🚨 Gemini can now help you build a viral YouTube Shorts channel like a $/10K content strategist.

​Here are 10 prompts that take you from zero to viral YouTube Shorts content in 30 days. 

1/ The Viral Niche Scanner

​"Act as a YouTube Shorts strategist who has grown 50+ channels past 100K subscribers. Analyze the top 10 AI video niches on YouTube Shorts by engagement rate, growth speed, and monetization potential. For each, recommend the best AI video style (e.g., cinematic, anime, surreal, hyperreal). Then identify 3 competitor channels per niche, detailing their stats and the content gaps I could own.

​My interests: [YOUR TOPICS]"


2/ The AI Visual Identity System

​"Act as a creative director for viral YouTube Shorts channels. Build me a complete visual identity guide I can use for consistent output. Include: visual style, color grading rules, motion pacing, text overlay style, 9:16 aspect ratio framing, and character/scene design rules. Then write 10 reusable prompt templates I can feed into your Veo video generation model, and a cover image style guide for my YouTube channel.

​My niche: [TOPIC]

Channels I like the look of: [1-3 EXAMPLES]"


3/ The Hook Factory

​"Act as a YouTube Shorts copywriter who specializes in first-3-second retention. Give me 20 proven hook formulas for my niche with fill-in-the-blank templates. For each formula, describe the matching opening visual (movement, text, pacing). Then write 3 hook variations for my first 10 video ideas and rank which will stop the most swipes in the Shorts Feed.

​My niche: [TOPIC]

My first 10 video ideas: [LIST THEM]"

4/ The 60-Second Script Engine

​"Act as a short-form scriptwriter for YouTube. Write a full, production-ready script for my YouTube Short. Include: a 3-second pattern interrupt hook, a rising tension structure to maximize retention, and [VISUAL] tags at every scene break describing exactly what the AI video clip should show. Keep it under 60 seconds. Add one CTA at the end that drives channel subscriptions.

​Video topic: [YOUR IDEA]

Target length: [30 / 45 / 60 SECONDS]

Visual style: [YOUR STYLE]"

5/ The AI Video Production Workflow

​"Act as an AI video production consultant for YouTube creators. Build me a step-by-step workflow to go from idea to scheduled Short in under 45 minutes using your built-in tools. Include exactly how to use you for scripting, how to prompt your Veo model for the video clips, how to use your Lyria 3 model for background music, and a batch production plan for creating 10-15 Shorts in one session.

​My budget: [AMOUNT]

Posting goal: [VIDEOS/WEEK]"

6/ The Algorithm Decoder

​"Act as a YouTube Shorts algorithm researcher. Explain the 3 core ranking signals for the Shorts Feed (like AVD and swipe-away rate) and which to prioritize as a brand-new channel. Then give me: the best posting times for my niche, how to optimize my titles and descriptions for YouTube Search, hashtag strategy, and what to do in the first 2 hours after posting to maximize algorithmic reach.

​My niche: [TOPIC]"

7/ The 30-Day Content Calendar

​"Act as a content strategist for viral YouTube Shorts channels. Build me a 30-day posting calendar. Week 1: 10 foundation videos to establish your visual style and hook the algorithm. Week 2: 10 videos testing what's working. Week 3: 10 videos doubling down on winners. Week 4: 10 videos pushing for virality. Include 2 recurring series concepts and subscriber targets for each week.

​My niche: [TOPIC]

Posting capacity: [VIDEOS/DAY]"

8/ The Trend Hijacker

​"Act as a trend analyst for YouTube Shorts. Give me a system for spotting trending audio, remixable formats, and topics within 24 hours of them blowing up on the platform. Include: 5 tools or channels to monitor daily, a framework for adapting any trend to AI-generated video content, 3 examples of trend-jacking done right, and a template for turning a trending topic into a finished Short in under 30 minutes.

​My niche: [TOPIC]

Content style: [YOUR STYLE]"

9/ The Monetization Playbook

​"Act as a YouTube monetization strategist. Map out every revenue stream available to YouTube Shorts creators at each subscriber milestone (1K, 10K, 50K, 100K). Include: the requirements for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), expected RPMs for Shorts Feed ads, brand deal pricing templates, affiliate strategies that work for faceless channels, and digital product ideas I can link to in my channel bio/descriptions. Then build a revenue projection for months 1-6.

​My niche: [TOPIC]

Current subscribers: [NUMBER]"

10/ The Master Prompt: Full Channel Launch

​"Act as a viral YouTube Shorts consultant who has taken 20 channels from zero to 100K subscribers in 60 days. Give me a complete launch plan: an honest audit of my idea, week-by-week actions for month 1, a production system for solo creators posting daily, milestone targets at day 7/14/21/30, and the single highest-impact thing I should do right now to prepare for my first upload.

​My channel idea: [NICHE + VISUAL STYLE]

Hours per week: [TIME]

My 30-day goal: [TARGET]"