconds: revenue estimates, health score, posting patterns, what's working\nThe data that surprised me: Some tiny niches with 10k subs are making $5k/month (luxury watch reviews, B2B SaaS tutorials), while million-sub gaming channels struggle to hit $2k. The difference? CPM rates range from $2 to $50+ depending on niche.
Most creators pick niches based on passion or what's trending on Twitter. Then they're shocked when monetization sucks. I wanted actual numbers upfront.
What's different from VidIQ/TubeBuddy: Those focus on SEO and keywords. ApexVix focuses on money. We show you:
Estimated monthly revenue per channel\nCPM ranges by niche and country\nWhich faceless automation niches are exploding right now\nCompetitor revenue tracking (not just sub counts)\nAfter using it myself for 6 months, I went from that $200/month channel to starting a new one in financial education that's on track for $3k/month at just 15k subs.
Some early users are finding 3-5 profitable niches they never considered in their first session. One guy pivoted from tech reviews to AI automation tutorials and tripled his RPM.
Recent updates based on feedback:
Added bookmark system for saving promising channels and video ideas\nAI-powered content idea generator based on proven outlier formats\nThumbnail analyzer that predicts CTR before you publish\nScript optimizer for better retention\nRevenue forecasting based on your upload schedule\nWould love to hear from other YouTubers here. What's your biggest pain point when choosing content topics? Do you look at monetization potential before committing to a niche?
Free plan available if you want to explore (no CC needed). All feedback welcome.","title":"Show HN: Find profitable YouTube niches (I wasted 8 months on $2 CPM)","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:02:09Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"coreycascio"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Spent 3 months building the complete YouTube automation tool I wish existed.
Here's everything it does:
COMPETITOR INTELLIGENCE\n\u2192 Find top creators in any niche (instant)\n\u2192 Analyze what's actually working\n\u2192 Viral patterns, hooks, thumbnails
AI SCRIPT GENERATION\n\u2192 Based on proven patterns in your niche\n\u2192 Not generic AI\u2014data-driven scripts
VIDEO CREATION (2 Ways)\n\u2192 Image slideshow with transitions\n\u2192 AI video generation with Veo 3.1\n\u2192 Auto voiceover with multiple voices
THUMBNAIL MAKER\n\u2192 AI-generated thumbnails\n\u2192 Or add your face automatically
CHANNEL OPTIMIZATION\n\u2192 Overall channel score\n\u2192 Improvement suggestions\n\u2192 SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
AUTO-SCHEDULING\n\u2192 Plan content calendar\n\u2192 Publishes automatically
The goal: Build a YouTube channel in 5 hours/week instead of 20+.
Just launched. Early access here: viralvelocity.app
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Tools this replaces:\n\u2022 vidIQ ($39/mo) - Competitor research\n\u2022 Runway ($30/mo) - Video generation\n\u2022 Descript ($30/mo) - Voiceover\n\u2022 Canva Pro ($13/mo) - Thumbnails\n\u2022 Buffer ($15/mo) - Scheduling
Total savings: $127/month
---
#facelessyoutube #youtubeautomation #aitools #veoai #contentcreator #passiveincome #youtubetools #contentautomation #aicontentcreator #youtubegrowth
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Comment "ACCESS" if you want to try it\n Like if you're building a faceless channel\n Save this for later"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"[dead]"}},"_tags":["comment","author_coreycascio","story_46951844"],"author":"coreycascio","comment_text":"Spent 3 months building the complete YouTube automation tool I wish existed.
Here's everything it does:
COMPETITOR INTELLIGENCE\n\u2192 Find top creators in any niche (instant)\n\u2192 Analyze what's actually working\n\u2192 Viral patterns, hooks, thumbnails
AI SCRIPT GENERATION\n\u2192 Based on proven patterns in your niche\n\u2192 Not generic AI\u2014data-driven scripts
VIDEO CREATION (2 Ways)\n\u2192 Image slideshow with transitions\n\u2192 AI video generation with Veo 3.1\n\u2192 Auto voiceover with multiple voices
THUMBNAIL MAKER\n\u2192 AI-generated thumbnails\n\u2192 Or add your face automatically
CHANNEL OPTIMIZATION\n\u2192 Overall channel score\n\u2192 Improvement suggestions\n\u2192 SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
AUTO-SCHEDULING\n\u2192 Plan content calendar\n\u2192 Publishes automatically
The goal: Build a YouTube channel in 5 hours/week instead of 20+.
