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how to find viral clips to use in ur yt shorts

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Beginner 2 min read For: Aspiring YouTube Shorts creators looking to start a compilation channel with minimal technical skill.
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The video explains the process of finding and downloading viral clips from Instagram to use in YouTube Shorts, specifically for compilation channels. The creator shares the strategy of curating an Instagram 'For You' page and using a Chrome extension to download videos without watermarks.

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Question from viewers

The video addresses a common question about where to find clips for YouTube Shorts.

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Channel overview

The creator runs stories told, an animal story compilation channel with 137k subs, earning $3,200 in 28 days plus $3,400 in music royalties.

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Two approaches to finding clips

The creator explains they have proprietary systems but will share the beginner method using Instagram and Chrome extensions.

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Curating Instagram For You page

Create a fresh Instagram account, like desired content, click 'not interested' for irrelevant posts until the feed matches the niche (e.g., cars or animals).

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Turbo Downloader for Instagram

Chrome extension that adds a download button to Instagram posts, enabling watermark-free downloads.

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Sort Feed extension (optional)

Sorts a creator's posts by most viewed reels to identify viral clips, though currently buggy.

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Using clips and monetization

Use only small portions of each clip and add original commentary/storyline to be transformative and monetizable.

Successfully finding and using viral clips requires curating a targeted Instagram feed, using the Turbo Downloader extension, and adding original content to avoid monetization issues.

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"The title promises a method to find viral clips, and the video delivers a specific, actionable strategy using Instagram and Chrome extensions."

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Tutorial Checklist

1 1:20 Create a new Instagram account and curate its For You page by liking relevant content and marking irrelevant content as 'not interested'.
2 1:56 Install the Turbo Downloader for Instagram Chrome extension to download videos without watermarks.
3 2:23 (Optional) Use the Sort Feed extension to sort a creator's posts by most viewed reels and identify viral clips.
4 3:19 Download selected clips using Turbo Downloader, use only small portions, and add original commentary or storyline to ensure monetization eligibility.

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What is the monthly revenue of the creator's channel 'stories told' in the video?

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$3,200 in 28 days plus $3,400 in music royalties.

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How do you curate an Instagram For You page for a specific niche?

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Create a new account, like relevant posts, and click 'not interested' on irrelevant posts until the feed matches the niche.

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What Chrome extension is used to download Instagram videos without watermarks?

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Turbo Downloader for Instagram.

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What must you add to downloaded clips to be able to monetize the video?

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Must add original commentary or an original storyline to make the video transformative.

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What does the Sort Feed extension do?

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It sorts a creator's posts by most viewed reels to identify viral clips.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Channel revenue transparency

Directly shows real earnings from a YouTube Shorts automation channel, building trust and setting realistic expectations.

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Method to curate Instagram For You page

Practical, step-by-step tactic to discover niche-specific viral clips by training the Instagram algorithm.

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Monetization requirement for reused clips

Explains how to avoid copyright strikes and monetize compilation videos by adding original content.

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✂️ Creator Tools: Viral Hooks

AI-generated clip ideas for Shorts based on the transcript

I Make $3,200 a Month from YouTube Shorts (Proof)

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Revealing exact earnings builds trust and sparks curiosity for viewers seeking realistic income stories.

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How to Find & Download Viral Clips for Free

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Teaches a simple, actionable method using Instagram and a Chrome extension that anyone can replicate instantly.

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Find the Most Viewed Videos from Any Account

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Shows an advanced sorting trick to identify viral content, giving viewers a competitive edge in content creation.

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How to Avoid Copyright Strikes on YouTube Shorts

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Critical advice on using others' clips legally to get monetized, solving a major pain point for creators.

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[00:00] okay so in this video I'm going to be

