Show HN: Find Faceless YouTube Channels with AI
I thought "gaming highlights" would work. Made 20 videos. Got 47
subscribers. Realized the CPM is like $2-4. Would need 500K views
just to make $1K/month. Not happening.
Then I tried "motivational quotes". Saturated. Couldn't get any
traction.
Then "meditation music". Also saturated. Plus copyright issues.
I was so frustrated. I knew faceless channels could work (I saw
some making money), but I had no idea HOW to find profitable ones.
Manually searching YouTube was a nightmare:
- Most channels show face sometimes (not truly faceless)
- Can't tell if they're actually monetized
- No way to know their revenue
- Takes forever to find good examples
I wasted 3 months guessing. Made 50+ videos across different niches.
Got nowhere.
Then I realized the problem:
I was trying to find profitable faceless channels manually. It's
impossible. There are millions of channels. How do you know which
ones are actually making money?
So I built a scraper to track faceless channels making $5K+/month.
Started analyzing what actually works.
What I found:
- Personal finance reviews (budget products) - Channels making
$15K-35K/mo
- Tech comparisons (budget tech angle) - Channels making $12K-28K/mo
- "How it works" explained content - Channels making $8K-20K/mo
- Ranking videos ("Top 10 X under $Y") - Channels making $6K-18K/mo
- Historical deep dives - Channels making $10K-22K/mo
The pattern: All successful faceless channels pick a micro-niche.
Not "tech reviews" but "budget gaming laptops under $800".
I turned my research into a tool called *ApexVix* so other people
don't waste months like I did. It tracks profitable faceless channels
across all niches and shows you:
- Real channels making $5K-30K/month
- What niches they're in
- Growth patterns
- Upload frequency that works
It's free to use: apexvix
No signup needed. I just wish I had this when I started. Would've
saved me 3 months of guessing.
If you're struggling to find profitable faceless niches, this might
help. Happy to answer questions!