Find proven YouTube ideas from small-channel breakouts.
ShortsMonkey scans low-subscriber channels every day and surfaces the Shorts and long videos breaking out — ranked by how far they beat their own subscriber count.
Stop guessing. Copy what's already proven.
Two charts do the heavy lifting — one for Shorts, one for long-form — both built to spot breakouts from small channels first.
Every Short crossing 5M views, ranked as it happens.
A live leaderboard of the last 3 days' biggest Shorts, graded S to C on momentum. New snapshots land daily so you catch a format while it's still climbing.
Long videos from tiny channels punching 100× their size.
Filtered to channels under 15K subs with a V/S ratio above 10×, this chart surfaces original formats — sorted into 55+ niche tracks — before the big creators ever notice.
V/S ratio ranking
Views ÷ subscribers. A 600-sub channel at 4M views scores 78× — a repeatable format, not a built-in audience.
Viral score, S to C
Every video graded on momentum and originality, so you skip the noise and jump straight to what's actually working.
55+ niche tracks
Science, Space, Health, Psychology and 50+ more. Filter to your lane and study only the breakouts that matter to you.
YouTube Shorts Analyzer
Find opportunities across Shorts, long-form video, and live streams from 30 real examples. Open a report for the full analysis and supporting images.
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Questions, answered.
What is a YouTube outlier?
A video with at least 10× more views than the channel has subscribers (minimum 10,000 views). A high view-to-subscriber ratio means a small channel landed a breakout hit — exactly the format worth modelling.
Does ShortsMonkey work for Shorts and long-form videos?
Yes — it covers both. Filter your results to Shorts only, long-form only, or both, depending on what you create.
How fresh is the data?
Search runs in real time across 150+ regions, so you see what's breaking out right now instead of stale rankings from months ago.
How much does ShortsMonkey cost?
Start free with 5 searches during the free trial. Channel monitoring and daily email alerts start at $19.9/mo.
How is ShortsMonkey different from vidIQ or TubeBuddy?
Those tools focus on optimizing your own channel. ShortsMonkey finds proven viral videos and Shorts on other small channels, ranked by view-to-subscriber ratio, so you can model what's already working.
Can I export the data?
Yes. Export any result set to CSV (title, URL, views, subscribers, ratio, date) or copy video URLs in bulk for your team.