Just launched. Early access here: viralvelocity.app
---
Tools this replaces:\n\u2022 vidIQ ($39/mo) - Competitor research\n\u2022 Runway ($30/mo) - Video generation\n\u2022 Descript ($30/mo) - Voiceover\n\u2022 Canva Pro ($13/mo) - Thumbnails\n\u2022 Buffer ($15/mo) - Scheduling
Total savings: $127/month
---
#facelessyoutube #youtubeautomation #aitools #veoai #contentcreator #passiveincome #youtubetools #contentautomation #aicontentcreator #youtubegrowth
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Comment "ACCESS" if you want to try it\n Like if you're building a faceless channel\n Save this for later","created_at":"2026-02-09T21:39:51Z","created_at_i":1770673191,"objectID":"46951845","parent_id":46951844,"story_id":46951844,"story_title":"[dead]","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:33:28Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"CM30"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"As a YouTuber and content creator myself, this article rings all too true to me. Lots of good points here for anyone looking to get into this game.
> It\u2019s still a chore!
Yup. People often underestimate the amount of work it takes to run a blog or YouTube channel in general, and how much of that work doesn't involve the content itself. It's no surprise everyone wants to monetise these things; doing them for free can feel like a second unpaid full-time job in of itself.
> There are weirdos on the internet
Unfortunately. Which makes for a deadly combination alongside sudden fame and psychological instability. So much drama can basically be summed up as "assholes discover mentally unstable content creator" or "mentally unstable content creator hits the big time and becomes a worldwide celebrity".
The end result can be an internet car crash that basically destroys any hope of a normal life.
And the more popular you become online, the more likely it is you'll encounter the rare person wanting to make your life a living hell.
> Indifference is the real killer
100%. Being hated sucks, but seeing something you worked so hard on go completely ignored... well, that's arguably even worse. Nothing kills motivation faster than the feeling you're not getting anywhere, and platforms like YouTube and Twitch only rub that aspect in your face even more.
> Follower counts are a lie
Definitely. YouTube is probably the best example, since it seems the majority of users find content via the recommended videos list and home page feed rather than subscriptions now. But just about everywhere is the same, and it only makes it feel worse when only about 1% of your 10,000 followers seem to actually give a toss about your work.
> Money is the root of only some evil
This is an interesting point, though I'm not sure I agree with the example given. Generally I gain followers when I post videos, with the only difference between posting more and less stuff being whether the number grows gradually or slightly more quickly.
Nah, in my opinion, the real root of all evil is that these platforms expect their users to be machines. They expect non stop, consistently posted content on a daily/weekly/hourly basis without fail.
And they also usually don't want you to leave your lane either. If you get popular posting about any one topic (whether a game or series, framework or programming language, sport, band, etc) then they only want you to post about that topic until the day you die.
That's the big problem with content creation and social media right there. And it's the cause of every issue these platforms face.
Why do we get people making meaningless polls about every random topic under the sun? Why has AI generated garbage run rampant? Why is there so much plagiarism from large creators? How have content mills taken over everything?
Because that's how you get things done on the ludicrous schedules expected by these platforms. By giving up your humanity and becoming nothing more than a faceless machine attempting to please the algorithm."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Some notes on influenceering"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/some-notes-on-influenceering"}},"_tags":["comment","author_CM30","story_40578668"],"author":"CM30","comment_text":"As a YouTuber and content creator myself, this article rings all too true to me. Lots of good points here for anyone looking to get into this game.
> It\u2019s still a chore!
Yup. People often underestimate the amount of work it takes to run a blog or YouTube channel in general, and how much of that work doesn't involve the content itself. It's no surprise everyone wants to monetise these things; doing them for free can feel like a second unpaid full-time job in of itself.
> There are weirdos on the internet
Unfortunately. Which makes for a deadly combination alongside sudden fame and psychological instability. So much drama can basically be summed up as "assholes discover mentally unstable content creator" or "mentally unstable content creator hits the big time and becomes a worldwide celebrity".
