Top 30 YouTube Niches to Do Without Showing Your Face

A lot of people realize the potential of YouTube, but not as many realize you can make money without ever showing your face. You've probably seen YouTube stars out there getting millions of views per month, making millions of dollars on the platform, but there's just as many, if not more creators that never even step in front of a camera, yet still make tons of money, but they're completely anonymous. You might not even know who they are. And the way this works is you choose what is called a niche, which is simply a category of content, You download videos, you add value to them, and then you upload them to YouTube. Now you might be saying, Matt, that's great, but how do you actually make money from this? Well, you can put ads on your videos and YouTube will pay you every single time someone watches your video. And I personally have made millions of dollars on YouTube. I have millions of subscribers across my channels. And the first step that's often the hardest within this process is actually choosing which niche to do. I mean, there's thousands out there. So in this video, I'm gonna boil it down for you and go over the top 30 best niches in my personal opinion. So you can hopefully choose one of these and start on your YouTube journey. And there's tons of channels within these niches that I'm about to reveal to you making thousands of dollars per month. And the reason that I know that is because my students and I are the ones behind a lot of these huge channels. And my name is Matt Parr. If you haven't watched one of my videos before, it's great to meet you. I personally started YouTube as a broke teenager and it's made me a millionaire in my early 20s. So I'm forever grateful to YouTube and making these videos is a way of paying back and hopefully helping you if you're just starting your YouTube journey. And just remember, Next time that you watch a faceless YouTube video, just think that the person behind that video and that channel could just be some kid living with his parents making a ton of money. And that's the true beauty of faceless YouTube channels. Literally anybody can start one. It doesn't matter if you're charismatic or not. I certainly wasn't, and that's why I put off making a personal channel just like this for so long. It took me a long time to be able to just talk to a camera like this. But the way that I've gotten millions of subscribers is by running channels without ever showing my face. So without further ado, let's jump into the niches. Now real quick, before we jump into the video, do you think it's pronounced niche or niche? Leave a comment down below. So in order to give you as much value as I possibly can within this video, I've boiled all of these niches down to 8 main categories of content. And the first niche that we're going to be taking a look at is ancient wisdom. Think of how many great writers there are out there that have compiled so many great works over the ages. You can simply create a YouTube channel summarizing these works and and potentially make a lot of money from it. Here's a YouTube channel right here called Philosophies for Life. They have over a million subscribers, which would've gotten them a Gold Play Button just like that. And they've only uploaded 98 videos in order to get to that point, and they get 2 million views per month. They might be saying, "Matt, that's epic. I would love to have those statistics on one of my own channels, but don't the videos that I'm uploading have to be just incredible in order to get to those stats?" Well, I'm gonna present to you what types of videos this channel is actually uploading. If we look at this channel and we go over one of their videos, as you can see, it's literally just a whiteboard video. Now you might be saying, Matt, that's great, but how do I make a whiteboard video? Now you can use software just like these that I'm showing on the screen right now to create whiteboard videos just like this. So all you do is record a voiceover. You can literally use your phone. That's how I started my YouTube journey. I didn't even have a microphone or anything. I literally just recorded my voiceovers on my phone and I got to my first $3,000 a month doing that. And then simply for the visuals, you can use one of those whiteboard software I shared and create a channel just like this. And by the way, if you're wondering how I'm pulling up these statistics right here, I'm using an extension called the VidIQ extension, and I'll try to leave a link down below where you can sign up for VidIQ. Now let me show you something cool as to how you can calculate how much channels like this might be making. If you open up a calculator and you type in how many views per month they're getting, they're getting about 2 million views per month. What you can actually do is divide this number by 1,000. This will show you how many thousands of views per month a channel is getting. And you can do this on any channel that you see out there on YouTube if you're wondering how much money they might be making. And what you do from here is multiply this by a reasonable CPM, which is how much money a channel makes per 1,000 views. Now, a channel like this, I would estimate to be making around $5 per 1,000 views, but it does vary a lot. Channels can make anywhere from $1 to $30 per 1,000 views. And if you're wondering how much a certain channel will make, I actually have a video on my channel that you can check out right here that shows exactly how much different niches can make. So after finding this number, we multiply it by 5. This channel is probably making around $10,000 a month just from ad revenue alone. You could sell products with this channel, affiliate products, and make a lot more money. Plus, there's no limit to the amount of channels that you can run. I personally run about a dozen. And niche number 2 is self-improvement. Everybody wants to improve themselves, and the self-improvement market is gigantic. And as you can see, channels like Brainy Dose take advantage of this, and they have over 2 million subscribers. They pull in 3.7 million views per month. And if we go to their videos here, it's just videos like 11 Signs You Need Some Alone Time, Signs of a Weak-Minded Person, etc. And if you click to watch one of these