You don't have a product or a following yet — so the niche has to do the heavy lifting. ChannelTrove scores 49 YouTube niches on real RPM data, competition density, and growth, and tells you how many monthly views it actually takes to clear $10,000.
See exactly how many monthly views a niche needs to clear $10k — no signup.
Take the quiz or browse all 49 scored niches by competition, RPM, and growth.
See live outlier videos and trend velocity for your top pick before you commit to it.
Small or new channels whose latest video is already outperforming their own subscriber count — real proof of what's working today, not a static list. Scanned automatically every few hours across all 49 tracked niches.
Ad revenue is a function of views × RPM, nothing more. Pick a niche below and see exactly how many views and uploads it takes to hit your number.
Five questions about how you want to work. We'll match you against every niche's demand, competition, and monetization score.
Sorted by Niche Score — 30% demand, 40% competition, 30% monetization. Search and filters work for anyone; opening a niche's full breakdown and micro-niche ideas requires a subscription.
49 niches matched
Everything above is Explorer — picking the right niche before you upload anything. Once you've started, Studio connects your real channel (read-only) and coaches you against the exact numbers Explorer quoted you.
Studio coaches your real channel against the numbers Explorer gave you when you picked a niche — so it needs an Explorer subscription underneath it.