The end result can be an internet car crash that basically destroys any hope of a normal life.
And the more popular you become online, the more likely it is you'll encounter the rare person wanting to make your life a living hell.
> Indifference is the real killer
100%. Being hated sucks, but seeing something you worked so hard on go completely ignored... well, that's arguably even worse. Nothing kills motivation faster than the feeling you're not getting anywhere, and platforms like YouTube and Twitch only rub that aspect in your face even more.
> Follower counts are a lie
Definitely. YouTube is probably the best example, since it seems the majority of users find content via the recommended videos list and home page feed rather than subscriptions now. But just about everywhere is the same, and it only makes it feel worse when only about 1% of your 10,000 followers seem to actually give a toss about your work.
> Money is the root of only some evil
This is an interesting point, though I'm not sure I agree with the example given. Generally I gain followers when I post videos, with the only difference between posting more and less stuff being whether the number grows gradually or slightly more quickly.
Nah, in my opinion, the real root of all evil is that these platforms expect their users to be machines. They expect non stop, consistently posted content on a daily/weekly/hourly basis without fail.
And they also usually don't want you to leave your lane either. If you get popular posting about any one topic (whether a game or series, framework or programming language, sport, band, etc) then they only want you to post about that topic until the day you die.
That's the big problem with content creation and social media right there. And it's the cause of every issue these platforms face.
Why do we get people making meaningless polls about every random topic under the sun? Why has AI generated garbage run rampant? Why is there so much plagiarism from large creators? How have content mills taken over everything?
Because that's how you get things done on the ludicrous schedules expected by these platforms. By giving up your humanity and becoming nothing more than a faceless machine attempting to please the algorithm.","created_at":"2024-06-05T14:59:53Z","created_at_i":1717599593,"objectID":"40585671","parent_id":40578668,"story_id":40578668,"story_title":"Some notes on influenceering","story_url":"https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/some-notes-on-influenceering","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:15:53Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"chialunhera"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Hi HN, we've built an API that turns text prompts into professional motion graphics animations.\nGenerative video models directly output pixels, producing a flat video file with no underlying structure and no way to edit individual elements. Hera, by contrast, uses LLMs to generate code that is then rendered into an animation. This approach enables far greater precision and control over every element, while ensuring clean edges, precise text, and transparent background support (alpha channels)
API Use Cases:
- AI Video Agents: Generating B-roll, lower thirds, and overlays to complement talking head avatars (e.g., HeyGen/Synthesia pipelines).
- Faceless Channels: Automating visual content for Reddit stories, trivia, or history channels on YouTube/TikTok.
- Data Storytelling: Programmatically turning datasets into animated charts, graphs, and map zooms.
- Marketing Automation: Scaling branded social assets, ads, and intros/outros without manual editing.
- EdTech: Automatically converting educational text or summaries into engaging visual explanations.
Input: Text prompt (e.g., "Kinetic typography intro saying 'Breaking News'") Output: Rendered video (MP4/MOV/GIF/WebM) API docs: https://docs.hera.video
We're looking for feedback on the API structure and other potential automation workflows you might need.
Try our API for free ($5 credits) by doing these steps:
1. Go to http://hera.video/join/HACKERNEWS
2. Go to https://app.hera.video/settings/developers
3. Click "Create key" to generate a new API key
Thanks!"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Hera API \u2013 Text-to-Motion-Graphics Engine"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://docs.hera.video/api-reference/introduction"}},"_tags":["story","author_chialunhera","story_46288213","show_hn"],"author":"chialunhera","created_at":"2025-12-16T13:24:30Z","created_at_i":1765891470,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"46288213","points":1,"story_id":46288213,"story_text":"Hi HN, we've built an API that turns text prompts into professional motion graphics animations.\nGenerative video models directly output pixels, producing a flat video file with no underlying structure and no way to edit individual elements. Hera, by contrast, uses LLMs to generate code that is then rendered into an animation. This approach enables far greater precision and control over every element, while ensuring clean edges, precise text, and transparent background support (alpha channels)
API Use Cases:
- AI Video Agents: Generating B-roll, lower thirds, and overlays to complement talking head avatars (e.g., HeyGen/Synthesia pipelines).
