Automating YouTube Shorts: Stop Grinding It Out and Grow Your Channel

Escape the content hamster wheel. Automate your YouTube Shorts creation and post daily without burnout—scale smarter, not harder.

Let's be honest, it feels like a hamster wheel making YouTube Shorts each and every day. You're worn out, you've run out of ideas, and the algorithm needs more.

Here's the good news: you don't have to do it by yourself anymore.

What is YouTube Shorts Automation, anyway?

YouTube Shorts automation is using savvy AI software to take care of the tedious, mundane parts of video creation. Instead of getting burned out from grinding out every single Short, you can take one idea and convert it into a dozen unique shorts.

The AI does the scripting, voiceover, editing, and visuals. You stay in control of the creative direction while technology does all the heavy lifting. In fact, over 42% of creators use AI tools to edit or generate Shorts content for their channel-brands, like the automatic captions, a new effect to apply, and video with voiceover... just to start.

Think of it like this: You are the director and not the entire production crew. Your role is no longer doing everything on your own, but to be there for the process to ensure high quality, like a director would do.

Why Automation is Important Now More Than Ever in 2025

YouTube Shorts now experiences upwards of 200 billion views per day, making it one of the most cut-throat formats on the platform. The creator community has now surpassed over 2 billion active users monthly, and if you're not able to adequately post on a regular basis, you will be left behind.

Here's the data: Daily views in 2021 were 30 billion views. In 2024, daily views are now 90 billion views. That's a rapid growth of over 60 billion views in just 3 years. Yes, that’s insane growth. In fact, YouTube Shorts has an average engagement rate of 5.91%, beating TikTok and Instagram Reels to the punch.

Now this is where automation becomes crucial right now:

• Speed – Make 20-30 Shorts in the time it took for one video
• Scale – Scale up your output without short-circuiting your brain
• Consistency – Keep your brand voice the same in every single video
• Strategy – Spend your time on the big ideas, and not on the mundane editing duties.

The platform isn't slowing down: there have been over 1 billion YouTube shorts, and there's an average of 25 million Shorts being created every month. You need a system to be able to keep up.

Creating an Automation Workflow

It is even easier than you think to start working with automation - the majority of AI models will walk you through the setup in under half an hour. The content engine you are building will save you hours each and every week.

First, link your YouTube channel to your automation platform. This will result in AI understanding your voice, your existing channel content and your audience. This is essentially like teaching a very smart assistant your channel content and voice, for example, in the business you are seeking to grow.

Secondly, upload your own brand assets. This could be your logo, your color palette and any intro or outro clips you may have to leverage. These brand assets are used to stamp your own identity on every video the AI creates for you. Consistency creates recognition.

Select an AI voice that fits with the content you are creating. A channel focused on finance will be different than a channel focused on comedy. Play around with some options so you can find a voice you like. This AI voice will also be part of your branding identity.

The final step is to create your first project. You can batch create videos and do it efficiently if you can group similar themes together. Determine the topics you want to cover, your video format ideas and the posting schedule you would like to stick to. You can use keyword research or topical ideas from forums to keep you organized and on track.

Creating Content That Actually Converts

Your automation tool is only as good as what you provide it. Quality input will yield quality output. There are two main avenues for churning out content.

Repurposing existing content: Do you have a long-form video or blog post that has done well? You can drop it to the automated AI tool to extract the key points and create multiple focused Shorts from the same content. A 30-minute long video can produce 20 individual tips on its own!

Writing from scratch: You can provide the AI with a simple prompt of “three investing mistakes beginners make” and it breaks down the script, creates a voiceover, and finds relevant visuals to display, all from just that sentence.

Once you have the content generated, you will want to make sure to review it for adjusting tone and combining visuals with the pacing and tone of the script. Doing these things demonstrates quality control and separates out the not-so-good automation with the good automation. Your audience will be able to tell the difference.

Shorts videos shorter than 25 seconds drive roughly 68% of total Shorts video views. This makes them the preferred duration! However, the 50-60 second range is where the highest amount of video completion lies, at approximately 76%. Test your content length to see what works best for your target niche.

Growth and Revenue Optimization

Step 1 is to create videos. The real game begins with getting discovered. Your titles, descriptions, and hashtags are your first impression, both to viewers and the algorithm.

Start with action verbs in your titles. “Avoid These 3 Mistakes at the Gym” beats “Gym Mistakes” every time. Create curiosity gaps that will make them click. Be specific about the value you’re providing.

Strategically mix your hashtags. Use 1 broad tag for reach, 1 niche tag to be targeted, and always #shorts. Shorts that use trending audio within the first 5 seconds will result in 21% more reach.

Track your analytics religiously. What Shorts got the most views? What topics do your viewers pick up on and resonate with? Viewers average 14.3 seconds watching each short before they swipe away. Hook them quickly or lose them.

Creators normally make $.01 to $.06 per 1,000 views for Shorts. This is not as good as long-form content but remember, the view-consideration potential is vastly different. A Short that gets 100,000 views could result in 169 new subscribers.

How to Reduce Common Automation Mistakes

What’s the most common mistake? Treating artificial intelligence as a magic button. AI is a tool, not a replacement for your creative thinking. You guiding the process and you’re responsible for the quality.

Always review before posting. Always, always, always review the final video before pressing go live. Even if you read the script, and checked for weird edits and caption errors, watch it again. And make sure the visuals are aligned with the script. One minute of review could save your reputation.

Do not overwhelm Youtube with low effort automated uploads. Youtube Community Guidelines allow for automation as long you produce original content. Too often there’s attention given to content volume over value.

Is Automation Allowed on YouTube?

Not if you are creating your own, original and worthwhile content. YouTube automation, in itself, is not illegal. YouTube targets content that is spammy or repetitive, not the tools you choose to use.

YouTube cares about two things: originality and engagement. How you produced it isn't important. What matters is if your audience finds it brings value and watches. As long as you keep a human involved, you're good.

Outsourcing editing or utilizing an AI tool is 100% acceptable, as long as you produce original content that offers value. The problem starts if you just reupload other creators' work or spam videos that offer no value.

Next Steps

YouTube Shorts automation is not about taking your creativity away, it is about making the most of it while getting some time back to focus on what truly matters - growing your channel and interacting with your audience.

The creators that are winning in 2025 are not working harder but are working smarter while using technology to handle the repetitive tasks and focus on strategy and innovation.

Are you ready to get off the content treadmill? Learn more about Kyncept and how to build automated content creation systems. Stop grinding and start growing.