Two Channels, One Shocking Difference
43sContrasting a viral low-effort channel with a high-effort one highlights the surprising reality of YouTube monetization, sparking curiosity.
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Valentin, a YouTuber with 6 years of experience, presents his top 10 niches for American YouTube in 2026, emphasizing long-term business potential over quick monetization. He contrasts a low-effort channel with high views but low revenue against a financial channel with fewer views but significantly higher earnings per view, advocating for the latter approach.
Valentin introduces the video, stating he will reveal top 10 niches for 2026 that can be started now, focusing on long-term business rather than quick money.
Shows a channel with only 5 videos that gained 26k subscribers and one video with nearly 10 million views, but notes the audience is from India and low-quality, generating income mainly through monetization.
A financial channel with fewer views but tens of times higher payment per view, emphasizing the importance of choosing niches with higher RPM.
Valentin outlines his approach: treating channels as long-term businesses, not quick money schemes, and avoiding niches that can suddenly lose monetization.
A channel in psychology gained nearly 100k subscribers in 21 days. Format is simple slideshows with neural network generated frames, targeting people with many interests and emotional topics.
A crime stories channel got 4 million views in 3 weeks with one video, using neural networks for editing and sensitive topics, showing high potential despite being a delicate niche.
A history channel using AI reconstructions gained 138k subscribers in a short time, with videos like 'History of London' and 'Reconstruction of London', using frequent frame changes and generated avatars.
A space channel started 2 years ago, gaining subscribers in the last 6 months, with content about aliens, comets, and breaking news, all generated by neural networks, allowing frequent uploads.
A channel analyzing companies like Amazon and financial crises, with expensive views and high-quality animations, though voice acting is dull, but the niche works.
Football explainers sub-niche, discussing records and situations, using slideshows with changing photos on white background, showing that simple formats can work.
A channel with 111 videos and 30k subscribers, covering discoveries and shocking facts, using neural network voice-over and scripts, with videos about aliens getting 300k views.
A channel analyzing countries and situations using simple balls, with high views but complex to produce, requiring research, and a sub-niche of trashy news about countries.
A channel about traffic rules and violations, gaining 28k subscribers in two months with long videos only, showing high engagement and potential income.
A channel creating avatars with 15 million views in 4 weeks, using neural networks for frames and subtitles, with monetization, but not recommended to copy exactly.
Valentin mentions he has taught over 300 people to make money on YouTube, with a playlist of interviews with successful cases, and offers personal diagnostics for those interested in training.
Valentin emphasizes choosing niches that offer long-term growth and higher revenue per view, rather than chasing viral but low-value content. He encourages viewers to think about how they can add value to each niche and consider his training for personalized guidance.
What is the main difference between the two channels Valentin compares?
One channel has high views but low revenue per view, while the other has fewer views but tens of times higher payment per view.
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What is the first niche Valentin recommends?
Psychology.
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How many subscribers did the psychology channel gain in 21 days?
Nearly 100,000 subscribers.
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What is the key to success in the crime stories niche according to Valentin?
Competent use of neural networks and demonstration of sensitive topics.
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What is the AI reconstruction niche about?
It involves using AI to reconstruct historical events or places, like the history of London.
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How many subscribers did the AI reconstruction channel gain?
138,000 subscribers.
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What is the space niche content like?
It includes breaking news about aliens, comets, and other space events, all generated by neural networks.
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What is the 'behind the scenes of companies' niche?
It involves analyzing companies like Amazon and financial crises, with expensive views and high-quality animations.
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What is the football explainers sub-niche?
It discusses various situations, records, and record holders in football, using slideshows with changing photos.
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What is the 'shocking facts and discoveries' niche?
It covers discoveries and shocking facts, using neural network voice-over and scripts, with videos about aliens getting 300k views.
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What is the 'analysis of countries' niche?
It involves analyzing countries and situations using simple balls, with high views but complex to produce.
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What is the 'traffic rules and violations' niche?
It involves content about traffic rules, violations, and showdowns, gaining 28k subscribers in two months with long videos only.
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What is the economic niche example?
A channel creating avatars with 15 million views in 4 weeks, using neural networks for frames and subtitles, with monetization.
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How many people has Valentin taught to make money on YouTube?
Over 300 people.
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Financial Niche Higher Value
Illustrates the critical concept of RPM (revenue per mille) and why niche selection matters more than raw views.
01:03Psychology Niche Rapid Growth
Demonstrates that simple formats can achieve massive subscriber growth quickly, validating the niche's potential.
02:08Neural Networks in Crime Stories
Shows how AI tools can be leveraged to create engaging content in sensitive niches, leading to high view counts.
03:46AI Reconstruction Niche
Highlights the use of AI for historical reconstruction, a niche that combines education and entertainment.
04:15Economic Niche with Avatars
Exemplifies a high-risk, high-reward approach using AI avatars, showing the potential for explosive growth.
