Free YouTube outliers: the videos from the past 2 weeks that got far more views than their channel usually gets, by niche, made fresh every day.
5.0(1 rating)The YouTube videos from the past 2 weeks that got far more views than their channel usually gets, by niche. The lists are made fresh every day from YouTube's search and each channel's public feed.
The latest outliers
80 outliers uploaded in the past 14 days, from 1,484 channels. Updated 2 days ago.
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Views are YouTube's public counts when the list was made. Each niche follows the channels its searches find. A channel's usual is the median views of its latest uploads, long videos and Shorts apart, from its public feed, leaving out uploads under 2 weeks old and the ones being measured. A video needs 2× its channel's usual, at least 10,000 views (50,000 for a Short) and a title that names the niche, and a channel shows at most 2.
These free YouTube outliers are the videos from the past 2 weeks that got far more views than their channel usually gets, sorted by niche.
The lists are made fresh every day from YouTube's search and each channel's public feed. Pick a niche, show videos or Shorts, set how far above the usual a video must be, and narrow it to the past 7 days. Under the list, find outliers for any keyword.
What is a YouTube outlier?
A YouTube outlier is a video with far more views than its channel usually gets.
A video with 1 million views on a channel whose videos get 1 million is normal. The same video on a channel whose videos get 50,000 is a 20× outlier: its topic or title pulled viewers far beyond the channel's own audience.
That's why outliers are the fastest way to find topics that work right now.
How the lists are made
Each niche follows a pool of channels. Every day, 8 searches find the channels YouTube ranks for the niche, and they join the pool:
| Niche | Searches |
|---|---|
| AI | ai tools, chatgpt tutorial, ai agents, ai automation, claude code, ai for business, ai video generator, make money with ai |
| Business | online business, entrepreneur, side hustle, small business tips, how to start a business, ecommerce, business ideas, dropshipping |
| Money | personal finance, investing for beginners, passive income, make money online, stock market, financial freedom, how to invest, budgeting tips |
| Productivity | productivity tips, time management, self improvement, morning routine, study tips, how to focus, deep work, how to stop procrastinating |
| Marketing | digital marketing, social media marketing, seo tips, email marketing, facebook ads, content marketing, instagram marketing, copywriting |
| Creators | youtube growth, grow on youtube, youtube algorithm, content creator tips, how to go viral, faceless youtube, youtube tips, how to start a youtube channel |
| Tech | tech review, iphone review, best gadgets, laptop review, android phone, coding tutorial, smartphone review, pc build |
| Travel | travel vlog, digital nomad, travel tips, moving abroad, cheap flights, travel guide, best places to visit, solo travel |
| Fitness | workout routine, fitness tips, weight loss, home workout, gym motivation, nutrition tips, how to build muscle, fat loss |
5 niches also always follow creators I track, like Matt Wolfe in AI, Alex Hormozi in Business and Ali Abdaal in Productivity.
Then every channel's latest uploads are read from its public YouTube feed. An upload from the past 14 days makes the list when it clears 4 bars:
- 2× its channel's usual views or more. The usual is the median views of the channel's latest uploads.
- At least 10,000 views, or 50,000 for a Short, on a channel that usually gets 1,000 or more. On a channel that usually gets 100 views, 2,000 would read as 20×.
- A title that names the niche. A fitness channel's travel vlog stays out of Fitness.
- No more than 2 videos from one channel. One creator can't fill a niche.
News channels are left out: their spikes follow the news, not a topic a creator can make.
"All" shows the best of every niche together.
How the usual is worked out
A channel's usual is the median views of its latest uploads, from its public feed. The median, the middle value, isn't pulled up by one viral video the way an average is.
Long videos and Shorts are measured apart: a long video against the channel's long videos, a Short against its Shorts. Shorts get far more views than long videos on most channels, so mixing them would mislead.
2 kinds of upload are left out, so the bar is fair:
- Uploads under 2 weeks old. Their views are still coming in.
- The uploads being measured. A video never sets its own bar.
A channel with fewer than 3 uploads of the kind to go on isn't rated.
How to read the multiple
The gold number on each video is its views over its channel's usual:
| Multiple | What it means |
|---|---|
| 2× to 5× | Clearly above the channel's usual, worth a look |
| 5× to 20× | A strong outlier: the topic or title reached far past the channel's audience |
| 20× or more | A breakout, marked in full gold |
Multiples stop at 99×. Past that, a channel's usual is too thin for a bigger number to mean more.
Find outliers for your own niche
The 9 niches are a start. Type any keyword into the box under the list, and it runs the YouTube outlier finder on the top videos for it, from any date.
To size up a niche before you commit to it, use the YouTube niche finder. To see what people type into YouTube's search box around a topic, use the YouTube keyword tool.
YouTube Outliers FAQs
Questions about YouTube outliers? Here's what to know.
A YouTube outlier is a video with far more views than its channel usually gets.
A video with 1 million views on a channel whose videos usually get 50,000 is a 20× outlier.
Every niche's list is made again every day.
Each list says when it was made, and it only holds videos uploaded in the past 14 days.
It's the median views of the channel's latest uploads, from its public YouTube feed.
Long videos and Shorts are measured apart, and uploads under 2 weeks old and the uploads being measured are left out.
A video needs at least 10,000 views to count, or 50,000 for a Short, and its channel has to usually get 1,000 views or more.
Without those floors, a channel that usually gets 100 views would turn 2,000 views into a 20× outlier.
Yes, type any keyword into the box under the list.
It runs the YouTube outlier finder on the top videos for that keyword.
Yes, they're free with no login.
The views come from YouTube's public search and each channel's public feed.
I did.
I'm Navid Moazzez, and I made the YouTube outliers as one of my free tools on navid.me.
Read more about me.
What to do with an outlier
An outlier is a proven topic. Don't copy the video. Find what it promised:
- The topic. What question does it answer that the channel's other videos don't?
- The title. What does it promise, and to whom? Check yours with the YouTube title checker.
- The format. A Short, a tutorial, a list? The same promise can work in another format.
- The timing. A video on this list works now, not 2 years ago.
Then make your version for your viewers. To read an outlier's key points in a minute, paste its link into the YouTube video summarizer, or hand the week's list to your own AI with the prompt under it.
For a full playbook on growing a channel from proven topics, read Sean Cannell and Benji Travis's book:
YouTube Secrets
by Sean Cannell
YouTube Secrets by Sean Cannell and Benji Travis is a step-by-step guide to growing your YouTube channel, building an audience.
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Navid Moazzez
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Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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