- Faceless Channels: Automating visual content for Reddit stories, trivia, or history channels on YouTube/TikTok.
- Data Storytelling: Programmatically turning datasets into animated charts, graphs, and map zooms.
- Marketing Automation: Scaling branded social assets, ads, and intros/outros without manual editing.
- EdTech: Automatically converting educational text or summaries into engaging visual explanations.
Input: Text prompt (e.g., "Kinetic typography intro saying 'Breaking News'") Output: Rendered video (MP4/MOV/GIF/WebM) API docs: https://docs.hera.video
We're looking for feedback on the API structure and other potential automation workflows you might need.
Try our API for free ($5 credits) by doing these steps:
1. Go to http://hera.video/join/HACKERNEWS
2. Go to https://app.hera.video/settings/developers
3. Click "Create key" to generate a new API key
Thanks!","title":"Show HN: Hera API \u2013 Text-to-Motion-Graphics Engine","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:13:25Z","url":"https://docs.hera.video/api-reference/introduction"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"jere"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"It's pretty common. I would assume any faceless channel is all AI now. Like I saw these fitness videos and I thought the voice was a little too good for AI, especially a year ago. But apparently the TTS models are really good. https://youtube.com/@yellowdude_co"},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["youtube","ai"],"value":"YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"},"story_url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["youtube","ai"],"value":"https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/improving-ai-labels-viewers-creators/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_jere","story_48299753"],"author":"jere","comment_text":"It's pretty common. I would assume any faceless channel is all AI now. Like I saw these fitness videos and I thought the voice was a little too good for AI, especially a year ago. But apparently the TTS models are really good. https://youtube.com/@yellowdude_co","created_at":"2026-05-28T20:05:42Z","created_at_i":1779998742,"objectID":"48314666","parent_id":48309826,"story_id":48299753,"story_title":"YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos","story_url":"https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/improving-ai-labels-viewers-creators/","updated_at":"2026-05-28T20:06:49Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"gits997"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Hey HN! Software engineer here. As an amateur youtuber, I've been struggling with thumbnails, especially since I don't have any design or editing skills.
Decided to give it a try and make my own automatic thumbnail generator. Me being an ADHD person, made sure that there's no parameter tuning and shape choosing and fuss like that, just simply give prompt and generate thumbnail.
Increased my CTR from 1.2% to 2.3% (faceless fantasy books niche on youtube)
Thumbnail X (completely free for now) - https://thumbnailx.com/
Just wanna add that this is by no means a perfect thumbnail maker for huge YouTube moguls with millions of subscribers but I'm sure it's gonna be extremely helpful for beginner youtubers and medium size channels struggling with thumbnails.
Tools used:\n1. Cursor for development (shoutout to claude oppus 4.0)\n2. Few image generators (primarily ideogram, but leonardo ai, deep ai and gpt 4o as fallbacks)\n3. Few llms (chatgpt, claude, gemini for validating images and prompt enhancement)\n4. AWS and Redis for storage & caching\n5. Digital ocean for hosting and db\n6. Python"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["youtube","ai"],"value":"Show HN: I built an AI tool that generates click-worthy YouTube thumbnails"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://thumbnailx.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_gits997","story_44120787","show_hn"],"author":"gits997","children":[44120788,44122022,44130599],"created_at":"2025-05-28T21:21:29Z","created_at_i":1748467289,"num_comments":4,"objectID":"44120787","points":5,"story_id":44120787,"story_text":"Hey HN! Software engineer here. As an amateur youtuber, I've been struggling with thumbnails, especially since I don't have any design or editing skills.
Decided to give it a try and make my own automatic thumbnail generator. Me being an ADHD person, made sure that there's no parameter tuning and shape choosing and fuss like that, just simply give prompt and generate thumbnail.
Increased my CTR from 1.2% to 2.3% (faceless fantasy books niche on youtube)
Thumbnail X (completely free for now) - https://thumbnailx.com/
Just wanna add that this is by no means a perfect thumbnail maker for huge YouTube moguls with millions of subscribers but I'm sure it's gonna be extremely helpful for beginner youtubers and medium size channels struggling with thumbnails.
