24 Best Niches to Make Money on YouTube Without Showing Your Face
The 24 Absolute Best Niches to Choose From
Starting a profitable YouTube channel without showing your face or making videos might seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. The key is choosing the right niche.
Many people get stuck at this first step because they worry about choosing the wrong niche. But you can easily avoid this pitfall by selecting one of the proven best niches on YouTube.
In this article, I’ll show you how to quickly get started with niche YouTube channels, even if you’re a complete beginner. I’ll reveal the 24 absolute best niches to do this in, along with real example channels already succeeding in these niches.
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Why These Are the Best Niches on YouTube
In my experience, the main best niches on YouTube are:
- Health
- Wealth
- Happiness
- Relationships
- Travel
- Technology
You might be wondering why I chose these specific niches, when there are so many others with millions of views.
These niches meet three key criteria:
- They have videos consistently getting over 100k views. This proves there is demand.
- They have a decently high CPM (cost per thousand views). You earn more per view compared to other niches.
- They offer alternative monetization beyond just ads. This includes affiliate marketing and selling digital products.
Meeting this criteria means these niches offer the best chance for a successful channel, especially when starting out.
Choose a Specific Sub-Niche
Within each of these broad niches are more specific sub-niches. I recommend picking one sub-niche and specializing when first starting your channel.
The reasons are:
- When one video takes off, it will feed views to your other related videos. People who like your content will browse your channel.
- You’ll have a higher view-to-subscriber ratio by specializing.
- You can use my #1 secret technique for getting views and subscribers (more on this later!)
Now let’s explore some of the most profitable sub-niches within each broader niche, along with real-life examples.
Best Sub-Niches Within the Health Niche
Gaining Muscle
The channel Body Hub has over 1 million subscribers and gets 2.3 million views per month on videos about gaining muscle.
Taking a look at their videos, they use simple voiceovers on top of stock video clips and titles. You can find free stock videos on sites like Pixabay, Pexels, and Storyblocks.
Basic video editors like Hitfilm Express, OpenShot, and iMovie (for Mac) are free to use.
Based on their views and a reasonable $15 CPM for the health niche, this channel likely earns $35,000 per month!
Losing Weight
The channel Bestie gets 8 million views per month on their weight loss content. Using the same math, they probably earn a substantial monthly income.
Their videos also use voiceovers and stock clips, showing you don’t need fancy production.
Natural Remedies
The channel Natural Cures earns 4 million views per month on videos about home remedies. This niche combines great demand with high ad rates.
Best Sub-Niches Within the Wealth Niche
Make Money Online
My own channel focuses on this niche, as do many other successful channels like Branson Tay.
He uses stock clips and screen recordings while narrating different online money making methods. You can easily record your screen with free software like OBS.
Investing
The channel Chris Invest earns up to 1 million views per month with simple whiteboard videos explaining investing concepts.
You can create similar videos using VideoScribe or Doodly. Or, pay someone a low rate to make them on Fiverr.
With investing videos earning $30–50 per thousand views, this channel likely makes $10k+ per month.
Luxury
Channels like King Luxury and Lux get millions of views on videos about jets, yachts, mansions, and how the rich live.
The luxury niche combines high demand with great ad rates for big ticket items.
Business Stories
The channel Biz story tells the origin stories of famous businesses like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola. These perform well, earning 3 million views monthly.
Best Sub-Niches Within the Happiness Niche
Ancient Wisdom
Channels like Philosophies for Life share ideas from history’s great thinkers like Stoics. Their videos condense the wisdom into easily understood lessons.
With 1.4 million views per month, this niche provides value to viewers interested in self-improvement.
Confidence
The channel Brainy Dose gets 4 million views on videos about building confidence. Their uplifting content resonates with many people.
Best Sub-Niches Within the Relationships Niche
Videos on dating advice perform well, like those from Modern Love Potion discussing how to get an ex back or fix relationship problems.
You can also provide value by making videos about maintaining healthy relationships. There is tremendous demand for improving relationships.
Best Sub-Niches Within the Travel Niche
Travel Guides
Channels like Touropia produce videos on the top places to visit in destinations around the world, earning 4.7 million views per month.
