Three niches I considered, and how they scored
I weighed these against three things: search/discovery demand, how well the format suits RevID's AI Moving Images pipeline (narrative-driven, not diagram-heavy), and how differentiated I could realistically be.
Psychology won because it plays directly to RevID's strength — voiceover-driven narrative — without needing the precise technical visuals a "how things work" channel would require. It's also less saturated by faceless AI channels than pure science-mystery content, and has strong retention/RPM potential.
What's actually building this
Starting on the cheapest viable tier for both RevID and VidIQ deliberately — this is a proof-of-concept phase. If the channel gains traction, the plan is to upgrade tiers and move to annual billing once the model is validated, not before.
The base script prompt I'm testing from
What one video actually costs
I tested a real ~880-word script through RevID before committing to a schedule. At AI Moving Images / Low quality, it came out to 182 credits for a ~6-minute video. On the Growth plan's 2,000 monthly credits, that puts the ceiling around 10-11 videos a month — comfortably above the 8-9/month this posting schedule needs, leaving roughly 400-540 credits of monthly buffer.
Shorts are cut from the long-form videos using VidIQ, which doesn't touch the RevID credit pool at all — so the shorts side of this build is effectively free once the long-form video exists.
2 long-form videos a week, plus shorts
Long-form on Wednesday and Saturday, with 3-4 shorts cut from those videos filling the rest of the week. Weekly logs go up every Monday covering the prior week. Full checkpoints land every 30 days.
$58/month, no ad spend
RevID.ai Growth ($39/mo) + VidIQ Boost ($19/mo), both on their cheapest paid tier deliberately. Thumbnail cost via Whisk still being finalized. No paid promotion — the goal is to see what this stack can do organically before adding cost.