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Niche finder: every faceless niche from my videos

All the faceless niches I've broken down on the channel, with the earnings and RPMs as I stated them in each video, and the tutorial for each one.

Below is every niche I’ve covered in a video, in one place. For each one you get what the example channels were making at the time of my video, the RPM where I gave one, why the niche works, and the tutorials that show you how to make it.

These are snapshots from my videos, mostly vidIQ-style estimates, not promises. Niches heat up and cool down. Use them to choose a direction, then check the channels yourself before you commit.

How I pick a niche

  1. Look for low subscribers with high views. That’s one of the strongest signals in niche research: high click-through and watch time mean the algorithm is pushing the topic, not the channel.
  2. Prefer new channels that are growing fast. A two-month-old channel with 30K subscribers proves the format works now, for someone with no head start.
  3. Check where the audience is. In my history and stick-figure breakdowns, a big share of US viewers was part of why the RPM was high, because US ad rates are the highest.
  4. Ask “is it evergreen?” Whiteboard and painting videos still get views years later. Check the VPH (views per hour) of old videos in vidIQ.
  5. Find the gap. “Boring” niches like historical construction or paintings have low supply and high demand. In finance stories almost everyone uses still images, so animating them is an instant edge.
  6. Go one step sideways. Don’t make the same videos as the channel you found. Take its format into a neighboring sub-niche with almost no competition. (More in Channel modeling.)

Long-form, Shorts or both?

  • Long-form is where the RPMs in this list come from. The channels I break down go long on purpose: 15–20+ minutes means more watch time and more ad slots.
  • Shorts are paid from a shared revenue pool, so long-form RPMs don’t apply to them. Shorts channels in my videos still made real money (an animal story channel at $10K+/month), and Shorts are great for reach.
  • Short-form trends (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) often earn outside AdSense: TikTok Shop, affiliate links, or a guide sold from the bio. Post the same clips on every platform; each has its own monetization thresholds.

All niches

Filter by format, open a card’s tutorials, and plug the RPM into the RPM calculator.

RPM = what you earn per 1,000 views. Stated = the RPM I used in the video. Implied = that video’s earnings ÷ its views, so treat it as rough. Plug any of them into the RPM calculator.

Long-formRPM $3–$7stated

Stick-figure explainers (prehistory, human behaviour, psychology)

Earnings in my video: About $6K–$33K/month estimated for the channels in my videos

Ink Explainer: 15 videos, almost 100K subscribers, vidIQ estimate about $33K/month. Explain in Paint: 38 videos, about $12K/month at a ~$7 RPM.

Why it works: Dead-simple visuals, fast narration and a curiosity hook. A repeatable system lets these channels post almost daily.

$3 ("even at a low RPM"), $5 and ~$7 RPM are the figures I used for these channels.

11 tutorials for this niche
Long-formRPM $7stated

AI history documentaries

Earnings in my video: $2,400+/month from ads for a 2-month-old channel

Time-lapse Studio: 9 uploads, 48K+ subscribers, top video 2.1M views, every video 15+ minutes and 40% of viewers in the US.

Why it works: History works right now and you don’t need to be a historian. Long videos mean more ad slots.

$7 RPM, as used in my video (130K views ≈ $910).

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-formRPM $4–$6implied

History of everyday things & foods

Earnings in my video: $4,000–6,000+ in a month for 2-month-old channels

Weird Wordbound: $6,000+ and 1M+ views in 30 days (air conditioning, the bra). Crumb Lore: $4,000+ and 1M+ views in a month from food history.

Why it works: Even “boring” topics work: everyone uses these things and nobody knows the story behind them.

≈ $4–6 per 1,000 views, from the earnings and views in my videos.

2 tutorials for this niche
Long-formRPM up to $20stated

Hidden stories behind famous paintings

Earnings in my video: $75K+ in 90 days, plus an estimated $32K/month from prints

An art channel passed 500K subscribers in 90 days with 80M+ views.

Why it works: Older, educated, US-based audience, evergreen topics and very little competition because it looks boring.

Up to about $20 RPM, as stated in my video.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-formRPM ≈ $2.8implied

3D mannequin documentaries

Earnings in my video: About $17K estimated in a month for the top example

Loom: 6M+ views in 30 days (about $17K estimated) and 48.5M total. Black Files: 450K+ subscribers. Quinn: about 1.5M views in its first 30 days.

