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How to Generate New Content Ideas from Your Top-Performing YouTube Videos Using ChatGPT

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Struggling to come up with fresh content ideas? You're not alone. Even the most creative content creators hit a wall sometimes. But here’s the good news: you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.


Your top-performing YouTube videos are packed with data, insights, and inspiration — and when paired with AI tools like ChatGPT, they can help you generate a stream of new content ideas without starting from scratch.


In this post, I’ll walk you through how to repurpose your most popular videos using ChatGPT and other free tools to keep your content calendar full and your audience engaged.


Step 1: Identify Your Best-Performing Videos

Start by diving into your YouTube Analytics. Look for videos that have high views, strong engagement, or long watch times. These are the videos that resonated with your audience — and they’re the key to unlocking more content that works.

Pro tip: Filter by top-performing content from the last 6 or 12 months to stay current with what your audience is loving now.


Step 2: Summarize the Video Using AI

Once you’ve selected a high-performing video, head over to a tool like YouTube Summary by ChatGPT (a browser extension that works with ChatGPT). This tool quickly summarizes your video’s content so you can pull out the most valuable points.

Alternatively, you can paste your transcript or video link directly into ChatGPT and ask it to give you a summary, a list of talking points, or even a breakdown of the audience pain points covered.


Step 3: Ask ChatGPT for Related Content Ideas

Now it’s time to get creative. Open ChatGPT and give it a prompt like:

“Based on this video summary, give me 10 new YouTube video ideas that build on this topic.”

Or even more specific:

“What social media content ideas can I create based on this YouTube video about [topic]?”

You’ll be surprised how quickly ChatGPT can help you brainstorm angles like:

  • A deep dive into one specific tip you mentioned

  • A follow-up video answering audience questions

  • A beginner vs. advanced breakdown

  • Turning the topic into a short-form series or carousel post


Step 4: Use Captions, Comments, and FAQs as More Fuel

Don’t forget about your comments section. Are people asking questions, sharing thoughts, or requesting follow-ups? Paste those into ChatGPT and say:

“Based on these viewer comments, what content could I create that addresses their feedback?”

You can also extract popular phrases from your video transcript and ask ChatGPT to help you turn them into hooks, reels, or even email subject lines.


Step 5: Schedule and Repeat

Once you’ve got a batch of new content ideas, plug them into your calendar and repeat the process with your next most popular video. This turns one hit video into a content idea machine.


Final Thoughts

You already have gold in your content library, and with ChatGPT, you can mine it again and again.


By using AI tools to analyze what’s already working, you not only save time and creative energy, but you also stay aligned with what your audience actually wants.

Ready to get started? Open your analytics, grab your top video, and let ChatGPT take it from there.


Tools Mentioned

  • ChatGPT

  • YouTube Summary with ChatGPT

  • YouTube Analytics




 
 
 

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