Trending Video Finder
Find what's actually going viral on YouTube, TikTok, Douyin and Reddit — with channel-baseline outlier scoring so you catch breakouts before they hit YouTube's trending tab. Free.
What's a trending video finder?
A trending video finder is a tool that scouts video platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Douyin, Reddit, Instagram) for content that's currently performing above the norm — high views per day, high engagement, or high outlier score relative to the channel that published it. Creators use trending finders to decide what to make next: if a 50,000-subscriber competitor just posted a video with 2 million views, that's a niche signal you can act on.
ViralMint scouts five platforms in parallel from one query. Each result carries a virality score (0-100, weighted by engagement rate, recency, view count and likes) plus a channel-baseline outlier multiplier (3× / 5× / 10× / 20×). The outlier score is what most tools miss — it tells you which videos are punching above their own channel's weight, which is a much stronger signal of niche demand than absolute view count.
How ViralMint finds trending videos
- Type a niche. "AI productivity", "value investing for beginners", "30-day calisthenics", "iPhone 17 hidden features" — whatever your channel covers.
- Scout fires across 5 platforms. YouTube (50 results), TikTok (30), Douyin (30), Reddit (25), Google Trends — in parallel via asyncio. One platform failing doesn't break the rest. Takes 15-30 seconds.
- Virality scoring. Each video gets a 0-100 score: 40% engagement rate, 25% recency bonus, 20% view count, 15% likes. Tunable.
- Channel-baseline outlier scoring. For each YouTube result, ViralMint pulls the publishing channel's last 50 videos via the YouTube Data API, computes the median view count, and flags videos that broke past 3× / 5× / 10× / 20× their channel's typical performance. This is the signal that spots breakouts BEFORE they hit YouTube's official trending.
- Download + analyze. Click any result to download the raw video, transcribe it with Whisper, and extract AI insights (hook, structure, tone, suggested angle). Optional: hand the transcript to the AI script writer to generate your own take.
What makes the outlier score different
🚀 3× Outlier
The video has 3-5× the views of its channel's median. A real but quiet signal — the channel found a topic that resonates.
⚡ 5× Strong
5-10× channel median. The video is clearly breaking out; the topic is worth investigating before competitors pile on.
⚡ 10× Breakout
10-20× channel median. The video is a hit relative to its context. Most-likely candidate for a remix.
🔥 20× Monster
20×+ channel median. The video is a category-defining hit. Study the hook, study the structure — this is what working in your niche looks like at the high end.
Search-demand check
Each scouted topic also gets a YouTube Search Suggest autocomplete probe so you know whether the topic has question-shaped search demand, not just one-off viral views.
News-driven mode
Separate news-scout mode pulls RSS + news aggregators so you can spot breaking topics before TikTok and YouTube catch up. Best for current-events niches.
Why not just use YouTube's trending tab?
YouTube's trending tab shows what's already at the top of the algorithm in your country — usually MrBeast, major news networks, big music labels. The view counts are huge but the actionable signal is small: the next view from you doesn't change a 50-million-subscriber channel's trajectory, and you can't out-compete a record label's marketing budget.
ViralMint's trending video finder is niche-scoped and channel-relative. It surfaces small and medium creators' breakouts in YOUR niche — which is where the actual "what should I make next?" signal lives. A 50,000-subscriber channel hitting 2M views on a single video is telling you something about the niche; a 50M channel hitting 5M views is telling you nothing new.
Frequently asked
How do I find trending videos on YouTube, TikTok and Reddit at the same time?
ViralMint's trending video finder scouts five platforms in parallel from one query — YouTube, TikTok, Douyin, Reddit, and Google Trends. Type a niche ("AI productivity", "30-day fitness", "value investing") and ViralMint pulls the top 25-50 results per platform within seconds, scored by virality + channel-baseline outlier multiplier. Each result links to the original video so you can study, download, or hand it to the Clip Studio for re-cutting.
What is an outlier score and why does it matter?
An outlier score is the ratio of a video's view count to its channel's median view count. A 10× outlier means the video has 10 times the views of that channel's typical video — meaning it broke through. Outlier scoring catches viral videos before they hit YouTube's official trending tab, because it spots channels punching above their own weight. ViralMint scores in four tiers: 3× outlier (🚀), 5× strong (⚡), 10× breakout (⚡), 20× monster (🔥).
Is it different from YouTube's trending tab?
Yes. YouTube's trending tab shows what's already at the top of the algorithm in your country — usually big channels (MrBeast, news networks, music labels) where the next view doesn't change a creator's career. ViralMint's trending finder is niche-scoped and channel-relative, so it surfaces small and medium channels' breakouts that match YOUR niche. That's where the actual signal for what to make next lives.
How fresh is the trending data?
Live. Every scout fires fresh API calls and scrapes — there's no cached "trending list" that gets pre-computed nightly. For most niches, you'll see videos posted within the last 7 days, with the recency bonus in the virality formula weighting newer videos higher.
Can I schedule automatic scouting?
Yes. The Cron Jobs feature lets you schedule a scout to run every morning at 8am (or any cron schedule) for one or more niches. ViralMint runs the scout overnight, downloads the top picks, analyzes them with Whisper + AI, and delivers a morning digest in the chat with "Generate video" buttons for the highest-scoring results.
Find what's trending in your niche
Sign up takes 30 seconds. The trending finder runs free — five platforms in parallel, with channel-baseline outlier scoring on every result. No card required.