Video ideas

YouTube video ideas

30 video ideas for any channel, each with a format and an opening line to say to camera.

  1. 1.Teach the one skill you picked up this year

    How-to

    Opening line: Last year I could not do this, and now I do it without thinking, so here is how you get there faster.

  2. 2.Five mistakes I made in my first year

    Mistakes

    Opening line: I made all five of these in my first year, and every one of them cost me time.

  3. 3.The advice about my topic that I stopped following

    Myth

    Opening line: Everyone told me to do this, and it slowed me down until I stopped.

  4. 4.Two ways to do the same task, side by side

    Comparison

    Opening line: I did the same task two different ways, and one of them took half the effort.

  5. 5.Thirty days of one small daily habit

    Challenge

    Opening line: I am going to do one small thing every day for thirty days and show you what changes.

  6. 6.How I plan a video from blank page to upload

    Behind the scenes

    Opening line: Here is exactly how I go from an empty page to a finished video.

  7. 7.Seven tools I open every week

    List

    Opening line: These are the seven tools I open every single week, and I will tell you why each one stays.

  8. 8.The video that went nowhere and what it taught me

    Story

    Opening line: One of my videos got almost no views, and it taught me more than my best one.

  9. 9.Set up a recording corner in one afternoon

    How-to

    Opening line: You do not need a studio, just one afternoon and a quiet corner of a room.

  10. 10.Why viewers leave in the first few seconds

    Mistakes

    Opening line: If people leave your videos early, the problem is usually the first sentence.

  11. 11.You do not need expensive gear to start

    Myth

    Opening line: People say you need a big camera to start a channel, and I think that belief is holding you back.

  12. 12.Scripting every word versus talking from bullet points

    Comparison

    Opening line: I tried scripting every word and talking from bullet points, and the result surprised me.

  13. 13.Publish one video a week for two months

    Challenge

    Opening line: I am publishing one video every week for the next two months, starting today.

  14. 14.What my first draft actually looks like

    Behind the scenes

    Opening line: Before you see the clean version, here is the messy first draft.

  15. 15.Questions my viewers keep asking me

    List

    Opening line: These questions land in my comments again and again, so I am answering them here.

  16. 16.How I chose the topic of my channel

    Story

    Opening line: I almost started a completely different channel, and this is why I changed my mind.

  17. 17.Write the title before you record

    How-to

    Opening line: Write the title first, because it tells you what the video has to deliver.

  18. 18.Habits that make a talking-head video hard to watch

    Mistakes

    Opening line: Three small habits make a good talk hard to watch, and you can fix all of them today.

  19. 19.A longer video is not always a better video

    Myth

    Opening line: Many creators think a longer video means more value, and here is why I disagree.

  20. 20.Recording in the morning versus recording at night

    Comparison

    Opening line: I recorded the same script in the morning and at night, and my delivery was very different.

  21. 21.Turn one long recording into several short clips

    How-to

    Opening line: You already have enough material in one long recording for a week of short videos.

  22. 22.Explain your topic to a beginner in one take

    Challenge

    Opening line: I have one take to explain my whole topic to a complete beginner, so here goes.

  23. 23.How I decide which takes to keep

    Behind the scenes

    Opening line: I record every line more than once, and this is how I pick the take that goes in the video.

  24. 24.Things I wish I knew before my first upload

    List

    Opening line: If I could go back to my first upload, I would tell myself these things.

  25. 25.The comment that changed what I make

    Story

    Opening line: One comment under an old video changed the whole direction of my channel.

  26. 26.Answer a viewer question on camera

    How-to

    Opening line: Someone asked me this in the comments, and the answer is better shown than typed.

  27. 27.Why your intro is too long

    Mistakes

    Opening line: Your intro is probably twice as long as it needs to be, and here is what to cut.

  28. 28.My desk and gear, and what I would skip

    Behind the scenes

    Opening line: This is everything on my desk, and I will tell you which parts I never actually use.

  29. 29.Make a whole video in a single take

    Challenge

    Opening line: No cuts, no second chances, one take from the first word to the last.

  30. 30.Things to film when you have nothing to say

    List

    Opening line: When I have no idea what to film, I go to this list.

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How do I pick a YouTube video idea?+

Pick the idea you can film this week from your own experience. A story or a lesson you have lived gives you a better opening line than a topic you would have to research from scratch. For ideas in your own niche, use the generator. Try the YouTube video ideas generator.

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How do I plan more than one video?+

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