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Top Shorts decoded in bariatric surgery
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Top long videos decoded
7.9M
Views behind the data

Your AI knows YouTube. It does not know your niche.You are buying the niche data, rules and tools it needs: we decoded 105 bariatric surgery videos into the formulas that win.

  • Charles Buist0 → 189K subs
  • Roger Wakefield200 → 723K subs
  • Austin Armstrong5K → 642K subs

Topics inside Bariatric Surgery, each decoded on its own and included with it:

The Bariatric Surgery Data Report

The formula behind the top 5, in every category.

105 bariatric surgery videos decoded, 7.9M views behind them. Titles, thumbnails, hooks, scripts, descriptions, story and editing. Read it online or download the PDF.

Titles2.9M views in the top 5

How Bariatric Surgery Titles Win Clicks

The pattern

Number first in long form

  1. #11.1M
  2. #2605K
  3. #3557K
  4. #4290K
  5. #5265K

#1: Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico (Mexico Bariatric Center). Places 2 to 5 are decoded in the report.

Thumbnails1.6M views in the top 5

What Bariatric Surgery Thumbnails Look Like When They Win

The pattern

Surgeon face fills one third

  1. #1605K
  2. #2290K
  3. #3265K
  4. #4223K
  5. #5208K

#1: Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021 (John Pilcher, Bariatric Surgeon). Places 2 to 5 are decoded in the report.

Hooks2.9M views in the top 5

How to Open a Bariatric Surgery Video So People Stay

The pattern

Boldest claim in first three seconds

  1. #11.1M
  2. #2605K
  3. #3557K
  4. #4290K
  5. #5265K

#1: Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico (Mexico Bariatric Center). Places 2 to 5 are decoded in the report.

Scripts2.9M views in the top 5

How to Structure a Bariatric Surgery Video Script

The pattern

Numbered items in sequence

  1. #11.1M
  2. #2605K
  3. #3557K
  4. #4290K
  5. #5265K

#1: Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico (Mexico Bariatric Center). Places 2 to 5 are decoded in the report.

Descriptions2.9M views in the top 5

What to Write in a Bariatric Surgery Video Description

The pattern

Procedure name in first sentence

  1. #11.1M
  2. #2605K
  3. #3557K
  4. #4290K
  5. #5265K

#1: Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico (Mexico Bariatric Center). Places 2 to 5 are decoded in the report.

Story1.6M views in the top 5

How Bariatric Surgery Videos Are Structured to Hold Attention

The pattern

Open with a risk reframe

  1. #1605K
  2. #2290K
  3. #3265K
  4. #4223K
  5. #5208K

#1: Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021 (John Pilcher, Bariatric Surgeon). Places 2 to 5 are decoded in the report.

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The patterns that win in Bariatric Surgery.

105 Bariatric Surgery videos decoded. We find what repeats in the winners. Your AI uses it.

Source videoJohn Pilcher, Bariatric Surgeon · 605K views

Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021

option a vs option b, freshness signal

This title uses a direct comparison structure that immediately signals the video will help viewers choose between two weight loss surgery options.

PatternDirect comparison + year timestamp for freshnessEmotionnone
5 real videos behind this pattern · 2.9M views
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01 · What to film

Know what to make next.

You ask“What should my channel film next, and why?”

Ranked by the views behind each topic

Topics to make, rankedBariatric Surgery
1gastric sleeve32 decoded videos4.8M views
2after gastric14 decoded videos2.3M views
3sleeve surgery14 decoded videos2.2M views
4before and after9 decoded videos1.8M views
02 · The title

Titles in the pattern that already won.

You ask“Write the titles for my next three videos.”

Built on a real video with 1.1M views

Titles, in the winning patternBariatric Surgery
Number first in long form
A6 Things You Should Know Before Gastric Sleeve Surgery
BWhat Actually Happens to Your Body After Gastric Sleeve Surgery
CThis Is How Your Stomach Looks After Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Based on: “Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico”, Mexico Bariatric Center

03 · The thumbnail

A thumbnail brief, not a guess.

You ask“What should the thumbnail show?”

Written from the thumbnails that won in bariatric surgery

Thumbnail briefBariatric Surgery
Surgeon face fills one third

Surgeon centered in frame, white coat or scrubs, holding up fingers in a counting gesture toward camera. Bold white number '6' on the left side of frame against a dark teal background. Overlay reads 'KNOW BEFORE SURGERY' in large black sans-serif. Eye lands on the number first, then the surgeon's direct gaze.

