Channel and Niche Benchmark Report for KISS Consulting Group, comparing your YouTube performance against five similar bookkeeping and accounting channels, with ready-to-film ideas for your next video.
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How your channel, @stephwithkcg, has moved in the last four weeks, what five channels in the bookkeeping & QuickBooks niche are doing right now, and what to film this week for the best shot at views and new subscribers.
- Your strongest stretch since tracking began in July. +550 views channel-wide, compared with +318 over the five weeks before. Most of it came from two new tutorials.
- You've found a lane that works: bank feeds & reconciliation. "How to Reconcile Accounts" (103 views in 2 weeks) and "Add vs. Match" (80 views in its first week) are already among your top long-form videos after only one or two weeks. That's why Idea 1 goes further down the same road.
- October 15 is the extended tax filing deadline. This is the one week where a timely tax video makes sense. Idea 2 needs to go up by early October to catch that search traffic.
- Quick fix: the reconciliation video's title is missing its closing bracket: "…(And Check It's Actually Right". Takes ten seconds to fix in YouTube Studio.
What to Film This Week
Three options, in priority order. Each one is backed by a real video that shows the format works. If you only film one this week, make it Idea 1. If you can fit a second in before October, make it Idea 2.
None of the three ideas from August have been filmed yet, and all three are still good options for when the dates above have passed. They are: the flagship "How to Start Using QuickBooks" tutorial, the LLC vs. S-Corp vs. Sole Prop comparison, and a follow-up to your burnout Short. The burnout Short has 1,018 views, up just 6 in four weeks. It still has more views than anything else on your channel, but it's not going to grow much more by itself.
What's Working on Your Channel
Since the last report on August 27 you've posted 5 new videos: 2 long-form and 3 Shorts. You've gained +4 subscribers and +550 views across the channel. That's about 2½ times the daily view rate of the period before the last report.
For the first time, a QuickBooks tutorial lane is clearly doing better than the rest of the channel. Bank-feed and reconciliation videos keep coming out on top: How to Reconcile Accounts (103), Add vs. Match (80, in one week), and the reconciliation Short (84). Your burnout Short is still your biggest single video, but these tutorials are the ones growing now. They're also the videos most likely to bring in business owners who need a bookkeeper.
After the 14-day gap in August there was one more gap of 11 days (Aug 28 to Sep 8). Since then you've posted a long-form video every Monday and a matching Short two days later: Sep 8/10 and Sep 15/17. That rhythm is worth keeping.
New since your last report
Two of the five are already among your better performers. The best Short followed your strongest long-form video.
| Title | Format | Views | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks Add vs. Match: Stop Duplicate Transactions | Long-form | 80 | Sep 15 |
| Add or Match in QuickBooks? Don't Make This Mistake! | Short | 25 | Sep 17 |
| How to Reconcile Accounts in QuickBooks (And Check It's Actually Right title missing ")" | Long-form | 103 | Sep 8 |
| Reconciled? Here's How to Fix the Changes | Short | 84 | Sep 10 |
| Your Bookkeeper Can Delete Transactions — Here's the Proof | Short | 25 | Aug 28 |
Last report's videos, four weeks on
| Title | Views (Aug 27 → now) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| How to Find a Payment in QuickBooks & Check If It's Recorded | 76 → 87 | +11 |
| Don't Trust Your Bookkeeper: How to Check the QuickBooks Audit Log | 8 → 23 | +15 |
| QuickBooks Duplicate Transactions Are Costing You Thousands | 24 → 28 | +4 |
| Did you get paid? Check QuickBooks before you panic (Short) | 22 → 28 | +6 |
| Accidentally Used Business Card for Personal Spend? Fix It in QuickBooks | 73 → 112 | +39, still being found in search |
Your all-time top performers
| Video | Views |
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The Competitive Landscape
The same five channels as last time, chosen to show a range. Two are big channels that prove these formats can reach hundreds of thousands of views. One has built its audience on a single comparison topic. Two are small creators closer to your size. Subscriber counts are current. Each channel now has a short "this month" note on what's new.
Key takeaway if you're skimming: the big channels' best recent uploads are about something that just changed, whether that's a QuickBooks update or a new tax rule. Their evergreen beginner tutorials keep getting views in the background.
Patterns That Repeat Across Every Channel
The same few things show up whether a channel has 500 subscribers or 500,000. None of them need a bigger budget. They're all decisions about the title and the topic.
Other Recommendations
Smaller habits worth building alongside this week's video.
Turn reconciliation into a playlist
Put "How to Reconcile Accounts," "Add vs. Match," "Credit Cards Not Syncing," and Idea 1 in one playlist, something like "QuickBooks Bank Feeds & Reconciliation." Link it in each video's description and on an end screen so viewers go straight to the next video.
Keep the Monday + Wednesday rhythm
A long-form video on Monday and a Short from it on Wednesday has worked for two weeks in a row. It's better to keep that going than to add a third upload a week.
Shorts: pull the most surprising moment
The reconciliation Short (84) got more than three times the views of the Add/Match and audit-log Shorts (25 each). It focused on one fix ("here's how to fix the changes") rather than a warning. Build future Shorts around one quick fix taken from the long-form video.
Plan the tax calendar now
After October 15, the next dates to plan for are year-end bookkeeping cleanup (December), W-2/1099 season (January) and the start of filing season. Your January W-2 and contractor Shorts are still some of your better performers.
Title rewrites, using your own recent videos
Same topics and same information, with new titles based on the patterns above.
| Current title | Rewrite |
|---|---|
| How to Reconcile Accounts in QuickBooks (And Check It's Actually Right | How to Reconcile in QuickBooks (And Check It's Actually Right)This fixes the missing bracket, which is the main thing. "Accounts" can go so the title fits on a phone screen. |
| QuickBooks Add vs. Match: Stop Duplicate Transactions | QuickBooks Add vs. Match: Which One Should You Click?Only a small tweak because it's already working. Asking the question makes the title a decision the viewer faces, which is how people search for it. |
| Don't Trust Your Bookkeeper: How to Check the QuickBooks Audit Log | 5 Signs Your Bookkeeper Made a Mistake (And How to Check)Still a recommendation from last time. A number and a concrete promise work better than a general warning. The video is at 23 views. |
| How to Find a Payment in QuickBooks & Check If It's Recorded (Fix It Fast) | Payment Missing in QuickBooks? Here's How to Actually Find ItStarts from the worried moment someone is searching from, not a plain description of the task. |