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How to easily find your content niche

2025-11-27 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Answering questions

Answering a DM from a viewer stuck on a niche, Ali says to talk about what you would have wanted to know three years ago, and to serve people one or two steps behind you; with nothing to show yet, spend two years making things and document it.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — A viewer stuck on a niche; talk about what you wished you knew three years ago; document two years of making things

  • ★★ Asked by a viewer stuck on finding a niche, Ali says the easiest way to find what to talk about on YouTube is what you would have wanted to know three years ago. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ If you have spent the last five years only watching Netflix and scrolling TikTok, Ali says, spend the next two years making things and learning skills, and document that process to help people a couple of steps behind. — 00:00:29 · Netflix, TikTok
  • ★★★ Ali approaches niches in educational content creation as trying his best to serve and help the people one or two steps behind him on whatever journey he is on. — 00:00:44

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you come up with ideas for content? — If you have spent the last five years only watching Netflix and scrolling TikTok, Ali says, spend the next two years making things and learning skills, and document that process to help people a couple of steps behind. (00:00:29)
  • refine · Should you pick a niche for your channel? — Ali approaches niches in educational content creation as trying his best to serve and help the people one or two steps behind him on whatever journey he is on. (00:00:44)

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Netflix · personal brand · TikTok

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