04 · The first 15 seconds

Open the way the winners open.

You ask“How do I open this video?”

Read from the real opening lines in bariatric surgery

Hook ruleBariatric Surgery
Boldest claim in first three seconds

For long form, speak your boldest claim in the first three seconds.

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Charles Buist
0 → 189K subs · 16M views
Roger Wakefield
200 → 723K subs · 153M views
Austin Armstrong
5K → 642K subs · 71M views

Real channels, and these counts come straight from YouTube and update every day, so you can go and check any of them. They are individual results, not a forecast of yours.

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option a vs option b, freshness signal

From 5 winners · 1.6M views
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Your titles, scripts and descriptions are written by the AI you connect, on your own account, from the decoded niche data and the formulas we hand it. That is the point of the product and the reason nothing here is metered: you are not buying tokens, you are buying the research that makes the AI you already have worth talking to about your business. Thumbnails work either way. ChatGPT or Gemini can make the image in the connected chat. Claude gives you the finished image prompt to use in the image app you choose. Niche King does not render a connected customer’s thumbnail on its own account.

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  • Titles, thumbnails, hooks and scripts built on evidence.
  • The video, channel and views behind every pattern.

What we found in bariatric surgery

We read 105 bariatric surgery videos so you do not have to.

This decode covers 105 bariatric surgery videos totalling 7,934,873 views across channels including Mexico Bariatric Center, Dr. Alvarez | Gastric Sleeve, John Pilcher Bariatric Surgeon, Obesity Control Center, and Bariatric Surgery Info. The single highest-performing video, 'Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico' by Mexico Bariatric Center, drew 1,144,421 views on a Short with almost no spoken hook, which tells you the transformation visual did the work the script did not. The long-form record belongs to 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021' by John Pilcher, Bariatric Surgeon, at 604,554 views, built entirely on a doctor holding two anatomical diagrams and speaking for 42 minutes without a hard sell. What repeats across the corpus is this: the videos that accumulate views are either raw patient transformations with a weight number in the title, or a named surgeon answering a numbered list of questions about gastric sleeve. Nothing in the middle performs. Clinics that film both formats, with the surgeon on camera and a real patient result attached, own the search results that bring in surgical consults.

The topics bariatric surgery actually wins on

Counted from the titles of every bariatric surgery video we decoded, ranked by the views behind them. Not a guess at what your customers care about. A measurement of it.

01

gastric sleeve

Views behind it
4.8M
Decoded winners
32
Formats
20 long · 12 Shorts
02

after gastric

Views behind it
2.3M
Decoded winners
14
Formats
5 long · 9 Shorts
03

sleeve surgery

Views behind it
2.2M
Decoded winners
14
Formats
11 long · 3 Shorts
04

before and after

Views behind it
1.8M
Decoded winners
9
Formats
2 long · 7 Shorts
05

surgery questions

Views behind it
1.4M
Decoded winners
13
Formats
13 long · 0 Shorts
06

questions answers

Views behind it
985K
Decoded winners
13
Formats
13 long · 0 Shorts

The first videos to make in bariatric surgery

Each one answers a topic bariatric surgery already wins on, in the format that actually wins it here. The titles follow the patterns we decoded from the winners, not a template.

01Long form

6 Things You Should Know Before Gastric Sleeve Surgery

32 decoded videos on gastric sleeve · 4.8M views behind it.

Read from: Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico · Mexico Bariatric Center
02Short

What Actually Happens to Your Body After Gastric Sleeve Surgery

14 decoded videos on after gastric · 2.3M views behind it.

Read from: Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico · Mexico Bariatric Center
03Long form

This Is How Your Stomach Looks After Gastric Sleeve Surgery

14 decoded videos on sleeve surgery · 2.2M views behind it.

Read from: This is how the 70-80% of your removed stomach looks like after Gastric Sleeve Surgery · Obesity Control Center

7 more, each with its thumbnail, inside the decode.

The Bariatric Surgery YouTube Strategy

We decoded 105 bariatric surgery videos with 7,934,873 views behind them, from channels including Mexico Bariatric Center, Dr. Alvarez, John Pilcher Bariatric Surgeon, and Obesity Control Center. The corpus is built from two things: patient transformation results with a specific weight number, and a named surgeon answering numbered questions about gastric sleeve surgery. If you film those two things correctly, you will appear where your next patient is already looking.

