YouTube Trends · MCP & API

See which YouTube videos, topics and formats are rising right now

YouTube Trends shows which videos, channels and title patterns are gaining attention for a topic, so your AI agent can plan content from real demand. Via MCP or API.

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Step 2: Connect Cite42 MCP

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Step 3: Ask inClaude Code

You ask your AIWhat YouTube angles are working for videos about AI-powered CRM?
MCP runsYouTube Trends
Runs across the sources shown.
Your AI saysTutorials and teardown formats lead. Winning titles promise a startup CRM setup, sales workflow, or comparison featuring Acme CRM...
HOW YOUTUBE TRENDS WORK

Find video angles people already watch.

Cite42 finds growing videos, title patterns, channels, and engagement signals for a topic. Your AI can use those examples to plan a video.

EXAMPLE TOOL PROMPTS

Ask for YouTube Trends data.

Cite42 runs YouTube Trends and returns structured data your AI can summarize.

  • What YouTube angles are working in this niche?

    You ask your AI“What YouTube angles are working in this niche?”
    MCP runsYouTube Trends
    Your AI saysThe strongest angles are comparison videos, short test-period videos, and workflow replacement stories. It includes the key result, source context, and next step...

  • Which channels should I study before scripting?

    You ask your AI“Which channels should I study before scripting?”
    MCP runsYouTube Trends
    Your AI saysStudy three mid-sized channels, not only the biggest creators. Their titles are more repeatable for a new brand. It includes the key result, source context, and next step...
WAYS TO USE CITE42

Use Cite42 wherever you already work.

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You ask your AI

Where does Acme CRM rank for “best startup CRM”?

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Cite42 returns

Rankings, citations, and a tracker draft when you need one.

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REST API

curl https://www.cite42.dev/api/v1/rankings \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cite42_live_…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"best startup CRM",
      "terms":["Acme CRM"]}
# structured JSON response

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WHAT WE QUERY

Sources Cite42 checks.

AI perspectives

One query across five answer engines

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Perplexity
  • Gemini
  • Google AI Overviews

Search & audience data

Keywords, trends, discussions, and video signals

  • Google dataGoogle Ads
  • Google dataGoogle Trends
  • Reddit
  • YouTube

We use official AI APIs with web search and live Google results for AI Overviews, not scraped chat apps (how we measure).

PRICING

Pay per call for this tool.

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YouTube Trends
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Video angles, channels, and creator demand signals.
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Questions about YouTube Trends.

Ask your AI agent, or call YouTube Trends directly, with a topic and a region. Cite42 returns the videos gaining attention, the channels behind them and the title patterns they share, so you can see which angles work before you plan a video.
Rising videos, the channels behind them, repeated title patterns, creator angles and format ideas for a topic, each with its source link, from the official YouTube Data API.
No. YouTube Analytics covers your own channel. YouTube Trends reads public videos across YouTube, so you can research a topic before you make anything.
Yes. Pass a region code for local results; the default is the United States. You can also set the time window, such as the past 30 days.
Yes. Video titles often show how buyers phrase a problem before it shows up in search volume, which helps with blog topics, landing pages and ads, not just videos.
READY WHEN YOU ARE

Give your AI real YouTube trend data.

Pull growing videos, channels, titles, and formats before it plans the next idea.

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