FAQ Free Outliers Competitors
The API Key is like a “digital key” that lets your browser talk directly to YouTube to get the latest data. By using your own free key, you get a private 10,000-unit daily quota, ensuring your searches are fast and never blocked by other users’ activity.
Not at all. It takes about 2 minutes via the Google Cloud Console. We provide a step-by-step guide on the setup page to help you generate your free key.
An outlier is a video that performed significantly better (e.g., 3x or 5x more views) than that channel’s recent average. These are the “hidden gems”—they prove that a specific topic or thumbnail style is currently viral, making it a perfect idea for you to adapt.
Once you add competitors to your dashboard, you can select any combination of them from a dropdown menu. You can then analyze them all together to see who is currently winning in your niche.
If a competitor uploads a video that isn’t relevant to your research (like a personal vlog or a different topic), you can click “Hide.” Our tool remembers this and will filter that video out of all your future analyses.
When you find a great video idea, click the “Save” icon. It is instantly sent to your “Saved Videos” tab and logged in your Google, so you can build a library of content inspiration.