YouTube Creator Search
The YouTube creator search engine that returns channels in your niche with the contact details already attached.
Searches channels by niche, reads audience size, checks engagement, and surfaces contact details.
Free to start · 50 credits · No credit card required
What changes
Without Xicmo
- Finding channels means YouTube's own search, which optimises for viewers rather than for partnership research.
- Subscriber count is visible and engagement rate — the number that predicts anything — is not.
- Contact details mean opening every About tab one channel at a time.
- Shortlists live in a spreadsheet that is out of date the moment you build it.
- An agency charges a retainer to hand you a list you could have assembled yourself.
With Xicmo
- Search is built for partnership research: filter by niche, size and audience rather than by watch relevance.
- Engagement is surfaced beside subscriber count, so a large dead channel is visible as one.
- Contact details come attached to the result rather than requiring a manual pass.
- Results are saved into named lists inside the workspace instead of a spreadsheet.
- The discovery half of an influencer retainer becomes something you do yourself in an afternoon.
What is YouTube creator discovery?
YouTube creator discovery is the process of finding channels whose audience overlaps your buyers, assessing whether that audience is genuinely engaged, and obtaining a way to contact the creator.
The reason it is normally slow is that YouTube's search is built for viewers. It ranks by relevance to a watching intent, surfaces subscriber counts rather than engagement rates, and puts contact details behind a per-channel manual check. Partnership research needs the inverse of all three.
How it works
- 01
Search your niche
Query by topic or seed channel and get back channels whose audience actually overlaps your market.
- 02
Filter by real engagement
Audience size beside engagement rate, so a channel with a large dormant subscriber base is identifiable before you invest in it.
- 03
Save the shortlist
Contacts come attached and the list saves into the workspace — no About-tab crawl, which is the part of this job everyone puts off.
What it does
Niche and seed-channel search
Finds channels by topic or by similarity to one you already know performs for your market.
Audience size with engagement rate
Both numbers together, because subscriber count alone routinely overstates what a channel can deliver.
Contact details on the result
Surfaces publicly listed contact information so the shortlist is actionable without a manual pass.
Named lists saved in the workspace
Shortlists live beside the rest of your marketing data rather than in a spreadsheet that goes stale.
Per-workspace research history
Previous searches and saved lists persist, so the research compounds instead of restarting each campaign.
Shared workspace with the Instagram creator agent
YouTube and Instagram creator research sit in one workspace, so a cross-platform shortlist is one list.
A search engine, not a marketplace
Influencer marketplaces show you the creators who signed up to be shown — a pre-filtered set, usually priced for the platform's commission. This searches YouTube itself, which means the shortlist includes creators who have never listed themselves anywhere, and there is no markup on a deal you negotiate directly. The trade is honest: you do the outreach, because there is no marketplace intermediary to do it for you.
Long-form video keeps selling after publication
A YouTube review or tutorial keeps returning search traffic for years, which makes creator partnerships behave more like content investment than like advertising. It is also the platform where a genuine demonstration is possible, which matters disproportionately for products that need to be seen working.
Pricing
Credits meter real AI usage, not seats. Every agent is unlocked on both plans.
Questions
Does it contact creators for me?
No. It finds them and surfaces their publicly listed contact details. The outreach is yours, which is also why there is no commission on anything you agree.
How is this different from an influencer marketplace?
A marketplace shows creators who opted into it and takes a cut of the deal. This searches YouTube directly, so the shortlist includes creators who never listed themselves, and there is no markup — at the cost of you doing the outreach.
Where do the contact details come from?
Publicly listed channel information. Nothing is scraped from behind a login and nothing private is surfaced.
Can it tell me if an audience is fake?
It surfaces engagement rate against subscriber count, which is the standard signal and catches the obvious cases. It is not fraud detection, and a determined fake will pass it.
Does it negotiate or handle payment?
No. Discovery and shortlisting only — the commercial relationship is directly between you and the creator.
Does it publish or send anything without my approval?
No. Every agent drafts into a queue and stops there. You read it, edit it, and press publish — or you don't, and nothing leaves. There is no mode that posts on your behalf unreviewed.
Do I need any technical setup?
Add your website URL and the agents start working. Connecting Search Console or Analytics makes the SEO and GEO agents considerably sharper, and both are OAuth — no keys to paste, no DNS records, no code on your site.
What is included in the free plan?
50 credits on signup, no card required, and every agent unlocked. Credits meter actual AI usage rather than seats, so you can try the agent that matters to you instead of spending a trial learning the interface.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. The Max plan is monthly and cancels from billing in one click — no contract, no notice period, no call to book. Drafts you have already generated stay in your workspace.
Try the YouTube Creator Search free
50 credits on signup, every agent unlocked, and nothing publishes without your approval.