# YouTube Content Gap Finder - Topics You Are Missing (`seemuapps/youtube-content-gap-finder`) Actor

Compare your YouTube channel with up to five competitors and get the topics they cover that you do not, ranked by the views those videos pull.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/youtube-content-gap-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Seemu Scraping](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $50.00 / 1,000 channel analyses

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## YouTube Content Gap Finder - Topics You Are Missing

Point this at your channel and up to five competitors and get back the content topics they publish that you do not — ranked by how many views those videos actually pull, with example videos and suggested titles for each gap.

It answers the question every channel owner has after a competitor analysis: *so what should I make next?*

### What you get

One row per content topic:

- **topic** and **description** — what a video on this topic actually contains
- **coveredByYou** — whether your channel already has comparable videos
- **opportunityScore** (0-100) — built from real numbers: how these videos perform against your own median views, how recent the topic is, and how many competitors prove it works
- **competitorVideoCount**, **competitorTotalViews**, **competitorAvgViews**, **competitorMedianViews**
- **viewsVsYourMedian** — `3.04` means videos on this topic average three times your channel's median
- **topVideoTitle**, **topVideoUrl**, **topVideoViews** and up to five **exampleVideos**
- **coveringChannels** and **newestVideoDaysAgo** — who is doing it and how fresh it is
- **suggestedTitles** — three specific titles you could publish on the topic
- **yourVideosOnTopic** — your closest existing videos, so you can judge the call yourself

### Use cases

- **Content planning** — turn a competitor set into a ranked list of what to film next
- **Channel audits** — deliver a clear gap analysis to a client with numbers attached
- **Niche research** — map what an entire niche covers before launching a channel
- **Relaunch and pivots** — find the topics your audience watches elsewhere
- **Agency pitches** — show a prospect exactly what their competitors earn views on

### How to use

1. Enter **Your channel** (a `@handle`, channel URL or `UC…` ID). Leave it empty to simply map what a set of channels covers.
2. Add up to five **Competitor channels**.
3. Set **Videos per channel** — 60 recent uploads each is a good default; raise it for a broader picture.
4. Optionally turn on **Include Shorts** or **Include topics you already cover**.
5. Run the actor — topics appear in the **Dataset** tab, highest opportunity first.

### Output format

```json
{
  "topic": "AI model breakdowns",
  "description": "Videos analysing specific AI models, their capabilities and limitations.",
  "whyItWorks": "Both competitors average well above their channel median on these.",
  "audienceIntent": "staying current on AI releases",
  "coveredByYou": false,
  "opportunityScore": 76,
  "competitorVideoCount": 28,
  "competitorAvgViews": 837786,
  "viewsVsYourMedian": 3.04,
  "coveringChannels": ["Competitor A", "Competitor B"],
  "newestVideoDaysAgo": 3,
  "topVideoTitle": "Did OpenAI actually build AGI?",
  "topVideoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID",
  "topVideoViews": 4100000,
  "suggestedTitles": ["The new model that changes the workflow", "..."]
}
```

### Notes

- View counts come from the public channel pages, so they are the same rounded figures YouTube shows (`1.2M views`). Medians and averages are computed from those.
- Topics are grouped from the videos that were actually read — raise **Videos per channel** if a competitor posts very frequently and you want more history.
- Channels with hidden view counts still contribute their titles; their videos simply carry `null` views.

# Actor input Schema

## `myChannel` (type: `string`):

The channel to find gaps for - a @handle, channel URL or UC… channel ID. Leave empty to simply map what the competitors cover.

## `competitorChannels` (type: `array`):

Up to 5 competitor channels, one per line, as @handles, channel URLs or UC… IDs.

## `maxVideosPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

How many recent uploads to read from each channel. More videos means a broader picture and a slightly slower run.

## `includeShorts` (type: `boolean`):

Also read each channel's Shorts tab. Useful when your competitors publish mainly short-form video.

## `includeCoveredTopics` (type: `boolean`):

Return every topic found, not only the gaps. Handy for a full content map of your niche.

## `maxTopics` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of topic rows to return.

## `model` (type: `string`):

Language model used to cluster the videos into topics.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy for reading the channels. Not normally needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "myChannel": "@ThePrimeTimeagen",
  "competitorChannels": [
    "@t3dotgg",
    "@FireshipIO"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 60,
  "includeShorts": false,
  "includeCoveredTopics": false,
  "maxTopics": 12,
  "model": "openai/gpt-6-luna",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One record per topic: topic, description, whyItWorks, audienceIntent, coveredByYou, opportunityScore, competitorVideoCount, competitorTotalViews, competitorAvgViews, competitorMedianViews, viewsVsYourMedian, coveringChannels, newestVideoDaysAgo, topVideoTitle, topVideoUrl, topVideoViews, exampleVideos, yourVideosOnTopic, suggestedTitles, yourChannelMedianViews.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "myChannel": "@ThePrimeTimeagen",
    "competitorChannels": [
        "@t3dotgg",
        "@FireshipIO"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/youtube-content-gap-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "myChannel": "@ThePrimeTimeagen",
    "competitorChannels": [
        "@t3dotgg",
        "@FireshipIO",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/youtube-content-gap-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "myChannel": "@ThePrimeTimeagen",
  "competitorChannels": [
    "@t3dotgg",
    "@FireshipIO"
  ]
}' |
apify call seemuapps/youtube-content-gap-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/youtube-content-gap-finder"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HNU3NBbxPA7NWN6Pn/builds/gLcCguJm2gibpIUxL/openapi.json