Niche YouTube Creator Leaderboard
See who's actually winning a YouTube niche by momentum, not subscriber vanity
https://apidirect.io/mcp?token=YOUR_API_KEY
Rank the YouTube creators actually winning in {niche} right now by view-velocity versus their subscriber base.
niche-youtube-creator-leaderboard.
Any agent can also call get_skill(skill_id="niche-youtube-creator-leaderboard") to pull these steps on demand.
What it does
Subscriber count is a lagging vanity metric. Pairing the channel roster with this month's and this week's actual view counts exposes the over-indexers who are truly winning the niche right now.
Who it's for: Brand sponsorship and creator-partnership scouts
Inputs
| Input | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
niche |
Yes | The YouTube niche to rank creators within | AI productivity tools |
How your agent runs it
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1
search_youtube_channels(query={niche}, pages=3)Build the candidate roster of niche channels and record each subscriber_count as the baseline.
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2
search_youtube(query={niche}, upload_date=this_month, get_sentiment=true)Pull this month's uploads, attribute view counts back to channels, and note which are drawing positive reception.
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3
search_youtube(query={niche}, upload_date=this_week)Layer in this week's breakout videos and rank channels by view-velocity relative to subscriber base to surface momentum over-indexers.
Tools used
The full playbook
This is exactly what the MCP returns to your agent (via the niche-youtube-creator-leaderboard prompt or get_skill tool), with your inputs filled in.
SKILL: Niche YouTube Creator Leaderboard
Subscriber count is a lagging vanity metric. Pairing the channel roster with this month's and this week's actual view counts exposes the over-indexers who are truly winning the niche right now.
You are running this skill on API Direct via its MCP tools. Execute the steps below yourself by calling the named tools in order — values in <angle brackets> come from a previous step. Then deliver the result described at the end.
INPUTS:
- niche (required): <niche — ASK THE USER>
STEPS:
1. Tool `search_youtube_channels` — search_youtube_channels(query=<niche>, pages=3)
Build the candidate roster of niche channels and record each subscriber_count as the baseline.
2. Tool `search_youtube` — search_youtube(query=<niche>, upload_date=this_month, get_sentiment=true)
Pull this month's uploads, attribute view counts back to channels, and note which are drawing positive reception.
3. Tool `search_youtube` — search_youtube(query=<niche>, upload_date=this_week)
Layer in this week's breakout videos and rank channels by view-velocity relative to subscriber base to surface momentum over-indexers.
DELIVER: A live leaderboard of the niche's top YouTube creators ranked by momentum rather than subscriber count alone.
Note: each underlying tool call is billed at its normal endpoint price; get_sentiment adds a small per-page surcharge. Page through results as needed but stop once you have enough to deliver the outcome.