Curate Top Educational YouTube Videos
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This n8n workflow automates the discovery of high-quality, recent educational YouTube videos on specified topics like AI agents and tools. It searches, filters by engagement and recency, and prepares the data for export, making content curation effortless and efficient.
About This Workflow
Discovering relevant and high-quality educational content on YouTube can be a time-consuming task. This n8n workflow streamlines the entire process, acting as your personal YouTube content curator. It intelligently searches for videos based on your custom queries within the education category, then applies robust filters for views, likes, and publication date to ensure you only get the freshest and most engaging content. Perfect for researchers, educators, or content strategists looking to identify top trends and tutorials without manual effort. The workflow is designed for easy configuration and prepares curated video data for export, typically to a Google Sheet.
Key Features
- Automated YouTube Search: Automatically query YouTube's API for videos matching multiple, user-defined search terms.
- Education-Focused Discovery: Specifically targets the 'Education' category on YouTube (Category ID 27) for highly relevant content.
- Smart Quality & Recency Filtering: Filters videos based on minimum view counts (e.g., >10,000), like counts (e.g., >100), and recent publication dates (e.g., after December 1, 2023).
- Customizable Search Queries: Easily update the list of keywords in the
Set Querynode to adapt the search to your evolving interests. - Google Sheet Export Preparation: Collects essential video metadata (Title, Channel, Published At, Views, Likes, Description, URL) formatted for direct export to a Google Sheet (final node implied).
How To Use
- Enable YouTube Data API: Visit the YouTube Data API v3 page in your Google Cloud Console and enable the API.
- Add YouTube Credentials: Register an application and add your YouTube OAuth2 API credentials to your n8n workspace. Find detailed instructions here.
- Update Node Credentials: In the
Search YouTubenode, ensure you select your newly added YouTube credentials. - Customize Search Queries: In the
Set Querynode, modify thevaluefield to include the specific topics or keywords you wish to search for on YouTube. For example,"AI agents tutorial step by step", "AI tools tutorial for beginners". - Adjust Quality Filters: In the
Filter for Qualitynode, modify the conditions (e.g.,viewCount,likeCount,publishedAtdate) to refine your criteria for high-quality and recent content. - Prepare Google Sheet: Create a new Google Sheet in your Google Drive with the following columns:
Title,Channel,Published At,Views,Likes,Description,URL. This is where the workflow will send the curated video data.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "fb8bc97e-2b97-4883-9b7e-d9e277467b8f",
"name": "Curate Top Educational YouTube Videos",
"nodes": 22,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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