11:06[00:02] face, without knowledge of English, 1,000 [music] dollars a month, here the main question arises: what to shoot? My name is Valentin, I've been on YouTube for 6 years. Here are my results, here are the
[00:15] video, I'll be looking at what I consider to be the top 10 niches for 2026 that you can start right now and that I think will yield incredible returns. But before that, I want to make something clear. Now I will show you two channels. We have this
[00:29] This is the Middle Ages. There are only five videos on it . For them he gained 26,000 subscribers. And one of the videos is a million-plus. Well, almost ten million. Let's take a look at the essence of this content. The
[00:50] views in 10 days. But by the number of comments we can understand the quality of this audience. The majority of those views are from India and the most unaware audience. And this channel is growing mega-fast and it
[01:03] generates income through monetization. But we have a second channel. Here's a channel in the financial videos and puts more effort into them . The videos are made using constant frame changes and cool scripts. And he has far
[01:15] fewer views, even on his most popular videos. It doesn't even get the same number of views as channel. But the fact is that the payment for these views in this financial niche, at this time, is tens of times higher. And I want to point out right away that in this video,
[01:28] second type. These are niches that usually don't take off right away. These are difficult niches. They need to figure out how to make them [music], how to allow for stable views, rather than having channels like this
[01:42] , which can suddenly lose monetization. I immediately outlined my approach, because personally, one of my largest channels looking at all niches as a long-term business, and not [music] as a
[01:54] topic on which you can quickly make money. Well, let's move on to the first niche. The first niche in our top is psychology. A channel that, after 21 nearly 100,000 subscribers. The format is as simple as possible. Let's sort
[02:08] people who have [music] many interests, the psychology of people who can easily cry, and so on. That is, you can see similar formats being months. That is, the [music] channel was essentially launched 2 months ago. Here. Well, the
[02:22] range is approximately like this. In our niche, videos are made either with light changing frames generated by a neural network. Another competitor, here is the interesting topics here. This, by the way, is an automatic translation [music] into
[02:36] Russian. I have it here in the titles. But we see such interesting, so to speak, promising covers [music] on this channel. But the content is a basic slideshow.
[02:55] entire [music] video, which makes the video unique. So, such channels on the topic of psychology produce similar results, [music] so this can be taken into account. The next niche is crime stories. This channel is
[03:09] results [music] it is giving now. It's clear that this is not an exact value, that this is a mega-big fork, but look [music] at these views. 4 million in the [music] at these views. 4 million in the last 3 weeks, of course, it’s such an
[03:22] delicate, you could say so, but the views are worth it. That's why this channel took off with just one video and in the last few weeks has achieved the result of channel to profitability. Let's take a look at how videos are made.
[03:46] from stocks, but in this way [music] editing, it’s the competent use of neural networks and a demonstration of what they the topic is super-sensitive, this is the result this channel produces. And so, no matter
[04:01] [music] or AI Stories no longer work, they work, but only with the right examples of how this can be done [music] right now. The next niche, and essentially the channel that gave birth to it, is AI reconstruction. Let
[04:15] And yes, this is a niche of history. A channel that has gained 138,000 subscribers in the last ago. We watch popular videos. [music] History of London, reconstruction of
[04:27] London, analysis of monarchs. history of New York and so on. [music] That is such a niche. It is done through interesting agenerations. You can see
[04:40] frequent frame changes, lively photos and videos, background voiceover that adds dynamics. [music] This allows such channels to exist. They put faces like these on their avatars, yes, also generated by
[04:53] neural networks, because now, for those who saw my video about changing algorithms, this monetization in such [music] channels. And for those who haven't seen it, I recommend taking a look at the went into detail about how channels in similar niches should be managed now in order to
[05:07] [music] monetization and results. And historical niches like these are suitable for you if you have a penchant [music] for studying history and different cities. cities, but also cars. technologies,
[05:20] [music] to, essentially, evolution. Or perhaps a return to the past, the channel went off on the topic of what London looked like in the 700s. And it worked for him. advice is: don't blindly choose niches, but think about how you can
[05:34] can bring to [music] each of these topics. The next niche is space. This channel is already older. It started about 2 years ago. six months. [music] And you can just see these
[05:49] space with a little bit of That is, it’s as if something is happening now, breaking news. There, aliens found someone, [music] there’s some kind of comet flying by, and so on. Well,
[06:01] day. Everything is generated by Nerons. Let's look at the last one. look at the last one. [music] . Generation of neural networks, voice-over using neural networks. The script is also neural, and
[06:17] this allows such channels to release more [music] videos and have such results. Therefore, for those who, like me, love space, here are potential niches that views that the channel [music] gets, it will most likely be closer to 6-7 thousand
[06:31] dollars, but the result is obvious. And by the way, this niche is a sub-niche of one which [music] brought me this silver button. And these are the incomes. it can be repeated, I have explained in a
[06:44] the description, as well as in the tooltip in the upper right corner [music] of the video. Basically, it's 6 years of my experience in 40 minutes, so I recommend you take a look. And we are moving on to the next niche, and it is no less interesting than the previous [music]. It's something like
[06:57] behind the scenes of companies. From the subscribers and the number of videos, you can already understand the topics. And let's see what the channel does. We have popular videos. This financial crises, an analysis of Amazon, an analysis of the neural network bubble, and so on. In
[07:13] general, such interesting [music] scientific content, very expensive views, as another one of the niche financial [music] topics that can be lively animations or with cartoons through [music] neural networks. Let's
[07:27] through [music] neural networks. Let's watch the video. voice acting is dull. That means the guys are still saving on the announcer. Here. But
[07:39] lie, the fact that the niche [music] works. Those who are ready to create such quality videos, can consider such a niche [music] for themselves. The next niche is explainers in simple language about some heavy [music] things.