videos, you'll notice it's simply stock footage on the video with some talking in the background of the video explaining these different concepts. Now, in order to create videos like this, you might be wondering, how can I get backgrounds to my videos just like this? Well, you can actually use completely free stock footage websites like all the ones that I'm gonna show up on the screen right here. Go to these websites, download the videos, write an original script, do a voiceover, you can make videos just like this one. And also to give you guys some more value right now, if you don't wanna pay for an expensive editing software, you can use completely free editors just like these ones up on the screen right now. And then you simply need good thumbnails in order to entice people to click the video. And those are essentially cover images of the video right here. And in order to make thumbnails just like this, you can use programs just like these right here. Niche number 3 is mental health. And as you can see, channels just like this one called Psych Hub produce mental health videos on a variety of different topics, as you can see right here. And if you go to any of their videos, they're just a simple animation. You can use programs like Animaker to create animations similar to this. Niche number 4 is charisma. A lot of people want to be better at communicating with people in social situations, etc. and this channel right here capitalizes on that called Charisma on Command. They have 6 million subscribers and they just produce videos like how to avoid being ignored if you're quiet, or 3 habits to look witty in a conversation. And people love this type of content. They get 12 million views per month. And if we do that same math on this channel, they could be making as much as $60,000 per month just from ad revenue. Niche number 5 is investing, and channels just like this one, Chris Invest, creating investing content, without ever showing their face, and their videos are simply whiteboard videos just like we discussed earlier with those free software that you can use. You can see them up on the screen right now in order to create videos just like this. Niche number 6 is personal finance, and here's a channel called Practical Wisdom which does a lot of personal finance videos like 10 Things the Rich Do That the Poor Don't, also whiteboard videos, and they also get a ton of views. Niche number 8 is make money online. Now the proof that there's demand for this niche is the fact that you're watching it right now. But what you didn't know is you can definitely do this niche without ever even showing your face. In fact, on my personal channel that you're watching right now, Make Money Matt, if you scroll back to the very beginning of my channel, you'll notice that all of my videos, I never even showed my face. As you can see, these videos right here were literally just screen recordings, and I got a video to over 166,000 views. And not only that, I got this channel alone to making $27,000 per month without ever even showing my face. Now eventually I did show my face on this channel because it was a really big thing I wanted to overcome. It builds trust for selling my courses and everything like that. But you don't have to do the make money online niche with showing your face if you don't want to. Now if you ever want to make screen recording videos, here's a completely free software you can use to create screen recordings. It's called OBS and it's exactly how I'm recording my screen right now. Niche number 8 is business stories. Think of how many different companies that are out there that are huge companies that people want to learn more about. And this channel right here called Magnates Media creates videos about all the biggest companies you and I know about and as you can see, they pull in 11 million views per month. And they just create videos about the backstories of a lot of the biggest companies, drama with the companies, etc., and they pull in a lot of views. Niche number 9 is finding a job. This channel right here called Career Addict just helps people find the right career. They get a ton of views, they just make animated videos, and like I said, you could use an animated software like Animaker to make videos like this. Niche number 10 is the luxury niche. I'm sure everybody watching this video right now would love to own a yacht or a private jet someday. I know I certainly would, and certain channels just like this one called King Luxury capitalize on this fact by creating videos about rich people, mansions, yachts, and basically the life of the super rich. And they get 4.8 million views per month on their channel just talking about luxury. Now niches 5 through 10 that we just went over fall into the next category of content, which is the wealth category. And so far we have the psychology category and the wealth category. Now let's jump into our next category of niches, which is the health category. And niche number 11 is losing weight. And channels just like this one called Bestie create content on this subject. And as you can see, their videos are literally just stock footage, just like that other channel Brainy Dose that we looked at earlier. And you can get completely free stock footage from all of these places right here to create content just like this one. And this channel gets millions of views and they have 4 million subscribers. Niche number 12 under the health category is gaining muscle. And as you can see, this channel right here called Body Hub focuses on fitness and health. And they have a million subscribers. They get a ton of views per month. I think they're pulling in 3.8 million views per month, and they create videos that are also just stock videos with titles on top of the videos, and they do great. Niche number 13 is health remedies. This channel right here called Natural Cures creates health remedies on a variety of different topics. They get a ton of views. They have 3.4 million subscribers. So this could be a potential idea if you're interested in this sort of thing. And now it's about time to jump into our third category of content. Which is relationships. And the first niche within the relationships category is dating. And this applies to creating videos about how to get a girlfriend, boyfriend, etc. And as