50 YouTube Ideas Beginners Must Try

So, you’ve finally decided to become a YouTube videographer and (with fingers crossed) belong to an elite class of over 6.5 million YouTube creators, catering to over 2.5 billion viewers (or YouTube users) worldwide!

But how do you even start, and what foolproof ways can you implement to increase YouTube comment likes, views, and shares?

Worry no more! We’ve prepared 50 YouTube video content ideas to help you (and other beginner YouTubers) create audience-captivating, ratings-boosting videos (including AI videos for YouTube), and set off on the right foot.

Personal & Lifestyle

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1. Your Channel Story: What’s the point of creating YouTube videos if your audience doesn’t know you or what your channel’s ALL about? Your channel’s story defines whether you’ll be a successful YouTuber.

2. Day in My Life – Want to get YouTube comment likes, though you’re a beginner? Film snippets from morning alarm time until you turn off the night lamp.

3. Routine Videos: Does your morning start with coffee and eggs? How about your usual routine right before bed? You’ll never guess how many viewers can relate to your “routine.”

4. What’s on My Phone? Here’s a YouTube video idea worth publishing. After all, everyone on YouTube has a smartphone with many apps. Why not share with them what’s on your device (and why you use such apps)?

5. House (Room) Tour: One sure way for beginners to get many YouTube community comment likes is by taking viewers on a virtual tour of your room (maybe even the entire house).

6. Monthly Favorites: Do you have products or shows you’ve been following for a month now? Why not make a video of it to earn more YouTube comment likes?

7. Story Time: Got an embarrassing, scary, or even inspiring story from your past? Why not share? You can even make an AI-generated video of such a story if you’re shy to show your face.

Challenges & Fun

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1. 24-Hour Challenge – Want viral YouTube shorts? Embark on a mission doing only ONE thing for 24 hours! Ensure to time-lapse it, though.

2. Try Viral Hacks – Want to know the secret to more YouTube comment reply likes? Why not try those trending hacks on TikTok?.

3. Budget Challenge – Before you start thinking about YouTube monetization, you might want to showcase your budgeting skills to viewers. Will $10 be enough to get you through the day?

4. Mystery Box Challenge – Who doesn’t like a bit of the “unknown?” Why not make a video production showing the contents of a mystery box?

5. Try Not to Laugh – Scour the web for the funniest clips and ask a friend to watch them together. Record it on film to see who cracks first! Ask your viewers to join!

6. NDH Challenge – That’s “non-dominant hand!” If you’re right-handed, try drawing or applying makeup with your left hand. That’s one way to get likes on YouTube.

7. Guess that “Item” – Ask a friend to prepare a box and place an object (without them telling you what it is). Blindfold yourself, “feel” the item, and take a wild guess.

Educational & How-To

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1. DIY Tutorial: Want to teach your viewers how to turn a webpage into a video (or any skill under the sun)? A well-designed tutorial video will help your viewers learn “simplified” ways of doing things.

2. Study Tips – Did you know that nearly 650 million teens are in secondary education?  Millions more are in college and university. They’ll appreciate your “study tips.”

3. Money-Saving Hacks – Nearly everyone wants to save money for their life (and financial) goals. So, if you know several tricks (preferably proven), your video can be an instant hit.

4. Cooking Basics – A simple video movie clip showcasing basic culinary skills should help “kitchen-averse” individuals conquer their fears and pave the way to culinary discovery.

5. Organize Your Space – Why not make how-to videos focusing on organizing your work desk or even cabinet? Such videos will help your audiences stay on top of things in their lives.

6. App Walkthrough – Discovered a new app you’re raring to share? Why not make a series of videos streaming the features and functionalities of your favorite app (like Puppetry)?

Entertainment & Reaction

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1. Reacting to Viral TikToks – With over 1.5 billion users, TikTok remains a cauldron of wacky ideas. Reacting to such trending clips should be easy to accomplish on YouTube.

2. Reacting to Subscriber Comments – Want to know how to get more likes on YouTube? Why not reply (or react) to subscriber comments and boost engagement?

3. Reacting to Old Photos – Still have childhood photos? How about baby pics? Why not share the stories behind these images?

