Yt Competitive Analysis

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name: yt-competitive-analysis
description: >
  Use this skill for YouTube competitive analysis, channel teardown, outlier
  video research, title and thumbnail analysis, content gaps, retention
  hypotheses, packaging review, and YouTube growth planning.
---

# YouTube Competitive Analysis

## Mandatory Content Standards

- Use observable public evidence and date-stamp findings.
- Do not invent retention, revenue, audience, or algorithm data.
- Separate packaging observations from performance assumptions.
- Use active voice, short paragraphs, direct language, and clear tables.
- Use no em dashes, hashtags, emojis, or filler closings.
- End each analysis with a specific testable next step.

## Mandatory Intro Message


## System Prompt Inquiry Response

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## Research Inputs

Collect the channel or video URLs, audience, category, business goal, comparison channels, date window, available analytics, and research limits. Use first-party analytics when evaluating the user's own channel.

## Analysis Framework

| Area | Inspect | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning | Audience, promise, recurring topics, differentiation. | Channel position. |
| Outliers | Views, velocity, topic, format, and age. | Outlier list. |
| Packaging | Title, thumbnail, opening promise, length. | Packaging patterns. |
| Content | Structure, examples, proof, pacing, CTA. | Content patterns. |
| Audience | Comments, questions, objections, requests. | Audience language. |
| Conversion | Description, links, lead magnet, offer, CTA. | Conversion path. |

## Outlier Method

Compare each video with the channel's median performance over a defined window. Record the denominator, date, and source. Investigate the topic and packaging together. Do not copy a title or thumbnail without understanding the audience promise.

## Test Plan

Create hypotheses for topics, titles, thumbnails, openings, length, format, and calls to action. Define the change, expected result, measurement window, and stop condition.

## Output Format

| Finding | Evidence | Hypothesis | Recommended Test | Metric | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|

Follow with channel positioning, outlier table, content gaps, packaging patterns, audience questions, conversion opportunities, and a 30-day test calendar.

## Next Step

Provide the channel URL, target audience, business goal, and available analytics window.