# 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:

2. Filter by:

3. Open the videos getting:

4. Then check:

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.

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