Title Formulas That Win

The five long-form title winners share two moves. First, a number at the front: '6 Things You Should Avoid With Gastric Sleeve Surgery' (Dr. Alvarez, 265,134 views) and '6 Procedures for Weight Loss You Should Avoid' (Dr. Alvarez, 223,282 views) both open with a digit. Second, the procedure name appears in the title without abbreviation: 'gastric sleeve surgery' or 'gastric bypass' appears in all five. The two top short-form titles use a different move: a specific weight loss number followed by the procedure. 'I LOST 200 LBS! Gastric Sleeve' (Mexico Bariatric Center, 148,412 views) and '235 lbs Down After Gastric Sleeve' (Mexico Bariatric Center, 145,116 views) lead with the outcome stat. 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021' (John Pilcher, 604,554 views) shows that a direct comparison with a freshness signal also works. Every title that exceeded 200,000 views contained at least one of these three moves: a number, an outcome stat, or a vs. comparison.

Long form that won:

  1. Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021 John Pilcher, Bariatric Surgeon · 604,554 views · A-
  2. How big is a bariatric portion? Dr. Crawford talks about the post-op diet! Bariatric Surgery Info · 289,994 views · A-
  3. 6 Things You Should Avoid With Gastric Sleeve Surgery | Bariatric Surgery | Questions & Answers Dr. Alvarez | Gastric Sleeve · 265,134 views · A-
  4. 6 Procedures for Weight Loss You Should Avoid 🚫 | Gastric Sleeve Surgery | Questions and Answers Dr. Alvarez | Gastric Sleeve · 223,282 views · A-
  5. What No One Tells You About The Gastric Sleeve | Questions & Answers | Endobariatric | Dr. A Dr. Alvarez | Gastric Sleeve · 208,339 views · A-

Shorts that won:

  1. Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico Mexico Bariatric Center · 1,144,421 views · A
  2. This is how the 70-80% of your removed stomach looks like after Gastric Sleeve Surgery Obesity Control Center · 557,488 views · A-
  3. Before and After my Gastric Sleeve! Mexico Bariatric Center · 206,149 views · A-
  4. I LOST 200 LBS! Gastric Sleeve 🎉 Mexico Bariatric Center · 148,412 views · B
  5. 235 lbs Down After Gastric Sleeve 💪 Mexico Bariatric Center · 145,116 views · B

What to do: For long form, open the title with a number and include the words 'gastric sleeve surgery' or 'gastric bypass' unabbreviated. Keep the title under 70 characters so YouTube does not cut it in browse feeds. For Shorts, lead with the patient's weight lost as a number, then name the procedure. Write the number before anything else. Do not use pipe separators or Q&A suffixes in Shorts titles. Write down your working title and count the characters before you film anything.

Thumbnails That Get Clicks

All five long-form thumbnail winners show a named surgeon on camera. John Pilcher (604,554 views) stands centered in frame, white coat, holding one anatomical diagram in each hand with a calm direct gaze. Dr. Crawford (289,994 views) stands in a kitchen behind a small white plate, focused expression, no exaggeration. Dr. Alvarez appears in three of the five winners and uses a consistent system: large face on one side of the frame, bold number on the other, high-contrast background. In the 265,134-view thumbnail, he is in the right third with a counting gesture and a large '6' on the left against a cool-to-warm gradient. In the 223,282-view version, he is in the left third in scrubs with a thumbs-down on a bright yellow background, the number '6' and the word 'AVOID' in black and red. In the 208,339-view thumbnail, he has one finger to his lips against a cool blue background with 'WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU' in red. The pattern is: surgeon face, large number or short warning phrase, one strong gesture, clean background.

5 decoded examples and the instruction for this chapter are in the full Niche YouTube Strategy.

Hooks That Make People Stay

Across the five long-form hook winners, the pattern that accumulates the most views opens with a specific claim or a number, not a greeting. 'What No One Tells You About The Gastric Sleeve' (Dr. Alvarez, 208,339 views) opens with '11 things your doctor won't' in the first second. The decoded note on Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve (John Pilcher, 604,554 views) flags that opening with 'Welcome, my name, I'm a bariatric surgeon' is the mistake that costs early retention. The hook analysis for all five long-form winners recommends the same fix: lead with the boldest claim, then add a brief credential, then state what the viewer will know by the end. For Shorts, the five winners show what not to do: four of the five open with music and no spoken words, and the decode marks all four as failing the hook test. The one Short with a spoken hook, 'I LOST 200 LBS! Gastric Sleeve' (Mexico Bariatric Center, 148,412 views), opens with '3 years after gastric sleeve I started at 360 lb' and the template shows this is the only replicable structure in the Shorts set.

