A powerful tool for analyzing YouTube competitor channels, trending content, and search keywords to reverse-engineer successful video strategies.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install youtube-competitor-analysis
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install youtube-competitor-analysis using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is YouTube Competitor Analysis?
The YouTube Competitor Analysis skill is a comprehensive data extraction and strategy tool designed for creators, marketers, and researchers. By leveraging this tool within the Openclaw Skills framework, users can bypass standard API limitations to gather granular data on competitor performance, subscriber growth, and engagement metrics. It enables a data-driven approach to content creation by identifying what works in specific niches and regions through automated metadata and transcript analysis.
This skill is built to integrate seamlessly with residential proxies, ensuring uninterrupted access to YouTube data without the constraints of traditional rate limits. Whether you need to scrape video transcripts for content repurposing or monitor global trending feeds to stay ahead of the curve, this addition to your Openclaw Skills library provides the technical infrastructure needed for high-scale video market research and competitive intelligence.
YouTube Competitor Analysis Use Cases
- Conducting deep-dive research into competitor channel growth and upload frequency patterns.
- Identifying high-traffic keywords through automated YouTube search suggestion scraping.
- Monitoring viral video velocity to spot emerging trends in real-time within your niche.
- Extracting audience sentiment and FAQs from thousands of video comments for product research.
- Analyzing geo-specific trending content across multiple countries using targeted residential proxies.
How YouTube Competitor Analysis Works
- The skill initializes a browser session or HTTP request using configured residential proxies to avoid YouTube's automated access limits.
- It navigates to specified YouTube channel URLs, video pages, or search queries to extract raw metadata and engagement stats.
- For video-level analysis, it scrapes deeper metrics including descriptions, tags, and auto-generated transcripts.
- It processes the collected data to calculate engagement rates, identify content patterns, and detect viral indicators.
- The skill generates a structured JSON report detailing channel statistics, top-performing videos, and strategic growth opportunities.
YouTube Competitor Analysis Setup
To successfully deploy this tool within your Openclaw Skills environment, you must configure proxy settings to handle YouTube's anti-scraping measures.
Browser Proxy Configuration
{
"browser": {
"proxy": {
"server": "http://gate.birdproxies.com:7777",
"username": "USER-country-us",
"password": "PASS"
}
}
}
Environment Variables for HTTP Requests
export HTTP_PROXY=http://USER:[email protected]:7777
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://USER:[email protected]:7777
YouTube Competitor Analysis Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes YouTube intelligence into a structured schema designed for easy integration into marketing dashboards or further analysis.
| Data Object | Fields Included |
|---|---|
| Channel Stats | Subscriber count, total views, video count, upload frequency, avg views |
| Video Analysis | Title, published date, view velocity, engagement rate, keywords, chapters |
| Content Strategy | Primary video format, average duration, posting days, thumbnail visual style |
| Keyword Metrics | Search result count, competition level, autocomplete suggestions, content gaps |
| Audience Insights | Comment sentiment, common FAQs, competitor mentions, feature requests |
YouTube Competitor Analysis Advanced Features
- Multi-Country Trending Analysis: Access country-specific trending feeds by utilizing geo-targeted residential proxies for international strategy.
- Transcript Mining: Automatically extract and analyze auto-generated transcripts to reverse-engineer competitor keyword density and script structure.
- View Velocity Tracking: Identify viral potential by monitoring view count growth in the critical first 24 hours of an upload.
- Comment Sentiment Scraping: Process hundreds of comments via automated JavaScript scrolling to identify audience pain points and content gaps.
- Automated Competitor Monitoring: Set up recurring tracking to receive alerts on new uploads and strategy shifts across a list of priority channels.
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