Tools used:\n1. Cursor for development (shoutout to claude oppus 4.0)\n2. Few image generators (primarily ideogram, but leonardo ai, deep ai and gpt 4o as fallbacks)\n3. Few llms (chatgpt, claude, gemini for validating images and prompt enhancement)\n4. AWS and Redis for storage & caching\n5. Digital ocean for hosting and db\n6. Python","title":"Show HN: I built an AI tool that generates click-worthy YouTube thumbnails","updated_at":"2026-05-19T16:38:14Z","url":"https://thumbnailx.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"lyogavin"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"Upload your photo, this AI tool generates hundreds of High-Conversion Youtube faces.
Our AI analyzed millions of viral video thumbnails, found the top performing Youtube Faces templates for each niche.
Then it can select and generate the best performing youtube faces according to your content.
Works for both realistic photos and cartoon photos for faceless channels."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["youtube"],"value":"Show HN: Upload your photo and generate crazy YouTube Faces for your thumbnail"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.crazyfaceai.com"}},"_tags":["story","author_lyogavin","story_40939501","show_hn"],"author":"lyogavin","children":[40940392,40941259],"created_at":"2024-07-11T18:57:14Z","created_at_i":1720724234,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"40939501","points":3,"story_id":40939501,"story_text":"Upload your photo, this AI tool generates hundreds of High-Conversion Youtube faces.
Our AI analyzed millions of viral video thumbnails, found the top performing Youtube Faces templates for each niche.
Then it can select and generate the best performing youtube faces according to your content.
Works for both realistic photos and cartoon photos for faceless channels.","title":"Show HN: Upload your photo and generate crazy YouTube Faces for your thumbnail","updated_at":"2025-01-15T20:43:01Z","url":"https://www.crazyfaceai.com"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"edrickdch"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"I made an AI short-form video generator for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. Everything is automated: script, narration, images, captions sync and the editing.
It reduces time to create faceless content from hours down to minutes, and efforts for the user down to a prompt. Think ChatGPT to create short-form videos.
Before getting into how it's built, let me give some context.
Here's how I go the idea. While scrolling through my YouTube feed, I suddenly started noticing more and more fully AI generated content.
More precisely, I'm talking about the script, the narration, the images, the captions\u2026 It all seemed like it was made using OpenAI, StabilityAI and other popular models.
I dug deeper and got to learn how there are people making money off of faceless channels and theme pages that are essentially social media accounts centered around 1 specific topic (memes, motivational content, travel, etc.)
I got the prototype done within 2 days. And I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda shocked how good this all was.
I ended up using Next.js hosted on a VPS with SQLite as the database. I also started using Linear to keep track of all tasks and it was such a breeze to work with their Mac app.
The pipeline is a bunch of Python scripts calling APIs.
The biggest technical challenge that I foresee is how much RAM combining 1 video takes. I'm using ffmpeg and it goes up to 1.1Gb per video. I'll definitely have to look into compressing the AI generated images beforehand and also eventually store them probably on Cloudflare to free up storage space."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["ai"],"value":"Show HN: I made an AI short-form video generator for TikTok"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.autopostsai.com"}},"_tags":["story","author_edrickdch","story_41067128","show_hn"],"author":"edrickdch","created_at":"2024-07-25T11:01:23Z","created_at_i":1721905283,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"41067128","points":2,"story_id":41067128,"story_text":"I made an AI short-form video generator for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. Everything is automated: script, narration, images, captions sync and the editing.
It reduces time to create faceless content from hours down to minutes, and efforts for the user down to a prompt. Think ChatGPT to create short-form videos.
Before getting into how it's built, let me give some context.
Here's how I go the idea. While scrolling through my YouTube feed, I suddenly started noticing more and more fully AI generated content.
More precisely, I'm talking about the script, the narration, the images, the captions\u2026 It all seemed like it was made using OpenAI, StabilityAI and other popular models.
I dug deeper and got to learn how there are people making money off of faceless channels and theme pages that are essentially social media accounts centered around 1 specific topic (memes, motivational content, travel, etc.)
I got the prototype done within 2 days. And I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda shocked how good this all was.
I ended up using Next.js hosted on a VPS with SQLite as the database. I also started using Linear to keep track of all tasks and it was such a breeze to work with their Mac app.
The pipeline is a bunch of Python scripts calling APIs.
