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Engineering
April 12, 2026How we think about predicting YouTube trends with AI
An honest look at the signals we fuse — YouTube velocity, Google Trends acceleration and an LLM novelty pass — and why no single one of them is enough on its own.
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Research
Research
7 minThinking about what makes a thumbnail click
Common-sense patterns we use as starting points when generating thumbnail concepts — and why 'just use AI' alone isn't the answer.
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Workflows
Workflows
8 minFrom trend alert to publish-ready script — the 15-minute workflow
A walkthrough of how we use TrendsIQ ourselves — from a fresh breakout signal to a hooked, cold-open script — with timestamps for each step.
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