[Case Study] Automated YouTube Journey

kendzalo · Feb 16, 2021

Hey BHW,

So I decided to put my python skills into use. I created a bot that will automatically create and upload videos to my YouTube channel. I created 2 bots, one is a Reddit voiceover bot and the other is a Twitch clip compilation bot. I'm also planning to create a TikTok compilation bot.

Here is the workflow of the Reddit bot:
1. Scrape hot Reddit posts from a subreddit (e.g. r/askreddit)
2. Scrape x amount of comments from the post (e.g. ~50 make for a 10-20 minute video)
3. Send the text to Google TTS and get the mp3 files
4. Generate the video and merge the audio with it. The video generator basically recreates how the post would look like on reddit.
5. Upload the video to YouTube

The Twitch bot is pretty similar just that it doesn't use TTS and scrapes from a Twitch channel or category and gets the top clips.

I plan on uploading 2 videos a day on the Reddit channel and 1 on the Twitch channel.

Current stats

Reddit bot
Videos: 6
Views: 10
Subscribers: 1

Twitch bot
Videos: 2
Views: 8
Subscribers: 2

I'm gonna try and update this thread once a week.
If you have any suggestions leave a comment below. Also if you wanna contact me shoot me a PM

tigertigertiger · Feb 16, 2021

I want to be honest. That's quite some task to automate, really good job with that. But the niches are quite hard, a lot of competitors and many of them are doing it without bots and have a higher quality because of this (obviously). It will be really hard to get traction. I think with your skills there are a few better ways to automate content if you are a bit more creative. But since it's close to autopilot it might be still worth it. Did you ever work with the youtube API?

kendzalo · Feb 16, 2021

tigertigertiger said:
I want to be honest. That's quite some task to automate, really good job with that. But the niches are quite hard, a lot of competitors and many of them are doing it without bots and have a higher quality because of this (obviously). It will be really hard to get traction. I think with your skills there are a few better ways to automate content if you are a bit more creative. But since it's close to autopilot it might be still worth it. Did you ever work with the youtube API?

I understand the niche is very competitive but every shot you don't take is a shot missed

. I will try and see if I can get at least moderate success from this.

Yes I worked with YouTube API but decided to use Selenium to upload my videos as well. Because my app needs to be approved by Google to have the videos uploaded as public. Otherwise they are locked in private.

Starblazer · Feb 16, 2021

Reddit voice over is saturated. You should find a specific niche (like dog food) instead of askreddit.

kendzalo · Feb 16, 2021

Pavan Teja 1 said:
Reddit voice over is saturated. You should find a specific niche (like dog food) instead of askreddit.

Just testing out the workflow of my bot. It's pretty saturated but it costs me pretty much no time to run a script. And I can reuse the code later on. Would definitely like to look into specific niches. PM me if you have any ideas.

perrymason · Feb 16, 2021

That's an interesting plan, can't wait for the updates. Good luck OP!

JRFisher · Feb 16, 2021

how are you going to monetize this though?

kendzalo · Feb 16, 2021

perrymason said:
That's an interesting plan, can't wait for the updates. Good luck OP!

Thanks!

JRFisher said:
how are you going to monetize this though?

Adsense

zazzarone77 · Feb 16, 2021

the bot that from twitch channels chooses clips, joins them and posts them on youtube, is free on github

kendzalo · Feb 16, 2021

zazzarone77 said:
the bot that from twitch channels chooses clips, joins them and posts them on youtube, is free on github

Yes there are bots like this on GitHub. But I made my own. It's good practice and could make money in the long run

Cocinerito · Feb 17, 2021

I see it very interesting, I am attentive to your progress. Thanks for sharing.

chrischris15 · Feb 17, 2021

A lot of people are doing that now. There is a really good public bot out there already.

https://github.com/HA6Bots/Automatic-Youtube-Reddit-Text-To-Speech-Video-Generator-and-Uploader

I am successful with reddit bots because I changed so much of that source code to make something more unique. Stay away from askreddit too.

Good luck though there is money to be made with it before youtube bans that type of content.

Adehorla · Feb 17, 2021

Create, how do you choose title?

ShadowMoses · Feb 17, 2021

What’s your end goal with this? To be monetized? I ask because I’ve seen channels get demonetized for doing this until they started verbally reading the scripts and showing their face. One channel I saw awhile back had the same 5 second clip of a girl at the intro of the video and the switched to auto voice.

I’m just curious, besides channels can be repurposed with ease if that’s the case.

JRFisher · Feb 17, 2021

But how do you plan to get approved for Adsense using computer-generated content? It is against TOS and such channels aren't able to be monetized

kendzalo · Feb 17, 2021

Cocinerito said:
I see it very interesting, I am attentive to your progress. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

chrischris15 said:
A lot of people are doing that now. There is a really good public bot out there already.

https://github.com/HA6Bots/Automatic-Youtube-Reddit-Text-To-Speech-Video-Generator-and-Uploader

I am successful with reddit bots because I changed so much of that source code to make something more unique. Stay away from askreddit too.

Good luck though there is money to be made with it before youtube bans that type of content.

Askreddit seems to be pretty saturated. Probably gonna get a list of subreddits and make the bot rotate through them. Thank you!

Adehorla said:
Create, how do you choose title?

Just get the title of the reddit post or streamer/game of the twitch clips.

ShadowMoses said:
What’s your end goal with this? To be monetized? I ask because I’ve seen channels get demonetized for doing this until they started verbally reading the scripts and showing their face. One channel I saw awhile back had the same 5 second clip of a girl at the intro of the video and the switched to auto voice.

I’m just curious, besides channels can be repurposed with ease if that’s the case.

Gonna try to be monetized. Hopefully get some cash out of it. If it is successful probably make several channels.

JRFisher said:
But how do you plan to get approved for Adsense using computer-generated content? It is against TOS and such channels aren't able to be monetized

If Adsense doesn't work I can just sell off the account or use a different method of advertisement.

Hubba · Feb 17, 2021

Proper

RoyalCobra777 · Feb 18, 2021

I knew I needed to learn to code when I was in school. Good luck with your journey.

kendzalo · Feb 20, 2021

Hubba said:
Proper

Innit

RoyalCobra777 said:
I knew I needed to learn to code when I was in school. Good luck with your journey.

Code is pretty important these days. Thanks!

I will upload a lot less because the rendering of the video takes a while and my laptop isn't the best so I can't do anything else for an hour. I will probably upload ~3 videos a week for both channels.

Heath Tom · Feb 21, 2021

Eager to see your progress.. All the best for your journey

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