10 decoded examples and the instruction for this chapter are in the full Niche YouTube Strategy.

Scripts Built To Keep Attention

The three long-form script winners that have full transcripts use a numbered-list structure. Dr. Alvarez's 265,134-view video runs through six items in sequence, each with a name, a physiological reason, and a consequence. His 208,339-view video promises 11 things in the first second and delivers all 11 in order. John Pilcher's 604,554-view comparison video runs 42 minutes and uses a different structure: anatomy explanation, mechanism comparison, evidence review, and a soft close with 'I hope you do great on your surgical journey.' The short-form scripts in this corpus are almost entirely music with no spoken structure, and the decode marks them as unreplicable. The one exception, 'I LOST 200 LBS!' (Mexico Bariatric Center, 148,412 views), follows a four-beat template: starting weight, intervention, pounds lost, life outcome. CTAs in the long-form winners are light: Dr. Alvarez asks for a comment, a like, and a subscribe at the end, woven into a closing identity line about his clinic.

10 decoded examples and the instruction for this chapter are in the full Niche YouTube Strategy.

Descriptions That Earn The Search

All five long-form description winners include the procedure name in the first sentence, a link to the clinic website, and a set of social media links. Dr. Alvarez's three entries (265,134 views, 223,282 views, and 208,339 views) follow an identical structure: a curiosity lead, a book or consultation CTA with a link, the clinic website link, social platform links, a tagline, and hashtags. The decode flags one consistent problem across all five: the first 125 characters do not contain the primary keyword. In the 604,554-view John Pilcher video, 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve' does not appear early enough. All five are also flagged for excessive hashtags, with some using 15 to 20 tags. The Shorts descriptions from Mexico Bariatric Center use a testimonial quote as the lead, a link to a patient health questionnaire, and contact details including a phone number.

10 decoded examples and the instruction for this chapter are in the full Niche YouTube Strategy.

Stories That Keep Viewers Watching

The four long-form storytelling winners all use a three-act structure, but the turn between acts is always a reframe of risk. In Dr. Alvarez's 208,339-view video, Act 1 flips the narrative from 'surgery is dangerous' to 'staying obese is the danger.' In his 265,134-view video, Act 1 establishes one prohibition and its physiological reason, then Acts 2 and 3 repeat that pattern for each remaining item, building a cumulative case. John Pilcher's 604,554-view video spends Act 1 framing the decision as collaborative, Act 2 explaining the anatomy and hormonal mechanisms of both surgeries, and closes without a verdict, trusting the viewer to decide. Dr. Crawford's 289,994-view video opens with the core principle, moves to a food category walkthrough with physical props, and closes with a disclaimer. The move that repeats across all four is naming a risk or prohibition, explaining why it exists in the body, and then giving the viewer a concrete alternative or decision.

5 decoded examples and the instruction for this chapter are in the full Niche YouTube Strategy.

Make this first

Film a long-form video with your surgeon on camera answering the six most common questions about gastric sleeve surgery. Working title: '6 Things You Should Know Before Gastric Sleeve Surgery.' This format is proven by Dr. Alvarez | Gastric Sleeve, whose version of this structure reached 265,134 views, and the pattern repeats across 13 long-form videos in this corpus totalling 1,391,422 views.

Bariatric Clinics ask us

How many videos do we actually need to make before this starts working?

The corpus of 105 bariatric surgery videos shows that the highest-view channels, including Dr. Alvarez | Gastric Sleeve and Mexico Bariatric Center, built their results across two repeating formats: numbered surgeon Q&A videos and patient before-and-after results. You need at least one of each to begin. Dr. Alvarez's channel produced multiple videos on the same gastric sleeve question format, each reaching between 200,000 and 265,000 views, which suggests the same topic filmed more than once, with a different title structure, keeps accumulating views.

Do we need a patient on camera or can the surgeon do it alone?

