The best video ideas are questions people are already asking. Your comments, community posts, Discord, subreddit threads and support inbox are full of them, phrased in the exact words a viewer would type into search. FAQ to Video Ideas takes that raw material — or just your niche — and returns twenty video concepts with a demand score, the right format for each, a title formula and a note on what existing videos are missing.
This guide explains where to source questions, how the demand and gap scores are calculated, and how to batch the output into a month of content.
Sourcing questions that convert
The highest-value questions come from people who have already watched your content — they reveal what you did not explain. Export or copy the last 50 comments that end in a question mark, add the top questions from your niche's subreddit wiki or FAQ, and paste them all in. If you have none of that, enter the niche and the tool generates the question set from common search patterns; it is less specific but still useful.
Demand score and content gap
Demand combines how often the question appears in your input, how closely it matches known search phrasings, and whether it has a commercial or urgent modifier. The content-gap note for each idea tells you what the top existing videos on that question typically miss — usually a specific scenario, a budget tier, a beginner constraint or a recent change. That gap is your angle.
The format recommendation (Short vs long, tutorial vs list vs comparison) follows the question type: "how do I" is a tutorial, "which is better" is a comparison, "why does" is often a Short.
Batching into a calendar
Group the twenty ideas by format. Film the Shorts in one session, the tutorials in another. Publish the highest-demand long-form idea first and the top three Shorts in the same week — the Shorts feed the long-form video through your channel page and end screens.
Tips
- Paste questions verbatim, typos included. The wording viewers use is the wording that ranks.
- Twenty ideas is a menu, not a to-do list. Pick five, publish, and re-run with new comments in a month.
- Combine three closely related low-demand questions into one video; individually they are not worth a video, together they are.
Common mistakes
- Answering the question in the title — "Yes, you can use a USB mic for podcasting" gives away the video. "Can a $50 USB mic really work for podcasting?" gets the click.
- Ignoring the format recommendation — A five-second answer stretched to ten minutes is the most common retention killer in Q&A content.
- Using only your own comments — Your commenters are already subscribed. Community and forum questions bring in new audiences.
Worked example
Input: Niche "home espresso" plus 30 questions copied from comments and r/espresso.
What the report returned: 20 ideas. Top: "Why does my espresso taste sour even after I changed the grind?" (demand 91, tutorial, gap: no existing video covers temperature vs grind in the same test). Formats: 8 long-form, 9 Shorts, 3 comparisons.
Frequently asked questions
Where should I find questions to paste in?
Your own comments and Community tab, niche subreddits, Quora, Amazon Q&A for products in your niche, and the "People also ask" box in Google.
How is this different from the Video Idea Generator?
The Idea Generator works from trends and viral patterns in a niche. This tool works from real questions and is better for evergreen, search-driven content.
Can I give it a competitor's comments?
Yes. Public comments on any video are fair game, and competitor comments are an excellent source of unanswered questions.
Does it check whether a video already exists?
It provides a content-gap note based on what typical top results cover. It does not guarantee no video exists — do a quick search before filming.