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MYTH TEST M1 · PLANNED

Does copying your niche’s outliers still work?

The claim: “Copying the outlier videos in your own niche no longer works.” Tested on one channel, with the owner’s own numbers.

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The result

Not run yet. Results will be published here with the channel owner’s own Studio numbers.

Who says it

The set-up

One channel publishes nine videos in alternating order: three on a format that has already worked in a different niche, three on a format copied from this niche’s own outliers, and three original ideas. Everything else (length, upload day, thumbnail style) stays as normal for the channel.

See this on your own channelVideoCore measures every video against your channel's own normal. Lens does it on any video, free, no account.

What is measured

How long: About 9 weeks at one upload a week

How to read this

Every result on these pages comes from one channel, published by the person who owns it, from their own YouTube Studio. Results are never combined across channels. A handful of videos on one channel is an experiment, not proof.

Test it on your own channel

Tag each video as a format borrowed from another niche, a format copied from your own niche’s outliers, or an original idea.

VideoCore reads only your channel’s own YouTube Analytics, and only you see it. Comparisons with your typical video are calculated by VideoCore from your YouTube Analytics; they are not YouTube figures.

Do this: run M1 on your channel (you’ll need to be signed in with your channel connected).

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Last updated October 2026. Written by the VideoCore team.
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