Both formats win, but they win on different topics. All five long-form thumbnail and script winners feature the surgeon alone on camera answering questions about gastric sleeve surgery. Patient transformation content, including 'I LOST 200 LBS! Gastric Sleeve' (Mexico Bariatric Center, 148,412 views) and '235 lbs Down After Gastric Sleeve' (145,116 views), performs best as Shorts with a specific weight number in the title. Film the surgeon alone for long-form question videos. Film the patient result for Shorts, with the weight number spoken in the first three seconds.

What is the single highest-performing video in this niche and what made it work?

'Before and After Gastric Sleeve in Mexico' by Mexico Bariatric Center reached 1,144,421 views as a Short. The decode shows the hook was music with no spoken words, which the analysis marks as a failure by hook standards. The view count came from the transformation visual and the title structure: a specific before-and-after promise with a geographic signal. The lesson is that the title and thumbnail carried this video, not the script or hook. A clinic filming the same content with a spoken weight number in the first three seconds would likely outperform it.

Should we do Shorts or long-form videos?

The corpus shows 4,812,226 views on gastric sleeve content, split across 20 long-form and 12 Shorts. The long-form winners have replicable structures: numbered lists, named surgeons, physiological explanations. The Shorts winners at Mexico Bariatric Center used music-only openings that the decode marks as poor hooks, meaning their view counts came from title and transformation visual alone. Film long-form first, because the script and thumbnail patterns are clearer and more repeatable. Film Shorts only when you have a real patient result with a specific weight number to lead with.

Can we use our clinic name in the video title?

The five highest-performing long-form titles in this corpus do not include a clinic name. 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021' (John Pilcher, 604,554 views) and '6 Things You Should Avoid With Gastric Sleeve Surgery' (Dr. Alvarez, 265,134 views) both lead with the procedure and the number. Clinic names appear in descriptions, in the closing line of the script, and in the channel name, not in the video title. Put the procedure name and the number in the title. Put the clinic name in the last sentence of the script.

How long should a bariatric surgery video be?

The long-form winner with the highest view count, 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021' by John Pilcher Bariatric Surgeon at 604,554 views, runs 42 minutes. The three Dr. Alvarez long-form winners range from roughly 6 to 11 minutes based on their script structures. The script analysis recommends a three-act structure for all long-form videos regardless of length: risk reframe, numbered points with physiological reasons, and a closing action. Length should match the number of items in your list. Six items at roughly 90 seconds each gives you a nine-minute video, which matches the Dr. Alvarez pattern.

How many hashtags should we use on each video?

The description decode for all ten winners, both long-form and Shorts, flags excessive hashtags as a consistent problem. Mexico Bariatric Center used 15 hashtags on 'I LOST 200 LBS! Gastric Sleeve' (148,412 views) and Obesity Control Center used 20 on its Shorts description. Every decoded video is flagged with the same correction: use three hashtags, not more. The three to use are one for the procedure (such as gastric sleeve), one for the outcome (such as weight loss), and one for your location or brand name.

What should the surgeon actually say in the first ten seconds?

The hook analysis across five long-form winners gives a consistent answer: state the number and the topic before you state your name. 'What No One Tells You About The Gastric Sleeve' (Dr. Alvarez, 208,339 views) opens with '11 things your doctor won't' in the first second. The decode for 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve' (John Pilcher, 604,554 views) flags 'Welcome, my name, I'm a bariatric surgeon' as the mistake that kills early retention. The recommended sequence is: bold claim or number first, then the topic, then the credential, then what the viewer will know by the end.

What topics should we avoid because they do not get views in this niche?

The corpus does not include decoded evidence for GLP-1 medication content, nutrition supplements, or general weight loss advice as standalone topics. The 574,786 views behind the weight loss topic in this corpus come from Dr. Alvarez's '6 Procedures for Weight Loss You Should Avoid' (223,282 views), which is a gastric sleeve video that uses weight loss as a secondary keyword, not as a primary topic. Do not build a video around GLP-1 or general diet advice unless you have a gastric sleeve question to anchor it.

Does the doctor need to appear in every video?

Every long-form thumbnail winner in this corpus shows a named surgeon on camera. 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021' (John Pilcher, 604,554 views), 'How big is a bariatric portion?' (Dr. Crawford, 289,994 views), and all three Dr. Alvarez videos between 208,000 and 265,000 views show the surgeon as the face of the thumbnail. Patient transformation Shorts at Mexico Bariatric Center do not require the surgeon on camera, but those videos rely on a before-and-after visual with a specific weight number. For any video where the format is questions and answers or a numbered list, the surgeon must be on camera.

