The Problem
Indie game devs, indie SaaS founders, and small brands need to find YouTubers covering their niche. Manual research is too slow; influencer platforms cost $99+/mo and over-target enterprise needs.
The Scavio Solution
Run a niche-tag-driven discovery pipeline on Scavio's YouTube search endpoint. Aggregate by channel, rank by tag overlap, filter by subscriber band (1K-50K for indie outreach). Pair with a personalized-email LLM step.
Before
Manual YouTube searching by hand or $99+/mo influencer platform.
After
Daily candidate creator list at ~$0.02/run, ranked by tag overlap.
Who It Is For
Indie game developers, indie SaaS founders, small brand marketing teams, indie publishers.
Key Benefits
- Niche-tag-driven discovery
- Subscriber-band filtering
- Cost effectively zero per creator
- Reddit niche-sub layer for community-recommended creators
- Pairs with personalized LLM outreach
Python Example
import os, requests
H = {'x-api-key': os.environ['SCAVIO_API_KEY']}
def discover(tag):
return requests.post('https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/youtube/search',
headers=H, json={'query': f'{tag} review 2026'}).json().get('videos', [])JavaScript Example
const H = { 'x-api-key': process.env.SCAVIO_API_KEY, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' };
async function discover(tag) {
const r = await fetch('https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/youtube/search', { method:'POST', headers:H, body: JSON.stringify({ query: `${tag} review 2026` }) }).then(r => r.json());
return r.videos || [];
}Platforms Used
YouTube
Video search with transcripts and metadata
Community, posts & threaded comments from any subreddit