/social-yt-competitive

name: social-yt-competitive
description: >-
  Analyze YouTube channels for outlier videos and packaging patterns. Identifies
  what's working (2x+ average views) across any set of channels. Use when asked for
  YouTube competitive analysis, viral video patterns, or packaging/title inspiration.

YouTube Competitive Analysis

Outlier detection and packaging pattern extraction for YouTube channels.

When to Use

• User asks for YouTube competitive analysis
• User wants to find viral video patterns
• User wants packaging/title inspiration from specific creators
• User wants to track competitor YouTube performance

Prerequisites

• YouTube Data API v3 key set as `$YOUTUBE_API_KEY`

Usage

# Analyze specific channels
python3 analyze.py "$YOUTUBE_API_KEY" --channels "@handle1,@handle2" --days 30

# Use predefined sets
python3 analyze.py "$YOUTUBE_API_KEY" --set ai
python3 analyze.py "$YOUTUBE_API_KEY" --set business
python3 analyze.py "$YOUTUBE_API_KEY" --set both

# Export formats
python3 analyze.py "$YOUTUBE_API_KEY" --set both --output json
python3 analyze.py "$YOUTUBE_API_KEY" --set both --output console

Predefined Channel Sets

**AI Creators:** Jeff Su, Alex Finn, Riley Brown, Dan Martell, Matt Wolfe, Nate Herk, Grace Leung, Matt Berman

**Business Creators:** Alex Hormozi, Gary Vaynerchuk, Patrick Bet-David, Codie Sanchez, Leila Hormozi, Iman Gadzhi, My First Million

Output Interpretation

• **Multiplier**: Times above channel average (2.0x = double normal)
• **Outlier threshold**: 2x average. Study anything above this.
• **Title patterns**: Common words in outlier titles indicate proven formats
• **Cadence**: Videos per week. Higher cadence creators may have lower per-video averages.

Packaging Skeletons (Proven Formats)

**Long-form:**

• "X, Clearly Explained"
• "X hours of Y in Z minutes"
• "The Laziest Way to X"
• "Give me X minutes and I'll Y"
• "X INSANE Use Cases for Y"

**Shorts:**

• "2024 vs 2025 X" (year comparison)
• "Bad Good Great X" (tier ranking)
• "Stop doing X, do Y instead" (contrarian)