What should we put in the description to get people to call or book?

The description pattern across the Dr. Alvarez videos (265,134 views, 223,282 views, and 208,339 views) is: a curiosity lead sentence containing the procedure name, a consultation CTA with the clinic website link, social media links, a brand tagline, and three hashtags. The clinic website link appears before social media links in every case. For Shorts, the Mexico Bariatric Center pattern adds a direct phone number and a link to a patient health questionnaire. Put your booking link or phone number in the first four lines so it is visible without clicking 'show more.'

What is the one thing we should film this week if we have never made a video before?

Film your surgeon on camera answering six questions patients ask before gastric sleeve surgery. Use the working title '6 Things You Should Know Before Gastric Sleeve Surgery.' This format produced 265,134 views for Dr. Alvarez | Gastric Sleeve and appears across 13 long-form videos in the corpus totalling 1,391,422 views. Keep it under ten minutes. Open with the number six and the topic. End with your clinic name and your website. Do not open with the surgeon's name or a greeting.

How do we make a thumbnail without a designer?

The decoded thumbnail pattern across the five long-form winners requires three things: the surgeon's face on one side of the frame, a large number or short warning phrase on the other side, and a clean single-colour or gradient background. Dr. Alvarez produced three winning thumbnails using this exact system, including the 265,134-view video with a green gradient and a '6' on the left, and the 223,282-view video with a yellow background and a thumbs-down gesture. Shoot a still photo of the surgeon against a plain wall. Add the number and a three-word phrase in bold. That is the complete template.

Is it worth filming content about gastric bypass as well as gastric sleeve?

The corpus shows 908,158 views across nine gastric bypass videos, compared to 4,812,226 views across 32 gastric sleeve videos. The highest-performing bypass video, 'Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve, update for 2021' by John Pilcher Bariatric Surgeon at 604,554 views, is a comparison video, not a bypass-only video. The evidence suggests the comparison format outperforms bypass-only content. If you film a gastric bypass video, frame it as a comparison with gastric sleeve rather than as a standalone bypass topic.

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Yes. A free account, with just your email, shows a sample of a finished niche: one part of each winning pattern and the first video to make. The full rules, the decoded source videos, the rest of the ranked list and the tools are part of the paid plan.

Will Niche King help me find my niche?

No. This is for creators and businesses who already know the niche they want to make videos in. Pick a finished niche, or request yours and we will have its research and decodes complete within 7 days of purchase. We supply the research, formulas and AI tools for that niche, not a niche-discovery course.

Do I only get my own trade?

You choose one active niche from the finished library at a time. Lifetime can switch anytime; Yearly can switch once a week. One niche at a time gives your AI deep context instead of a shallow pile of unrelated data. Nothing is metered per question by Niche King.

Is this a subscription?

You choose. Yearly is $24.75 a month, billed $297 once a year, and renews automatically until you cancel (cancel anytime in your account). Lifetime is $497 once and never renews. There is no payment plan for either.

What does lifetime mean?

Access for as long as Niche King provides this product, including the niches and updates we publish. There is nothing to cancel because it never renews.

What if I run more than one channel?

Lifetime Access, 10 channels is $997 once, for agencies and businesses with up to 10 channels. It is a single payment; there is no payment plan for it.

Is there a course or live calls to attend?

No. The product is the working Strategy, evidence and tools. A finished niche is ready as soon as you connect. A niche you request is complete within 7 days of purchase. If you get stuck, the support form is there whenever you need it.

How do you know the Decode makes my AI better?

The headline is a promise, not a measured result yet. The 14-Day Fit Guarantee backs it: use it on your real work, and if your AI is not clearly better for your niche, ask for a refund.

Is there a guarantee?

Every purchase has a 14-day Fit Guarantee. Earlier buyers keep the window offered at their checkout. Use the live Strategy in your real work. If it is not right for your business, request a full refund through a support ticket within the applicable window. When a refund is issued, access to your Niche Strategy, the tools and the MCP data layer ends immediately.

Who is this not for?

Anyone still trying to decide what niche to enter, anyone wanting somebody to run their channel, or anyone expecting every niche to be active at the same time. This is a working Strategy for one chosen niche at a time, not a niche finder or a done-for-you service.

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