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Discover HIDDEN Youtube trends / outlier videos in your niche (Apify + Airtable)

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Important notice

This workflow is provided as-is. Please review and test before using in production.

1. Workflow Overview

For Who? Content Creators Youtube Automation Marketing Team How it works? 1 Every week, retrieve the keywords you want to track 2 Thanks to Apify, scrape videos from YouTube Search related to these...

Best for

  • Market Research automation workflows
  • AI Summarization automation workflows
  • advanced n8n builders looking for reusable templates

Tools used

n8n-nodes-base.wait, n8n-nodes-base.if, n8n-nodes-base.httprequest, n8n-nodes-base.splitinbatches, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmchatmistralcloud, n8n-nodes-base.noop, n8n-nodes-base.airtable, n8n-nodes-base.scheduletrigger

Source and attribution

This workflow is cataloged by N8N Workflows and links back to its original n8n.io source page by Nasser.

Original n8n.io source

1.1 Workflow description

Title
Discover HIDDEN Youtube trends / outlier videos in your niche (Apify + Airtable)
Workflow name
Discover HIDDEN Youtube trends / outlier videos in your niche (Apify + Airtable)

For Who?

  • Content Creators
  • Youtube Automation
  • Marketing Team

How it works?

1 - Every week, retrieve the keywords you want to track 2 - Thanks to Apify, scrape videos from YouTube Search related to these keywords, filtered by relevance 3 - Wait until the dataset is completed 4 - Get the information contained in the dataset 5 - For each video, clean and summarize the script 6 - Upload everything to your Airtable database

📺 YouTube Video Tutorial:


Setup (~5min)

Scheduled Trigger: Select the frequency you want. If you change it, update the data accordingly in the "Create Videos Dataset" HTTP Request node in Body ➡️ JSON ➡️ dateFilter.

Setup Keywords: Enter keywords related to the niche you want. If you change the number of keywords, update the data accordingly in the "Create Videos Dataset" HTTP Request node in Body ➡️ JSON ➡️ searchQueries.

Create Videos Dataset: Refer to the Apify documentation for more: https://docs.apify.com/api/v2/getting-started

APIs: For all HTTP Request nodes in the URL field, replace [YOUR_API_TOKEN] with your API token.


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1.2 Logical Blocks

This catalog entry is organized from the workflow JSON. The node-level section below shows the executable blocks available for review before importing the template.

2. Block-by-Block Analysis

Block 1 - Wait

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.wait - wait
Config choices
Version 1.1

Block 2 - If

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.if - if
Config choices
Version 2.2

Block 3 - Check IF Finished

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 4.2

Block 4 - Get Videos Data

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 4.2

Block 5 - Create Videos Dataset

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 4.2

Block 6 - Loop Over Items

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - splitInBatches
Config choices
Version 3

Block 7 - Mistral Cloud Chat Model

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatMistralCloud - lmChatMistralCloud
Config choices
Version 1

Block 8 - No Operation, do nothing

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.noOp - noOp
Config choices
Version 1

Block 9 - Airtable

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.airtable - airtable
Config choices
Version 2.1

Block 10 - Schedule Trigger

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - scheduleTrigger
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 11 - Sticky Note2

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 12 - Text Cleaning

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.code - code
Config choices
Version 2

Block 13 - Text Synthesis

Type / Role
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm - chainLlm
Config choices
Version 1.5

Block 14 - Setup Keywords

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 15 - Sticky Note

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 16 - Sticky Note1

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

3. Summary Table

Workflow Discover HIDDEN Youtube trends / outlier videos in your niche (Apify + Airtable)
Complexity advanced
Nodes 16
Categories Market Research, AI Summarization
Author Nasser
Published 18 May 2025

4. Reproducing the Workflow from Scratch

  1. 1. Download the workflow JSON

    Use the JSON export at /data/workflows/4187/4187.json as the source template for this automation.

  2. 2. Import the template into n8n

    Open n8n, import the downloaded JSON, and review each node before activating the workflow.

  3. 3. Configure credentials and variables

    Replace placeholder credentials, API keys, webhook URLs, account IDs, and environment-specific values with your own settings.

  4. 4. Test with sample data

    Run the workflow manually or in a staging workspace, inspect node output, and confirm downstream systems receive the expected data.

  5. 5. Activate and monitor

    Enable the workflow only after testing, then monitor executions, errors, and rate limits during the first production runs.

5. General Notes & Resources

Review imported nodes carefully before activation. This catalog entry is intended to help you inspect the workflow structure, understand required services, and find related templates faster.

Node names, credentials, schedules, webhook paths, and external service limits may need adjustment for your workspace.

Frequently asked questions

What does Discover HIDDEN Youtube trends / outlier videos in your niche (Apify + Airtable) do?

For Who? Content Creators Youtube Automation Marketing Team How it works? 1 Every week, retrieve the keywords you want to track 2 Thanks to Apify, scrape videos from YouTube Search related to these...

What do I need before importing this workflow?

Review the workflow JSON, configure any required credentials in n8n, and test the automation in a safe workspace before using it in production.

Can I customize this workflow?

Yes. Use the block-by-block analysis and the downloadable JSON to inspect each node, then adjust credentials, prompts, schedules, filters, or destinations for your Market Research, AI Summarization use case.