you can see, this channel right here called TopThink does a lot of videos on this exact subject and they pull in 3 million views per month. And of course, like all the channels within this list, they create content without ever showing their face. Niche number 15 is friendships. And as you can see, this TopThink channel right here has done a bunch of videos about friendships as well. And a lot of these have done incredibly well. Alright, it's about time to move into our next 5th category of content, which is technology. And channels just like this one called Skills Factory are a wonderful example of a technology channel that can get a lot of views. And this channel right here falls into our 16th niche that we're looking at, which is the software tutorial niche. And as you can see, this channel right here, 400,000 subscribers, they get a ton of views, and they just show how to use different software. And you can create videos just like this without showing your face ever using free software like OBS. Niche number 17 are tech gadgets. And as you can see, this channel right here called Top 10 Zone creates videos about all sorts of different tech gadgets, whether it be camping gadgets or office gadgets. And the real genius behind a channel like this is the fact that you can actually promote what are called affiliate products. These are products that you can find on marketplaces, and I would actually recommend signing up for something called the Amazon Affiliate Program. This is a program you sign up for, you can find products to promote, and most of the products they're probably showing on this channel right here are products from the Amazon affiliate program, put those links down in the description. People will watch your videos, potentially millions of them, and some of them will click the links and some will buy, and then you'll get paid a percentage of that commission. Now, if you're a little bit bored with our current technology, you might want to consider talking about future technology, which is actually our next niche. And this channel right here is aptly named Future Tech, and they create videos about futuristic technology and concepts and so forth. And if this is something you're interested in, it could be a wonderful niche to choose. Niche number 19 is mobile technology. Think about how many people are on their phones nowadays and think about all the people who buy a new phone every single year. You could create videos just like this channel Top 5 Picks right here that make videos like the top 5 best budget smartphones, the top 5 best Samsung phones, Motorola phones, etc. Just go down the line, create videos about all these topics, and potentially siphon off a ton of views while providing people with value. and this channel does this without ever even showing their face. Niche number 20 is virtual reality. As you can see, there's tons of different big virtual reality videos out there talking about the best headsets to buy, and they can get a lot of views. And most of these make their videos without ever even showing their face. All right, let's move into our 6th category of content, which is travel. And niche number 21 is travel countdowns. And as you can see, here's a channel that creates travel countdowns about topics like 10 towns offering free land or top 10 most violent small towns in America. Just interesting lists about different places all around the world. They never even show their face, and this channel gets 5.6 million views per month. Our next travel niche is travel guides. Think about when you're going to a new place, you probably open up YouTube or a web browser and you look up what are the best things to do in that place. And you can literally go to websites like US News Travel to find and compile some of the best places to talk about within your video, write an original script within your own words, give more value create a video potentially without ever even showing your face, just like this channel right here does called Island Hopper TV, just talking mainly about like tropical locations all over the world. And they create a lot of travel guides like this one right here that can potentially get a lot of views. And this channel right here pulls in 4.1 million views per month. So this can certainly work. Niche number 23 is travel finance. As you can see, here's a channel called Scary Harry, which produces videos like 15 Cheap Big Cities to Live in Europe for Less Than This Much Per Month. And they create a lot of videos about like the best places places to retire in different countries and so forth. And as you can see, this channel does amazing. They never show their face. Could potentially be a great opportunity for you if you're interested in both traveling and finance. Alright, let's move into our 7th category of content, which is education. Think about when you wanna learn something, you probably open YouTube, search what you wanna learn about, and we can potentially make an education channel teaching people stuff, giving value, and in turn getting a lot of views and potentially making a lot of money. Here's a channel within our next niche, which is the piano niche, and it's called Pianonize right here, and it has 1 million subscribers. They never show their face. If we watch one of their videos right here, as you can see, they just show how to play different songs on the piano. There's not even talking in a lot of these videos right here. Now you might be asking, how would one create videos like this without ever showing their face? Don't you have to be like some sort of animator or something? Well, you can actually use software just like Synthesia right here in order to create animated piano tutorials. Just like this. Niche number 25 is history, and there's been so many things that have happened throughout the history of our world, and you can literally just pick one subject in history and focus on it and create a whole huge channel around it. And here's a channel called It's History, which mostly focuses on the past couple hundred years throughout history, and this channel has over half a million subscribers. So if you're a historical buff, that could be a great idea for you. Niche number 26 is engineering. Here's a channel called The B1M which produces engineering videos on different megastructures, giant