Research sites like US News Travel to create 10 best lists and travel guides for your videos.
Travel Ideas
The channel MojoTravels gets millions of views on videos with catchy titles like “100 Places You Need to Visit Before You Die.”
Coming up with engaging travel topics and lists isn’t too difficult with some research.
Best Places to Live
Scary Harry makes videos on the best places to live or retire abroad. Combining the popular travel and finance niches is powerful.
Best Sub-Niches Within the Technology Niche
Futuristic Technology
Techzone earns an amazing 30 million views per month on videos about futuristic tech and inventions. They even translate their content into multiple languages for greater reach.
Technology Tutorials
Tech Gumbo makes simple screen recordings walking through how to use different apps and software. With so many tech tools out there, you’ll never run out of video ideas.
The #1 Secret to Get Views and Subscribers on YouTube
Now that you know some of the best niches and sub-niches to choose from, I want to share my number one secret for getting views and subscribers quickly on YouTube.
This isn’t something I’ve talked much about publicly before. But it’s a technique I’ve used for years with great success, and that I teach all of my students.
The secret is…
Optimize Your Videos Specifically for YouTube Search
Many people don’t realize just how powerful YouTube search can be. With over 1 billion users, YouTube itself is the #2 search engine in the world behind only Google.
And here’s the key: Over 70% of views on YouTube come from search, not suggested videos.
This means properly optimizing your videos for search gives you direct access to massive amounts of traffic.
Step 1: Find Keywords with High Search Volume and Low Competition
Your first step is researching keywords related to your niche that get searched often, but don’t have too much competition ranking for them.
Some free tools that help with this:
- YouTube AutoSuggest shows search volume for keywords
- TubeBuddy shows competition levels for keywords
Look for keywords getting over 10k searches per month, with low competition.
Step 2: Include Your Main Keywords in the Title and Description
Next, make sure to actually include your main keyword in the video title and description.
Step 3: Optimize Your Tags
YouTube allows you to add tags to your video to signal what it’s about. Fill these tags with additional longtail keywords related to your niche and video topic.
Step 4: Transcribe and Optimize Your Audio
Transcribe your video’s audio either manually or using a tool like Otter.ai.
Then sprinkle in your main keywords and longtail keywords throughout the transcript. This helps YouTube understand the topic when crawling your video audio.
Step 5: Include Links in the Description
Finally, add relevant affiliate links or links to your other videos and channel in the video description.
This signals to YouTube the video is useful and keeps viewers watching more of your content.
Optimizing your videos for organic YouTube search traffic like this almost guarantees views and subscribers, if you select the right keywords.
It cuts out the guesswork and lets YouTube send targeted visitors directly to your videos.
Bonus Profitable Niches Outside the Main Categories
While I recommend starting with one of the major niches above, here are a few more profitable niches outside those categories:
- Scary videos
- Animals / pets
- Celebrities
- Cars
- Food / cooking
- 360 degree videos
And if you’re looking purely for the highest ad rates, these niches tend to have the highest CPMs:
- Finance
- Make Money Online
- Technology
- Investing
- Health
- Travel
- Legal
- Insurance
- Makeup
- Marketing
- Real Estate
- Cars
- Movies
This is because major advertisers in these industries pay big money to reach those audiences on YouTube.
Turn Your Passion Into a Profitable YouTube Channel
As you can see, there are plenty of proven, profitable niches and strategies to help you succeed on YouTube without showing your face.
The key is picking a niche you’re passionate about, so it doesn’t feel like “work” as your channel grows.
Optimizing for YouTube search provides the framework to get lots of consistent traffic and views.
And monetizing through multiple streams like affiliate marketing gives you the potential to earn a significant income from a relatively small audience.
If you found this guide helpful, be sure to subscribe to my channel for more videos showing how to create a profitable online business around your passions.
I hope you found value in this overview of the absolute best niches for starting a successful YouTube channel in 2022 and beyond. Let me know if you have any other profitable niche ideas I missed! I’d be happy to cover them in a future video.
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