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I Built an AI Tool That Tells YouTube Creators Why Their Videos Fail

The Problem

Every YouTube creator has had this experience: you spend days on a video,
upload it, and it gets half the views you expected. You open YouTube Studio,
stare at the numbers, and have no idea why.

View count is down. But why?

Was it the thumbnail? The title? Did the algorithm stop pushing it?
Was the topic just bad timing?

YouTube Analytics gives you data. It doesn't give you answers.

What I Built

CreatorPilot connects directly to your YouTube Analytics API and uses
Claude AI to actually explain what happened.

Here's what it does differently:

1. Grades each video against YOUR baseline — not other creators
A video with 5,000 views might be a flop for one channel and a hit for another.
CreatorPilot compares each video to your own channel average.

2. Explains WHY — not just what
Instead of showing you a CTR number, it tells you:
"This video's CTR dropped 40% below your average — likely a thumbnail issue,
not a topic issue."

3. Matches your channel to what's trending RIGHT NOW
It pulls live YouTube trending data and finds topics that fit
your specific channel category and style.

4. Predicts monetization timeline
Based on your actual subscriber growth rate and watch time, it calculates
how many days until you hit YouTube monetization requirements.

Tech Stack

  • Next.js + TypeScript
  • Claude Sonnet (AI analysis)
  • YouTube Analytics API v2
  • YouTube Data API v3
  • Google Trends API
  • Stripe (payments)
  • PostgreSQL + Prisma

Try It Free

creatorpilothq.com

Free plan available. No credit card required.

Would love feedback from other builders — especially on the AI analysis side.

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