# Content ideas with AI: what is taking off in your niche this week Your AI reads what was posted on a subject this week and tells you which angles took off, with the posts, their numbers and what they have in common. It uses the Viral finder tool and 12 interfaces. A real run recorded 2026-10-18 answered “What home coffee content is taking off on TikTok and YouTube this week?” with 2 requests for 60 credits (≈ $0.12–$0.20). Failed calls are free. - Page: https://socialtoai.com/use-cases/content-ideas/ - Last updated: 2026-10-21 ## What you get Your AI reads what was posted on a subject this week and tells you which angles took off, with the posts, their numbers and what they have in common. A feed shows what is popular, not what did better than its author usually does. Telling a real breakout from a big account's normal day needs each author's usual numbers. ## What it uses The ready-made tool does the whole job in one request: SocialToAI runs the searches, reads the posts and comments, and returns one result with its sources. Each is priced before it runs. - [Viral finder](https://socialtoai.com/tools/viral-finder.md): Posts that did clearly better than their authors usually do. From 24 credits a run. Your AI can also call the interfaces one at a time. These are the ones this job reads; each costs a fixed number of credits per call. | Platform | Interface | What it returns | Price key | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TikTok | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/tiktok-search-api.md) | Find videos by keyword: text, author, likes, comment count, views and publish time. | `tiktok.search` | 2 | | TikTok | [Hashtag videos](https://socialtoai.com/tiktok-hashtag-videos-api.md) | Get a page of the TikTok videos under a hashtag, by its name, about 20 a page. | `tiktok.hashtag_videos` | 2 | | YouTube | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/youtube-search-api.md) | Find videos by keyword: text, author and views. | `youtube.search` | 2 | | X | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/x-search-api.md) | Find posts by keyword: text, author, likes, comment count, views and publish time. | `x.search` | 2 | | X | [Trending](https://socialtoai.com/x-trending-api.md) | What is trending now: title, rank and heat. | `x.trending` | 6 | | Xiaohongshu | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/xiaohongshu-search-api.md) | Find notes by keyword: text, author, likes, comment count and publish time. | `xiaohongshu.search` | 12 | | Xiaohongshu | [Trending](https://socialtoai.com/xiaohongshu-trending-api.md) | What is trending now: title, rank and heat. | `xiaohongshu.trending` | 12 | | Douyin | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/douyin-search-api.md) | Find videos by keyword: text, author, likes, comment count and publish time. | `douyin.search` | 12 | | Douyin | [Trending](https://socialtoai.com/douyin-trending-api.md) | What is trending now: title, rank and heat. | `douyin.trending` | 2 | | Douyin | [Hashtag videos](https://socialtoai.com/douyin-hashtag-videos-api.md) | Get a page of Douyin videos under a hashtag, by the hashtag's ID. | `douyin.hashtag_videos` | 2 | | Bilibili | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/bilibili-search-api.md) | Find videos by keyword: text, author, likes, comment count, views and publish time. | `bilibili.search` | 2 | | Bilibili | [Trending](https://socialtoai.com/bilibili-trending-api.md) | What is trending now: title, rank and heat. | `bilibili.trending` | 2 | ## A worked example A real run on the live service, recorded 2026-10-18: the question, the calls the AI chose and what it answered. The credits are what the run was charged. > What home coffee content is taking off on TikTok and YouTube this week? | Platform | Tool | Sent | Requests | Returned | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TikTok | [`research viral_finder`](https://socialtoai.com/tools/viral-finder.md) | `query: "home coffee" · window: "7d" · scale: "small"` | 1 | 59 videos | 36 | | YouTube | [`research viral_finder`](https://socialtoai.com/tools/viral-finder.md) | `query: "home coffee" · window: "7d" · scale: "small"` | 1 | 57 videos | 24 | | **Total** | | | 2 | 116 items | **60** | Recorded 2026-10-18 From 116 videos posted in the last 7 days (109 with a format the analysis could name), 15 took off (3 times the usual or more). The formats that took off most, each with its share of all the videos: 1. **How-to** (24%, 26 videos): [“October made me do it. 👻 Marshmallow Iced Latte Ingredients • 1 giant marshmallow”](https://www.tiktok.com/@probablymultitasking/video/7695837117548612878) 2. **Showcase** (25%, 27 videos): [“Setting up my home coffee bar (for now hehe) ☕️🧸🤎🕯️ what do we think?!”](https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.reemabassoumi/video/7695457439486971149) 3. **Story** (20%, 22 videos): [“I’ve been drinking mold for months.. PSA ALL AT HOME COFFEE MAKERS!”](https://www.tiktok.com/@godblessthismommess/video/7697482627208498446) Used 60 credits · $0.20. Every claim links to its source. The posts it rests on, and the same calls as API requests, are in the [whole recorded run](https://socialtoai.com/docs/guides/see-what-is-trending-on-tiktok-and-youtube.md). 60 credits is $0.20 at 300 credits per dollar (purchases from $10) and $0.12 at 500 per dollar (from $200). Failed calls are free, and a search that runs and finds nothing is charged as a call. ## Platform by platform - [How do I ask my AI what is taking off on TikTok and YouTube?](https://socialtoai.com/docs/guides/see-what-is-trending-on-tiktok-and-youtube.md) - [How do I find the posts on a topic that took off on X (Twitter) with AI?](https://socialtoai.com/docs/guides/find-viral-posts-on-x.md) - [How do I find Xiaohongshu (RedNote) notes that are taking off with AI?](https://socialtoai.com/docs/guides/find-viral-notes-on-xiaohongshu.md) - [How do I find Douyin videos that did far better than usual with AI?](https://socialtoai.com/docs/guides/find-viral-videos-on-douyin.md) ## Give this to your AI Connect SocialToAI once: in [Claude](https://socialtoai.com/connect/claude.md), [ChatGPT](https://socialtoai.com/connect/chatgpt.md), [Claude Code](https://socialtoai.com/connect/claude-code.md), [Cursor](https://socialtoai.com/connect/cursor.md) and [Codex](https://socialtoai.com/connect/codex.md) you sign in and press Allow, with no key to paste; other clients are on [the connect page](https://socialtoai.com/mcp.md). Then paste this and replace the parts in angle brackets. Never paste a key into a chat. **Prompt** ``` Use the SocialToAI tools (https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp) to find content ideas about . Check what took off on TikTok and YouTube this week, and use the Viral finder tool for posts that did clearly better than their authors usually do. Give me five angles worth trying, each with two example posts, their numbers and links, and the credits spent. ``` - [The whole recorded run](https://socialtoai.com/docs/guides/see-what-is-trending-on-tiktok-and-youtube.md): What home coffee content is taking off on TikTok and YouTube this week? - [Viral finder](https://socialtoai.com/tools/viral-finder.md): Posts that did clearly better than their authors usually do - [TikTok API](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/tiktok.md): Every call on TikTok, with its credits. - [YouTube API](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/youtube.md): Every call on YouTube, with its credits.