Researches viral content on YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn for specific business personas. Identifies "winning" posts (high view-to-follower ratio), analyzes engagement, and generates tailored content ideas. Use this skill when tasked with identifying content trends, finding viral hooks, or performing competitor research for AI-focused creators and agencies.
This skill automates the discovery and analysis of viral content across major social platforms (YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn). It is specifically tuned for two target personas: Business Professionals (AI for productivity) and AI Agency Builders. By identifying content that significantly outperforms a creator's average (3x+ virality ratio), it extracts the underlying patterns that drive engagement.
To perform a complete research cycle, follow these steps:
Before running research, ensure the following reference files are up-to-date:
references/api-keys.md: Contains YouTube API Key and Apify Token.references/personas.md: Defines keywords for YouTube and hashtags for Instagram.references/creators.md: Lists LinkedIn profile URLs to be monitored.Execute the following scripts located in the scripts/ directory. Each script will save its results to the results/ folder.
YouTube Research:
python scripts/youtube_viral_search.py
Instagram Research:
python scripts/instagram_viral_search.py
LinkedIn Research:
python scripts/linkedin_viral_search.py
Once all platform data is collected in results/, run the compiler to generate the final report:
python scripts/compile_deliverable.py
The final report will be generated as results/viral_content_research.md.
Views / Followers. A ratio of 3.0 or higher is considered a "Winning Post".youtube_viral_search.py: Searches YouTube Data API v3 and calculates virality.instagram_viral_search.py: Uses Apify's Instagram Scraper (requires Token).linkedin_viral_search.py: Uses Apify's LinkedIn Profile Posts Scraper (no cookies needed).compile_deliverable.py: Consolidates JSON results into a beautiful Markdown report.api-keys.md: Securely store keys (parse using regex or split).personas.md: Update keywords/hashtags as trends shift.creators.md: Add new competitive creators to monitor on LinkedIn.viral_content_research.md: The final consumable report.