ShowStencil · competitor intelligence for creators

For YouTubers who want to win.

Real-time viral alerts the moment a competitor breaks out. Deep AI breakdowns of every competitor channel — hook patterns, pacing, thumbnails, retention. And a Monday digest that tells you exactly what to make next. Score your gap, study your niche, ship better videos. That's the loop.

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Viral alertsReal-time
AI competitor breakdownsPer video
Niche intelligenceContinuous
Strategy digestEvery Monday
How it works

Three steps. One unfair advantage.

Connect once. We watch your competitors 24/7 — viral alerts the second they pop, deep AI breakdowns of every video they publish, niche detection, gap scoring, idea generation. The Monday digest ties it all together.

01
Connect your channel
Read-only Google sign-in. We pull your videos, your analytics, your last 90 days. Zero configuration. We never post.
YouTube OAuthRead-only~10s sync
02
We map your niche
Your topics get classified, your top 3–10 competitors auto-detected and tiered. We watch what they ship, what works, and what gaps they leave open.
Niche detectionCompetitor trackingTier 1 · Tier 2 · Dominator
03
Ship better videos
Real-time viral alerts when competitors pop. Deep AI breakdowns of each competitor channel's hooks, pacing, thumbnails. Plus a Monday digest with gap score, uncovered topics, and ranked ideas you can shoot this week.
Weekly digestMon · 9am UTCEmail + dashboard
What you get

Five things, obsessively built.

Not a dashboard with a hundred charts you'll never look at. Five sharp tools, each tuned for one decision a creator makes every week.

01 · Gap score

Know exactly where you're losing.

A 0–100 score per dimension: views, CTR, watch time, upload frequency, topic coverage. The bigger the gap, the bigger the opportunity.

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Avg views0
CTR0
Watch time0
Upload freq.0
Topic coverage0
02 · Viral alerts

The second a competitor pops.

Real-time push the moment a competitor's video starts trending. Topic shifts when your niche pivots. Uncovered topics nobody is making yet.

Competitor channel just went viral with a new hook angle
live
Niche shift detected — rising interest in a tangent topic
today
Coverage gap — a topic nobody owns yet
new
03 · Ideas

Ranked by opportunity.

A short list of ideas you can shoot this week. Each comes with the format, length, hook angle, and why it matters now.

01
A title built from what's working in your niche this week
02
A second angle on a topic your competitors keep winning with
03
A coverage-gap idea nobody in your niche has touched yet
04 · Monday digest

Monday at 9am.

One email. One read. Your gap, your top alerts, your ideas. Nothing else.

→ Gap score: your number (vs last week)
→ Bottleneck: where you're bleeding
→ Viral alerts: fresh competitor pops
→ AI breakdowns: hooks, pacing, thumbs
→ Ideas ready: your shortlist
05 · AI competitor breakdowns

Every channel, dissected.

A deep AI breakdown of each competitor channel — their hook patterns, pacing rhythm, retention shape, thumbnail psychology, title structure, and the through-line on why their channel works.

→ Hook patterns: their opening DNA
→ Pacing rhythm: cut tempo + retention shape
→ Thumbnails: visual hierarchy + contrast
→ Titles: structure + curiosity gap
→ Verdict: why their channel works

Close the gap.

7 days free. Connect your channel in under a minute. Your first digest ships next Monday.

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