The biggest technical challenge that I foresee is how much RAM combining 1 video takes. I'm using ffmpeg and it goes up to 1.1Gb per video. I'll definitely have to look into compressing the AI generated images beforehand and also eventually store them probably on Cloudflare to free up storage space.","title":"Show HN: I made an AI short-form video generator for TikTok","updated_at":"2024-09-20T17:30:32Z","url":"https://www.autopostsai.com"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"coreycascio"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"For 6 months, I was that person with 15 browser tabs open just to publish one YouTube video. vidIQ for competitor research. Runway for video generation. Descript for voiceover. Canva for thumbnails. Buffer for scheduling. ChatGPT for scripts. $127/month in subscriptions. 20+ hours/week in busywork.\nGot fed up and spent 3 months building one tool that automates the entire workflow.
--- viralvelocity.app
## What It Does:
* Competitor Intelligence* - Type your niche \u2192 instantly see top 5 creators - Analyze their viral videos, hooks, thumbnails - Data-driven content strategy (not guessing)
* AI Script Generation* - Analyzes competitor patterns in your specific niche - Generates scripts based on proven formats - Not generic ChatGPT\u2014niche-specific scripts
* Video Creation (2 Methods)* - Image slideshow with transitions - OR Veo 3.1 AI video generation - Auto voiceover with multiple voices
* Thumbnail Generator* - AI creates thumbnails automatically - Or upload your face image once \u2192 adds it to all thumbnails - (Even faceless channels use face thumbnails for higher CTR)
* Channel Optimization* - Overall channel score (0-100) - Specific improvement suggestions per video - SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
* Auto-Scheduling* - Plan entire content calendar - Publishes videos automatically
---
## Screenshots:
[Paste your 4 screenshots here directly in the post]
---
## My Question for This Community:
As fellow YouTubers\u2014would this actually help you? Or am I solving my own weird workflow problem?
Specifically: - What would you actually USE vs what's "nice to have"? - Is $79/mo fair to replace vidIQ ($39) + Runway ($30) + Descript ($30) + Canva ($13) + Buffer ($15)? - What am I missing that would actually matter for your channel?
---
## Full Transparency:
Solo dev, first SaaS product Built it for myself first, now testing if others need it Just launched this week\u2014some features still rough around the edges I use it for my own channel (eating my own dog food) No fake testimonials or "make $10k/month" claims Early beta, bugs exist, support is slow (it's just me)
---
I'm not here to sell. Genuinely trying to figure out if this is worth continuing or if I should pivot/kill it.
Honest feedback appreciated, even if it's "this is stupid and here's why." Thanks for reading viralvelocity.app"},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel"],"value":"All in One YouTube Toolkit for faceless channels"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://viralvelocity.app/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_coreycascio","story_46934330"],"author":"coreycascio","children":[46935990],"comment_text":"For 6 months, I was that person with 15 browser tabs open just to publish one YouTube video. vidIQ for competitor research. Runway for video generation. Descript for voiceover. Canva for thumbnails. Buffer for scheduling. ChatGPT for scripts. $127/month in subscriptions. 20+ hours/week in busywork.\nGot fed up and spent 3 months building one tool that automates the entire workflow.
--- viralvelocity.app
## What It Does:
* Competitor Intelligence* - Type your niche \u2192 instantly see top 5 creators - Analyze their viral videos, hooks, thumbnails - Data-driven content strategy (not guessing)
* AI Script Generation* - Analyzes competitor patterns in your specific niche - Generates scripts based on proven formats - Not generic ChatGPT\u2014niche-specific scripts
* Video Creation (2 Methods)* - Image slideshow with transitions - OR Veo 3.1 AI video generation - Auto voiceover with multiple voices
* Thumbnail Generator* - AI creates thumbnails automatically - Or upload your face image once \u2192 adds it to all thumbnails - (Even faceless channels use face thumbnails for higher CTR)
* Channel Optimization* - Overall channel score (0-100) - Specific improvement suggestions per video - SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
* Auto-Scheduling* - Plan entire content calendar - Publishes videos automatically
---
## Screenshots:
[Paste your 4 screenshots here directly in the post]
---
## My Question for This Community:
As fellow YouTubers\u2014would this actually help you? Or am I solving my own weird workflow problem?
Specifically: - What would you actually USE vs what's "nice to have"? - Is $79/mo fair to replace vidIQ ($39) + Runway ($30) + Descript ($30) + Canva ($13) + Buffer ($15)? - What am I missing that would actually matter for your channel?
---
## Full Transparency:
Solo dev, first SaaS product Built it for myself first, now testing if others need it Just launched this week\u2014some features still rough around the edges I use it for my own channel (eating my own dog food) No fake testimonials or "make $10k/month" claims Early beta, bugs exist, support is slow (it's just me)
---
I'm not here to sell. Genuinely trying to figure out if this is worth continuing or if I should pivot/kill it.
Honest feedback appreciated, even if it's "this is stupid and here's why." Thanks for reading viralvelocity.app","created_at":"2026-02-08T14:11:02Z","created_at_i":1770559862,"objectID":"46934331","parent_id":46934330,"story_id":46934330,"story_title":"All in One YouTube Toolkit for faceless channels","story_url":"https://viralvelocity.app/","updated_at":"2026-03-05T23:32:32Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"coreycascio"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["faceless","youtube","channel","ai"],"value":"For 6 months, I was that person with 15 browser tabs open just to publish one YouTube video. vidIQ for competitor research. Runway for video generation. Descript for voiceover. Canva for thumbnails. Buffer for scheduling. ChatGPT for scripts. $127/month in subscriptions. 20+ hours/week in busywork.\nGot fed up and spent 3 months building one tool that automates the entire workflow.
--- viralvelocity.app
## What It Does:
* Competitor Intelligence* - Type your niche \u2192 instantly see top 5 creators - Analyze their viral videos, hooks, thumbnails - Data-driven content strategy (not guessing)
* AI Script Generation* - Analyzes competitor patterns in your specific niche - Generates scripts based on proven formats - Not generic ChatGPT\u2014niche-specific scripts
* Video Creation (2 Methods)* - Image slideshow with transitions - OR Veo 3.1 AI video generation - Auto voiceover with multiple voices
* Thumbnail Generator* - AI creates thumbnails automatically - Or upload your face image once \u2192 adds it to all thumbnails - (Even faceless channels use face thumbnails for higher CTR)
* Channel Optimization* - Overall channel score (0-100) - Specific improvement suggestions per video - SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
* Auto-Scheduling* - Plan entire content calendar - Publishes videos automatically
---
## Screenshots:
[Paste your 4 screenshots here directly in the post]
---
## My Question for This Community:
As fellow YouTubers\u2014would this actually help you? Or am I solving my own weird workflow problem?
Specifically: - What would you actually USE vs what's "nice to have"? - Is $79/mo fair to replace vidIQ ($39) + Runway ($30) + Descript ($30) + Canva ($13) + Buffer ($15)? - What am I missing that would actually matter for your channel?
---
## Full Transparency:
Solo dev, first SaaS product Built it for myself first, now testing if others need it Just launched this week\u2014some features still rough around the edges I use it for my own channel (eating my own dog food) No fake testimonials or "make $10k/month" claims Early beta, bugs exist, support is slow (it's just me)
---
I'm not here to sell. Genuinely trying to figure out if this is worth continuing or if I should pivot/kill it.
Honest feedback appreciated, even if it's "this is stupid and here's why." Thanks for reading viralvelocity.app"},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["youtube"],"value":"All in one toolkit for YouTube video/script generation"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://viralvelocity.app/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_coreycascio","story_46913053"],"author":"coreycascio","comment_text":"For 6 months, I was that person with 15 browser tabs open just to publish one YouTube video. vidIQ for competitor research. Runway for video generation. Descript for voiceover. Canva for thumbnails. Buffer for scheduling. ChatGPT for scripts. $127/month in subscriptions. 20+ hours/week in busywork.\nGot fed up and spent 3 months building one tool that automates the entire workflow.
