Virality Coach 🎯

A machine learning tool that predicts the virality potential of a YouTube video before you post it.

What it does

Input a video title, tags, and optional thumbnail — get back a virality score from 0–100 plus actionable recommendations to improve reach.

How it works

• Analyses patterns from a dataset of viral YouTube videos
• Uses NLP to extract signals from titles and tags
• Uses computer vision (OpenCV) to analyse thumbnail features
• Outputs a score and specific suggestions

Tech stack

• Python · Flask · scikit-learn · Pandas · NumPy · OpenCV
• HTML/CSS frontend

Team

Built at DATA-HACK 2026 (SUDATA × CommSTEM, University of Sydney)
Team Runtime Terror — Atharva Srivastava, Jasmine Chen