[00:01] answering a question that I get a ton of

[00:02] DMS about every single day and that is

[00:04] if you're making videos that have other

[00:06] Clips in them where do you actually find

[00:08] these clips so let's get right into

[00:12] it by the way in case you're wondering

[00:14] who I am I run a bunch of YouTube shorts

[00:16] automation channels this is one of them

[00:18] called stories told you can see it's

[00:19] pretty big 137k subs and we basically

[00:23] post these animal story compilation we

[00:25] compile a bunch of different videos and

[00:26] then add on a unique story line on top

[00:28] of it to make it transformative so we

[00:30] can make money from the videos that we

[00:31] post I'm fully transparent about the

[00:33] channels I own and how much they make so

[00:34] this channel stories told in the past 28

[00:36] days has made

[00:38] $3,200 and an extra

[00:40] $3,400 with music royalties on top of

[00:42] that so my value prop to you guys isn't

[00:44] that I'm the best entrepreneur of all

[00:46] time or that I'm the richest I'm

[00:47] certainly not and if you would prefer

[00:48] someone richer you can go watch Iman

[00:50] godi right now but my value prop is that

[00:52] I'm going to be 100% transparent about

[00:54] what I do and how much money I make with

[00:56] it to give you guys realistic

[00:57] expectations and to actually build trust

[00:59] in what I'm doing and what I tell you

[01:01] guys so anyways when it comes to these

[01:02] specific videos we've developed a lot of

[01:04] our own systems and libraries and videos

[01:06] that we know we shouldn't pull from cuz

[01:08] they've gotten copyright strike so I'm

[01:09] not going to show you my exact process

[01:11] for this channel but I will show you if

[01:13] you're trying to find viral moments in

[01:14] literally any Niche exactly what I would

[01:16] do and what we did do at the beginning

[01:18] so in the beginning what we would do is

[01:20] we would make a new account on Instagram

[01:22] and literally just start going on the

[01:23] platform and scrolling and specifically

[01:25] trying to make your foru page with the

[01:27] type of videos that you're looking to

[01:28] download so if you were trying to get C

[01:29] car crash videos like this every time

[01:31] you saw one you would just like it

[01:32] interact with it and then anytime you

[01:34] got a video that wasn't a car crash

[01:36] video you would just click on this and

[01:37] then click not interested you would do

[01:39] this until your for you page is

[01:40] literally exactly what you're trying to

[01:42] see more of so again since our channel

[01:45] is Animal content we would literally

[01:46] curtail the Instagram account to

[01:48] literally show just animal content then

[01:50] you scroll through and you'll find a

[01:51] bunch of these viral videos but you can

[01:53] see here that when I do it there's a

[01:55] little download button right here which

[01:56] lets me automatically download the

[01:58] videos extremely easily as you can see

[02:00] here I just clicked one button and now

[02:02] the video is downloaded so I could

[02:03] literally just play it like this and we

[02:05] have the video and that comes from a

[02:07] little Chrome extension called turbo

[02:09] downloader for Instagram so right here

[02:11] turbo downloader for Instagram I'll

[02:12] leave the link to this in the

[02:13] description and basically once you have

[02:15] the for you page that you want you can

[02:16] scroll Instagram and literally quickly

[02:18] download any of the videos that you want

[02:20] without a watermark now let me show you

[02:22] though how you can take this one step

[02:23] further so let's say you found an

[02:24] account that you like so let's say this

[02:26] account posts a lot of good content I

[02:27] can go to this account and combine

[02:29] everything I know so far with another

[02:31] extension called sort feed I'll also

[02:33] leave the link to this in the

[02:35] description but what this allows me to

[02:36] do is go to an account click on sort

[02:38] feed and then I can sort it by all of

[02:40] the reels on this page which has 967

[02:43] posts and then sort by the most viewed

[02:45] videos so I can just click this it

[02:47] starts actually sorting the videos by

[02:49] how many views they have and then I got

[02:51] to let it load for a second but once it

[02:55] loads okay never mind the 900 videos was

[02:57] taking too long to load honestly I let

[02:59] this load for a ton of time it's not

[03:01] working but I used to use this in the

[03:03] past to sort it so you're welcome to

[03:04] Download Sort feed and see if it

[03:05] actually works I guess there might have

[03:07] been an issue with it recently but yeah

[03:08] it used to work and sort the most

[03:10] popular videos so that would help you

[03:11] find of the accounts that were posting

[03:13] good content it would help you find the

[03:15] most viral ones and then you can use

[03:16] turbo downloader for Instagram to

[03:18] download all of those really quickly

[03:19] then once you find a bunch that are all

[03:21] related to the same thing you can start

[03:22] using those clips however you want now

[03:24] make sure to use only small portions of

[03:26] each clip and if you even are going to

[03:28] use someone else's content add some

[03:29] something original to it so add an

[03:31] original commentary or an original

[03:33] storyline and if you don't do that

[03:34] you're honestly not going to be able to

[03:35] get monetized so you have to have some

[03:37] original element when you make the video

[03:39] anyways I hope that helped the mission

[03:40] of this channel is to remove all

[03:41] gatekeeping from make money online

[03:43] tactics and this is a quick tactic a lot

[03:44] of you guys have been asking about it so

[03:46] I wanted to show it on my channel so you

[03:47] guys can actually use it for yourself if

[03:49] you want to support my mission of full

[03:50] transparency you can subscribe to show

[03:52] your support or join my Discord and

[03:54] literally just drop your best

[03:55] money-making sauce in the chat and just

[03:57] see what happens once I started being

[03:59] transparent with how much I made the

[04:00] results that I got went crazy thank you

[04:02] guys all so much for watching I'll catch

[04:03] you on the next video and peace

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