6 ways to find video ideas when your mind goes blank

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Staring at a blank notes app, wondering what to film next, is one of those things nobody warns you about when you start a channel.

Here are six methods worth keeping in your back pocket. None of them requires waiting for inspiration.

YouTube autocomplete: start typing your topic into the search bar and let the suggestions do the work. Those are real searches happening right now. Turn the best ones into titles.
Comment sections on bigger channels in your niche: look for questions, frustrations, or "I wish someone would explain this" moments. Those are video ideas sitting there unaddressed.
Communities and forums: Reddit, Facebook groups, wherever your audience spends time. What are people debating or struggling with? Go answer it on camera.
Your own analytics: sort by watch time or views over the last 28 to 90 days and look for patterns in your top performers. Make more of what's already working.
AI: give it a specific prompt about your niche and your audience. The more detail you add, the more useful the output.
Winning titles in your niche: find high-performers and try a new angle, a fresher hook, or an updated version of the same topic.

Most of these will give you three to five ideas in a single sitting. The goal is to batch them so you always have a backlog and never make decisions from a blank page.

Which one do you tend to skip or forget about?

Des

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