skyscrapers, and really just unbelievable engineering projects. And this channel gets nearly 9 million views per month. Niche number 27 within the education category is geography. Here's a channel called Real Life Lore right here, which produces videos about different countries and just backstories like why the Americas aren't connected by a road. They never show their face. And if we go to the statistics, they get 22 million views per month. That's a lot of views, guys, and they don't ever even show their face. They're getting more views than a lot of big influencers influencers that are out there and they never even show their face. All right, our 8th category of content is entertainment. And I'm gonna go over a couple bonus niches within this to give you as much value as I possibly can. And the 27th niche on this list is 360 videos. And as you can see, here's a channel called Bright Side VR 360 Videos, and they produce these 360-degree videos where if you go to watch one of them, you can actually pan around the video and look around. And now you can actually create videos just like this. By going to marketplaces like Upwork.com, hiring a 360 animator to produce these faceless videos that can potentially get a lot of views. In fact, this channel is getting nearly 9 million a month. Niche number 29 within entertainment is sports. Now you could potentially create an education channel around sports as well, teaching different aspects of whatever sport that you're talking about. In fact, channels just like I Love Basketball TV do just that. They get a ton of views teaching literally how to play basketball. Now here's a channel that's within more of the entertainment sphere of things called Nonstop Sports, and this channel's got nearly a million subscribers. They get over 10 million views per month on their channel, and they don't just even talk about one sport either. They talk about both football and basketball mostly. They might be saying, Matt, that's great, but aren't there a lot of copyright concerns with using sports footage of different games and stuff? And yes, there is, and I would not recommend making a compilation channel that focuses on different sports clips. You may have seen channels like that out there, but they're probably not making as much money as you think, and that's because a lot of their videos might get copyright claimed or striked. So that's not the route I recommend going down. Instead, you can make a channel just like this one, Nonstop Sports, which mostly focuses on the players in the game, or different countdown lists of different things like banned accessories in the NFL, or the NBA's biggest villain. And it really just focuses on different players or countdown lists pertaining to the different sports. Niche number 30 is the scary niche. And as you can see, this channel called Dark5 produces scary videos. They have over 2.5 million subscribers and they produce videos like the 5 Most Mysterious Photos from Mars. And they're just countdown lists of different scary mysterious subjects. Then people are definitely interested in it and they can get a lot of views. And now in order to give you as much value as I possibly can, I'm going to reveal a list of high CPM niches. These are niches that make more money on average per 1,000 views. So if you wanna make more per 1,000 views, you can consider any of these niches that I'm showing you on the screen right now. These are higher than average CPM niches. Now at this point, if you're ready to start your very own faceless niche channel, you have two options. Option number one is to learn through trial and error, guessing what will work and what won't work. Or option number two is getting help and guidance along the way from someone who's already done this process and helped tons of other people as well do this. Step by step. Now, if you chose the second option, I'd love to introduce you to my training program called Tube Mastery and Monetization 3.0. It includes 100+ step-by-step lessons that show exactly how to do this, leaving nothing out, and I guarantee it's the best YouTube training on the market. It includes a community where I personally go in and answer every single question, which is basically unheard of with people who sell courses. I literally answer every single question, and it includes checklists templates, and bonus materials and everything you need to succeed. So if you're interested in that, check it out at the link below, and I'd love to work with you. And now at this point, you might be asking, Matt, I really want to choose a niche. I've got some ideas in my mind, but I just want to consult with you. What do you think are the absolute best niches on YouTube? So in order to give you as much value as I possibly can within this video, I'm gonna go over my personal favorite niches on YouTube. So right here up on the screen right now is a list of my favorite niches on all of YouTube. And the reason they're my favorite niches are because they have high demand, they're evergreen, meaning if people are interested in it now, they'll likely also be interested 10 years from now. So you can build up a big backlog of content to serve you for years into the future. They have alternate monetization opportunities, which means you can sign up for affiliate marketplaces like ClickBank.com or Digistore24.com in order to find products to promote within these niches. And this can make you way more than from just ad revenue alone. And they have a higher than normal CPM, which again is how much money you make per 1,000 views. And now right here is a list of all of the different niches that we covered throughout this video so far. Feel free to screenshot this if you ever need ideas. And now feel free to check out this video next to me right here, which shows me creating a faceless video on my phone step by step from scratch, so you can see an example of me actually doing it. Now I know this video next to me right here is titled something like the number one work from home business or something like that. But this is the video I actually do go over me creating a video step by step from scratch. So check it out next to me right there, and I know you'll get a ton of value. All right, did you click it yet? Check it out. I know you're gonna get a ton of value, and I'll see you there.