Why it works: The same faceless 3D character in every video becomes the face of the channel. 20–30 minute videos are the sweet spot.

≈ $2.8 per 1,000 views ($17K from 6M views).

3 tutorials for this niche
Long-form

Military stories

Earnings in my video: About $4,700–15,000/month

Ago: 26 videos, about 50K subscribers, 3M+ views in 28 days.

Why it works: Every video is a true story that sounds too insane to be real. Long (up to 50 minutes) and faceless.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Fiction explainers (“why it sucks to be…”)

Earnings in my video: About $2,000–5,500/month

Wallace Animation: 180K subscribers from 28 videos.

Why it works: Taps huge existing fan bases and flips the angle to how miserable or absurd those lives would be.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Company downfall documentaries

Earnings in my video: About $700–2,600/month

Junk Bond Invest: 42K subscribers from about 50 videos.

Why it works: Brand recognition + curiosity + a specific dollar amount in the title.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Historical construction

Earnings in my video: About $200–600/month

Architect Genie: under 4K subscribers, one video at 400K+ views in three months.

Why it works: Low subscribers with high views: the algorithm is pushing it. A compelling angle on a “boring” subject.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Forbidden truths

Earnings in my video: About $200–500/month

Forgotten Roots: 50K subscribers from 24 videos, one video at 2.4M views in a month.

Why it works: The feeling that valuable knowledge is being hidden from you. Evergreen and very shareable.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-formRPM ≈ $1.3implied

Mythical creatures that “really existed”

Earnings in my video: $8,000+ in 30 days from 11 videos

6M+ views in 30 days, with back-to-back uploads at 1.7M, 1.6M, 1.1M and 1M.

Why it works: Myth vs reality: the title makes a promise and the thumbnail opens a curiosity gap.

≈ $1.3 per 1,000 views ($8,000 from 6M views).

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-formRPM ≈ $3implied

AI desert farming

Earnings in my video: $12,000+ in 28 days

A 2-month-old channel: 4M+ views in 28 days, daily uploads, 17+ minute videos.

Why it works: Fruit forced to grow where it shouldn’t survive is a story. Thumbnail trigger: scale.

≈ $3 per 1,000 views ($12,000 from 4M views).

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Extreme cold survival

Earnings in my video: An estimated $11K+/month

Life at −71°C: 16K subscribers in two months, top video 1.8M views. Frozen Towns was monetized within three weeks from 11 videos.

Why it works: A temperature nobody can imagine feels like sci-fi, and the raw, realistic style holds viewers.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Animated finance stories

Earnings in my video: Not stated in my video

Dark Ledger: four months old, 28 videos, 24K subscribers, 2M+ views.

Why it works: Finance told as stories. Almost everyone uses still images, so animation is your edge.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Evergreen whiteboard animation

Earnings in my video: Not stated in my video

The Art of Improvement: 1.1M+ subscribers, a five-year-old video still gets 100+ views an hour.

Why it works: Evergreen: videos keep earning for years.

1 tutorial for this niche
Long-form

Vox-style & editorial motion-graphics explainers

Earnings in my video: Not stated in my video (companies pay hundreds of dollars for a single motion-graphics clip)

Explainers like “why cities stay warm after sunset” and “why oil hit $100 again”.

Why it works: Topics people are already searching for, told with maps, charts and motion graphics.

4 tutorials for this niche
Long-form

“Every X explained” micro-niches

Earnings in my video: Not stated in my video

The format has dominated tech, science, facts and fitness for months.

Why it works: Ultra-specific, slightly obscure micro-niches avoid the saturated big ones.

1 tutorial for this niche
ShortsRPM ≈ $1.8implied

Geography & map animation

Earnings in my video: An estimated $5,000 in seven days

A geography channel with 2.8M views in seven days; videos regularly hit 5–11M views.

Why it works: The map is the story: a shifting border is understood in seconds, so people watch to the end.

≈ $1.8 per 1,000 views ($5,000 from 2.8M Shorts views).

2 tutorials for this niche
Short-form (TikTok/Reels/Shorts)

Surreal AI art Shorts

Earnings in my video: Likely $9K+/month from ads, plus an estimated $30K+/month from a $32 guide

34 videos, 188K subscribers, one clip at 31M views. Same clips on Instagram (300K) and TikTok (114K).

Why it works: Scroll-stopping visuals, posted on every platform.

1 tutorial for this niche

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