--- viralvelocity.app
## What It Does:
* Competitor Intelligence* - Type your niche \u2192 instantly see top 5 creators - Analyze their viral videos, hooks, thumbnails - Data-driven content strategy (not guessing)
* AI Script Generation* - Analyzes competitor patterns in your specific niche - Generates scripts based on proven formats - Not generic ChatGPT\u2014niche-specific scripts
* Video Creation (2 Methods)* - Image slideshow with transitions - OR Veo 3.1 AI video generation - Auto voiceover with multiple voices
* Thumbnail Generator* - AI creates thumbnails automatically - Or upload your face image once \u2192 adds it to all thumbnails - (Even faceless channels use face thumbnails for higher CTR)
* Channel Optimization* - Overall channel score (0-100) - Specific improvement suggestions per video - SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
* Auto-Scheduling* - Plan entire content calendar - Publishes videos automatically
---
## Screenshots:
[Paste your 4 screenshots here directly in the post]
---
## My Question for This Community:
As fellow YouTubers\u2014would this actually help you? Or am I solving my own weird workflow problem?
Specifically: - What would you actually USE vs what's "nice to have"? - Is $79/mo fair to replace vidIQ ($39) + Runway ($30) + Descript ($30) + Canva ($13) + Buffer ($15)? - What am I missing that would actually matter for your channel?
---
## Full Transparency:
Solo dev, first SaaS product Built it for myself first, now testing if others need it Just launched this week\u2014some features still rough around the edges I use it for my own channel (eating my own dog food) No fake testimonials or "make $10k/month" claims Early beta, bugs exist, support is slow (it's just me)
---
I'm not here to sell. Genuinely trying to figure out if this is worth continuing or if I should pivot/kill it.
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Got fed up and spent 3 months building one tool that automates the entire workflow.
--- viralvelocity.app
## What It Does:
* Competitor Intelligence* - Type your niche \u2192 instantly see top 5 creators - Analyze their viral videos, hooks, thumbnails - Data-driven content strategy (not guessing)
* AI Script Generation* - Analyzes competitor patterns in your specific niche - Generates scripts based on proven formats - Not generic ChatGPT\u2014niche-specific scripts
* Video Creation (2 Methods)* - Image slideshow with transitions - OR Veo 3.1 AI video generation - Auto voiceover with multiple voices
* Thumbnail Generator* - AI creates thumbnails automatically - Or upload your face image once \u2192 adds it to all thumbnails - (Even faceless channels use face thumbnails for higher CTR)
* Channel Optimization* - Overall channel score (0-100) - Specific improvement suggestions per video - SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
* Auto-Scheduling* - Plan entire content calendar - Publishes videos automatically
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## Screenshots:
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## My Question for This Community:
As fellow YouTubers\u2014would this actually help you? Or am I solving my own weird workflow problem?
Specifically: - What would you actually USE vs what's "nice to have"? - Is $79/mo fair to replace vidIQ ($39) + Runway ($30) + Descript ($30) + Canva ($13) + Buffer ($15)? - What am I missing that would actually matter for your channel?
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## Full Transparency:
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Got fed up and spent 3 months building one tool that automates the entire workflow.
--- viralvelocity.app
## What It Does:
* Competitor Intelligence* - Type your niche \u2192 instantly see top 5 creators - Analyze their viral videos, hooks, thumbnails - Data-driven content strategy (not guessing)
* AI Script Generation* - Analyzes competitor patterns in your specific niche - Generates scripts based on proven formats - Not generic ChatGPT\u2014niche-specific scripts
* Video Creation (2 Methods)* - Image slideshow with transitions - OR Veo 3.1 AI video generation - Auto voiceover with multiple voices
* Thumbnail Generator* - AI creates thumbnails automatically - Or upload your face image once \u2192 adds it to all thumbnails - (Even faceless channels use face thumbnails for higher CTR)
* Channel Optimization* - Overall channel score (0-100) - Specific improvement suggestions per video - SEO optimization (tags, titles, descriptions)
* Auto-Scheduling* - Plan entire content calendar - Publishes videos automatically
---
## Screenshots:
[Paste your 4 screenshots here directly in the post]
---
## My Question for This Community:
As fellow YouTubers\u2014would this actually help you? Or am I solving my own weird workflow problem?
Specifically: - What would you actually USE vs what's "nice to have"? - Is $79/mo fair to replace vidIQ ($39) + Runway ($30) + Descript ($30) + Canva ($13) + Buffer ($15)? - What am I missing that would actually matter for your channel?
---
## Full Transparency:
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