Need help finding viral Shorts channels in my niche to analyze

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Yes — there are a few good free methods that work surprisingly well for finding viral Shorts channels in a niche.

Here’s a simple workflow:

  1. Search on YouTube using:

    • “#shorts + your niche”

    • “viral shorts + niche”

    • “most viewed shorts + niche”

  2. Filter by:

    • This month

    • View count

  3. Open the videos getting:

    • unusually high views

    • high comment activity

    • repetitive viral formats

  4. Then check:

    • their “Popular” tab

    • upload frequency

    • hooks/titles

    • average short length

Free tools that help:

  • VidIQ

  • TubeBuddy

  • Playboard

  • SocialBlade

  • Viewstats

A very underrated trick:

Search:
"site:youtube.com/shorts your niche"
on Google.

You’ll often discover smaller viral creators faster than using YouTube search directly.

Also don’t only study huge channels.
Sometimes channels with:

  • 5k–50k subscribers

  • but millions of Shorts views

are the best creators to reverse-engineer because their formats are still fresh and easier to replicate.