How to Use Gemini 2.5 To Brainstorm Amazing YouTube Video Ideas

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Using Gemini 2.5 for YouTube Ideas

I’m afflicted with far too many content ideas.

I have to jot them down on Post It notes and little pieces of paper, which I keep around my house for the purpose.

Often, I come back months later to an illegibly-scrawled note that I wrote at 3am that says something like “Humanoid robots? Golem” or “Whale Vomit Perfume. Real Thing. Historical perspective.”

(The latter turned into a solid Medium article, BTW)

But, I realize many people struggle to come up with ideas for their content. And just because I come up with a lot of ideas, it doesn’t mean all of them are any good!

That’s why I decided to use Google’s new Gemini 2.5 Pro to take a data-backed approach to generating video ideas for my YouTube channel. The same process works for blog posts, Medium articles, or whatever else you’re creating!

Here’s a video showing my exact process (watch on YouTube):

Basically, I feed Gemini a screenshot of my YouTube analytics data (again, for blog posts you could use a Google Search Console screenshot, for Medium a screenshot of your stats page, etc.).

Then I take a three part approach:

• Have Gemini analyze my audience and their preferences, based on what has done well

• Have the system identify “pillars” of content that will work well for my channel. These are basically broad categories that my specific pieces of content can follow.

• Have it brainstorm specific video titles within each pillar

I find this approach works much better than just saying to Gemini “I’m in the AI niche. Come up with video ideas”.

It grounds the system’s analysis in specific, real-world data for my actual channel. And the focus on my audience gets it thinking about who is watching my content and what they’re actually seeking.

Are AI Journalists Cowards?

In today’s episode of Niche Pursuits News, Jared and I talk about Reddit’s reliance on Google, and a coming crackdown on AI content.

But we also discuss a recent article that basically accused journalists covering AI of being cowards who hype up a failed technology and cater to the whims of corporate behemoths.

Spoiler alert: Jared has to talk me down from my ensuing rant.

We also discuss Amazon Influencer, Medium, and chickens.

Watch on YouTube or here: