These 16 YouTube title formats print in any niche๐งต
1/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
How the Most {Entity/Object} (Achieved desirable outcome)
The key part is adding a descriptive, EXTREME word before the entity. This amplifies curiosity, driving clicks.
2/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
The {Descriptive word} Truth About [Product/Company]
Works best for video essays
3/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
[Entity] Has A Serious Problem
4/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
Stop {Common Action or Belief}. Do This Instead.
If you make the second part of the title more specific, even better!
Works across all kinds of niches
5/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
*NEVER* do THIS when [Action]!
The best thing is that the action doesnโt have to be very extreme or hard to execute.
The โNEVERโ part is enough to pique curiosity.
6/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
{Trusted Entity} breaks down [Trending Event]
The key part is using a trending event, like a celebrity legal case or a viral song
7/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
[#] of Things I Wish I Knew When I Started {Activity}
It appeals to a beginner audience, which is the largest audience for any activity.
And, itโs easy to execute AND works across a ton of niches.
8/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
I Made [Famous Method] Work For An Average Person (myself)
It works because it appeals to a large audience who want to use popular but difficult-to-implement strategies/methods.
9/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
This Stupid TRICK Helped Me [Achieve Goal]
The key part is choosing a goal which your audience genuinely wants to achieve. It canโt be anything random.
10/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
You are a better {profession} than AI. (Yes, you.
Everyone's into AI nowadays, so videos will automatically get a ton of views
11/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
I Learned {Activity} in [Specific time frame]
It works because it appeals to a large % of the market, AND the time frame creates curiosity, because hey, everyone wants to learn stuff as fast as possible.
Works great in education niches
12/ Take an object, strip it down, and voila, youโve got an attention-grabbing thumbnail and title.
How to Create a Killer Thumbnail That Forces Viewers to Click (technical post, bookmark it๐งต)
Open a curiosity loop (unfinished thoughts/questions that almost force viewers to seek resolution by watching the video) using something called "click triggers".
Here are 5, with examples on how to use them
#1: Curiosity
These are thumbnails which create a lot of questions in the viewer's mind.
To get answers to those questions, the viewer is forced to click on the video.