Grant Halloran

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Niche

US supermarket brand exposés: what's really in grocery staples

Audience

Older US grocery shoppers, grandparents and seniors, who want to know which store brands to avoid (inferred from titles such as 'Seniors Should Avoid' and descriptions addressing 'your kids and grandkids').

Avatar

• Realistic avatar
• Photorealistic older men with grey or white hair, moustaches or beards, in plaid shirts, overalls and caps, shown in farm or kitchen settings. The face varies between thumbnails, and some thumbnails use a woman news-anchor figure instead.

Format

A brand-by-brand ranking of one grocery category: an 'avoid' list and a short 'real' list, with label tricks and brand ownership explained in a farmer-voiced script. Recent videos add 7-level ladders and news explainers.

Typical length

10–17 min; news and list videos run up to 26 min

Content pillars

• Meat brand rankings
• Eggs and dairy brands
• Label and ownership exposés
• Brand level ladders
• Breaking health news

Title patterns

• Don't Buy These [N] US [X] Brands (And [N] That Are Safe)
• [N] US [X] Brands That Seniors Should Never Buy This Summer
• We Tested [X] From Walmart, Costco, Aldi & 3 More | Most Failed
• 7 Levels Of [X] — You've Probably Only Ever Eaten Two Of Them

Thumbnails

Bold all-caps yellow or white headline such as 'THIS IS NOT BEEF!', with a pointing older farmer in overalls beside a branded product pack. Ranking videos show a row of packs with prices or level numbers.

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

• 
  224K views (opens on YouTube in a new tab)
• 
  193K views (opens on YouTube in a new tab)
• 
  6.46K views (opens on YouTube in a new tab)

Why it works

• Two videos hold most views: 223,662 and 192,557, against under 7,000 for any other upload
• Repeatable 'Don't buy these N brands' formula appears in most of the 23 uploads
• Named national brands and stores in titles and thumbnails make the topic concrete
• Descriptions address grandparents directly, giving a clear older-viewer angle

• Linkwho.int1 of the last 23 descriptions (opens in a new tab)
• Websitecdc.gov1 of the last 23 descriptions (opens in a new tab)
• Websitecdc.gov1 of the last 23 descriptions (opens in a new tab)
• Linkedition.cnn.com1 of the last 23 descriptions (opens in a new tab)
• Linkaxios.com1 of the last 23 descriptions (opens in a new tab)
• Linkmeduza.io1 of the last 23 descriptions (opens in a new tab)

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