4. First Time Watching… - Record yourself watching an episode from Days of Our Lives. Make sure to react while watching.

5. Music Video Reaction – Have you seen Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun or even Bjork’s Human Behavior music video? You’ll find many entertaining (and outrageous) MTVs on the net to react to.

6. Funny Compilation Reaction – Compile as many funny clips as you can. Mesh them into a single high-quality video and react to it in real time.

Reviews & Tech

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1. Unboxing – If you’re a mystery box subscriber, you can enjoin your viewers in discovering each package that comes to your doorstep. Opening something new is more worthwhile with audiences.

2. Product Review – How to get more YouTube likes? Be honest in your product reviews. The idea is to give your viewers a heads-up on a particular product.

3. Product Comparison – Which is better? That’s a consumer’s nagging question. So, why not make animated videos comparing two similar products before offering your final verdict?

4. Best Free Apps – Did you know that 49 in 50 smartphone owners choose free apps over paid versions? How about you? Why not share the app that can cartoonify ANY image for free?

5. Affordable Tech Finds – How to get likes on YouTube? Try showcasing the latest gadgets or technologies that won’t have your viewers crying because such items are beyond their budgets.

6. Gaming Setup Tour – What’s the “ideal” gaming setup (whether you’re into Counter-Strike 2 or even Cyberpunk 2077)? With so many folks into PC games, adding production videos that focus on game-entered computer specifications should help you build credibility on YouTube.

7. Software (App) Review – One of the best video ideas for newbie YouTubers is app review. It’s like product review, except you focus on the software or program.

Creative & Artsy

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1. DIY Crafts – Are you into woodwork or pottery? How about crocheting? You can even let AI generate videos that focus on arts and crafts.

2. Writing Tips – Have secrets to writing captivating stories? How about essays or even scripts? Why not make video for aspiring writers?

3. Music Cover – Record video of yourself playing La Bamba or Pachelbel’s Canon in D with your guitar (or any instrument). Sing your favorite songs, too.

4. Dance Routine – Got a sleek dance move that you want to teach others? Maybe you’re great with tango or even square dance.

5. Short Skit – These are like short movie video clips that keep your viewers glued to their screens well within their short attention spans.

6. Creative Photography Ideas – Help your viewers learn video and photography basics (and advanced concepts) by offering them unique ideas to start their projects.

Food & Travel

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1. Street Food Tour – Go on an adventure on the streets of Bangkok or Hanoi and help your viewers discover many fascinating eats straight from the streets.

2. Ranking Fast Food (Restaurant) Chains – You can focus on giving fast food chains your honest-to-goodness assessment. Works with restaurant chains, too.

3. Budget Travel Guide – Can you really travel the Mediterranean on a $500 budget? How about crossing the US on $100? Give your viewers a second-hand experience of traveling to iconic destinations without hurting the budget.

4. What I Eat in a Day – It can be part of your “A Day in My Life” or “Routine videos. However, focusing on what you eat should be welcome content for followers who adore your physique (or dietary habits).

5. Trying International Snacks – Tried Stroopwafels? Takis? Pocky Almond Crush? How about Kurkure Masala? Many of these treats are unheard of (except for viewers originating from these regions).

Social & Interactive

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1. Q&A Video – Some viewers (and followers) love asking questions (about you or maybe one of your YouTube videos). Instead of answering them in the comment section, why not dedicate a full video to it?

2. Advice to Younger Self – We’re pretty sure you’ve already learned some things in life. Care to share them with your audience?

3. Subscriber Shoutout – Feature and thank your supporters and followers.

4. Reading Assumptions About Me – Ask followers to guess things about you before confirming (or denying) them.

5. Letting Followers Decide My Day – Create a poll on what you should do next. Make sure to carry that out in your next video.

6. Collaboration – Make sure you’ve established enough credibility before asking other YouTubers for a collaboration. A fellow newbie should be an excellent collaborator for short videos.

Final Thoughts

We can think of thousands of things you can do for your first few YouTube videos. From everything about yourself to those that your viewers cherish, you’ll never run out of YouTube video ideas.

And if you’re shy about facing the camera, Puppetry is here to help you create the face (and voice) of your YouTube channel.