[07:53] For example, this is a sub-niche of football explainers. Here we discuss various situations, records, record holders, and so on [music]. How do videos work in general on [music]. How do videos work in general ?
[08:12] also done with neural networks. [music] You can see the channel results for yourself. That that can be made from this [music] format of content. And at first the channel seems heavy. I even thought that it would
[08:24] but they just make a slide show. Changing photographs on a white background, that's how they achieve could potentially be sub-niches [music] of any sport here. Here it's mostly NFL. But even beyond sports, such comparisons can
[08:38] be made in almost anything [music]. and you can potentially tailor your interests to that. The next niche is something [music] between history, discoveries, news and shocking facts. We can look at this channel,
[08:50] by the way, [music] 111 videos, 30,000 subscribers, there is monetization, and popular videos look like this. That is, something was found, something happened to someone, [music] some kind of discovery occurred, in general, something that evokes emotion,
[09:02] shocks. And let's watch the [music] video. Neuronka voice-over, neuronka scripts. The footage is either a good generation of neural networks
[09:16] , or a mixture [music] of neural networks and photographs of hidden access. By the way, these are potentially shots from different sites, sources [music], and so on. Therefore, you can connect to news, discoveries, facts, and
[09:29] a video about aliens got 300,000 views. Here they found something in the river, and here archaeologists found a sealed room. [music] Here. And all this can be collected within the here are rather closer to [music] this figure. But nevertheless, the figures are extremely
[09:43] interesting. The next niche. I would call it an analysis of countries, an analysis of situations. Here, for example, through simple [music] balls like these, it is demonstrated relationships of this [music] or that country are currently feeling. Again, the videos are not frequent, but
[09:55] views in similar niches are also high, and the subject matter is, one might say, complex. It is far from easy to do. We need to dig around here and figure it out. But done. And it is not necessary to do it in such a complicated format. For example,
[10:09] yes, and this is the kind of content we see here. What was found in Bangkok, what . In general, this is trashy news. And it's getting such recently. [music] The channel has gained 28,000 subscribers over the past year, which
[10:25] is a good result for a channel like this about countries. And we are topics. I saved these for last, so let's get started. The next topic is something like traffic rules, their violations, clarifications, and so on [music]
[10:38] . Income. The first videos in this niche were released on this channel two months ago. The biggest views. [music] The gist of the content is that someone is stopped, clarifications, showdowns, in general, something like road laws and showdowns within them.
[10:53] not a single short on the canal. That is, these subscribers were gained from long videos. And we [music] see the results in this timing. Here, of course, VDQ went overboard with the income. Most likely, there will be fewer there, in the region of, well, 4-5,000,
[11:06] but the niche is also extremely interesting. And the last topic that I have prepared for [music] today is the economic niche. These guys do it really tough. I wouldn't recommend doing this, but it's a very illustrative example. They
[11:19] created Avatar 15 million views 4 weeks ago. weeks ago. [music]
[11:31] the avatar on the left changes [music] frames through it neural network. Subtitles are also available through it. And at half a second at the beginning there is again a disclaimer at 0 1 second. That's how it is. And again, the description with Geneerena neuron is also included. But
[11:45] there is monetization on such a [music] channel. I'm not asking you to do the same thing, but as a way to adding it to the covers, making such a strong emotion that will make [music] click, it looks interesting. There are three monetization methods on the channel. Here are
[11:59] the views of the recent [music] time and analysis of some historical, economic events, what is happening right now, can be done in this interesting format. [music] So, in just over a month, the channel has gained
[12:11] interesting [music] result. Over the past few years, I have taught more than 300 people how to make money on YouTube. And here are the results they produce. I also have a separate playlist on this YouTube channel where I add
[12:25] interviews with my most successful cases. The product itself lasts for 2 months. We work both competent choice of niche and the study of neural networks, we [music] strive for a common result. This is a stable income from channels without a voice or face. Right now
[12:38] personal diagnostics, where we call one-on-one with those who want to enroll in the training. Let's get to know each other, analyze your specific situation [music] and effective it will be for you to attend training and what we can achieve together. [music]
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[13:03] So see you at the diagnostics. See you. Yeah.
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