How to Start a Faceless YouTube Channel with ChatGPT and ElevenLabs (Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners) | UpdatesOfAI

Hello, welcome back to another blog post. Today I am very excited because we are going to talk about money. And I think, on this planet, you can’t find a person who doesn’t love money.

So, in this blog post, we are going to talk about how you can start a faceless YouTube channel with ChatGPT and ElevenLabs, and it’s going to be a step-by-step guide. It’s absolutely for beginners, and you don’t need to be a tech expert or have expertise in voiceovers or video editing.

It will be a detailed article where you will understand why faceless YouTube channels are booming in 2025, the power of combining ChatGPT and ElevenLabs, and we will talk about who this guide is for.

And I hope it will be worth following along, and I want you to read the full article and decide at the end whether you should start it as a side hustle or not.

So, what do you need to do? You just need to follow 8 simple steps to succeed with a faceless YouTube channel.

Step – 01: Choose a Profitable Niche For Your Channel!

In your first step, I want you to select a niche. But the question is, what is a niche? A niche is a subject that you will talk about or work on. In terms of YouTube, a niche will be a specific topic area that your YouTube channel will focus on.

This is the most important decision you will make because it will determine how fast your channel will grow and how much money you can make.

So, what makes a niche profitable? A profitable niche is one that:

  • Has a constant demand – people search for this kind of content very often
  • Is easy to monetize – through ads, affiliate links, or product sales
  • Has low to medium competition – easy to rank on search engines
  • Doesn’t require showing your face – good for a faceless channel

If you’re confused about what niche you should go with, you can ask ChatGPT for help. ChatGPT will give you creative, up-to-date suggestions and indicate which ones are currently trending and have future potential.

Here are 5 YouTube niche ideas that are currently on trend and have good potential:

  • Tech and AI news
  • Motivational and Self-Improvement
  • Finance
  • Entertainment & Mystery
  • Health & Fitness

Pro Tip: Try not to go with a general niche. Instead, narrow it down. For example, if you want to make videos about tech, then choose a topic like “AI Daily News.”

Step - 02: Plan Video Ideas with ChatGPT

Once you have chosen your niche, the next step is to plan out your video content. You need to figure out the content ideas, like what your next 10 videos will be about.

But here is the point — you can ask ChatGPT to quickly brainstorm video ideas related to your niche. You can write a prompt like: “Give me 10 video ideas for a faceless YouTube channel about AI Daily News.” It will give you the titles and a short idea about these videos.

You may also look at YouTube analytics to see which kinds of videos are getting more attention and are suitable for faceless content. On the other hand, you can go to social media platforms related to your niche and see which ones are trending.

Step - 03: Write Scripts with ChatGPT

Now you have 10 video ideas with nice titles, and you need to select a topic and generate a full script for your video with the help of ChatGPT.

So, the question is, what should be your prompt for this script? First of all, you have to figure out how long your video should be. Then you can write a prompt like: “Write a 2-minute YouTube script on what CanvaCode is and how it is useful for a designer.”

After getting the script, you can tweak the tone, shorten or expand it, and get it ready for voiceover — all within minutes.

Step - 04: Turn Script into Voiceover with ElevenLabs

At this point, your script is ready to go. Now, the only thing you need is to turn this beautiful script into a natural-sounding voiceover, and that’s where ElevenLabs comes in.

ElevenLabs is an AI-powered voice generator that can read your script like a human, and it’s perfect for faceless YouTube content. The number of faceless channels that use ElevenLabs is huge, and it’s a convenient tool with a natural sound processing system.

How to use it?

Just paste your script into ElevenLabs, pick a voice (male or female, casual or professional), and click generate. In seconds, you’ll have a downloadable audio file ready to use. ElevenLabs also has options to adjust tone, pace, and emotion to match your video style. That makes the sound more realistic, like a human.

Step - 05: Create or Collect Visuals For Your Videos

For a faceless YouTube channel, you don’t need to be on camera to make good-looking videos. Instead, you can use free stock footage from Pexels, Pixabay, and other similar platforms. Just find the best footage that relates to your script.

If you want a faster and more automated workflow, then you can try AI tools like Pictory, Runway, or Animoto. These platforms let you upload your script and voiceover and then generate visuals for your video.

For tutorial-type content, try using screen recording tools like OBS Studio or Loom. Or you may add your voiceover to the screen recording directly.

Step - 06: Edit and Upload Your Video with a Great Title and Thumbnail!

Now you have all the video footage — bring it into a video editor like CapCut, VN, or Premiere Pro, and at the same time import your voiceover into the editor. Edit the video and try to match the footage and voiceover so that it looks natural and synced.

Afterward, you need a title, description, and a beautiful thumbnail. You can use Canva for your thumbnail design — it’s a drag-and-drop graphic design tool.

Once all the hard work is done, upload the video using YouTube Studio and enjoy the rest of your day.

Step - 07: Continue the Process!

If you think making a couple of videos is enough to succeed with a faceless YouTube channel, you’re probably mistaken. To succeed on this journey, you have to repeat the process. Otherwise, how will you fulfill the requirements to get monetized by YouTube?

So, it’s important to keep going and try to improve something in every video. This journey isn’t supposed to end at a certain time — you’ve got to keep doing it until your income goals are reached.

Step - 08: Monetize Your Channel!

So, you are a consistent person, putting in hard effort to grow your channel, and now it’s time to turn your content into income.

But there are criteria you need to meet to qualify for YouTube monetization: you need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time in the last 12 months. Alternatively, if you’re focused on Shorts, you can qualify by getting 10 million Shorts views within a 90-day time frame.

After you achieve this milestone, you can apply for the YouTube Partner Program, which allows you to earn money through ads shown on your videos.

That’s not the end — you can also add affiliate links to products or tools you use, work with sponsors, or even sell your own products. Or you can drive traffic to your blog or website — kind of like free marketing.

Tips To Grow Fast

It’s not just about making videos — you need to apply more techniques to grow faster. For example:

  • Create eye-catching thumbnails and titles to grab attention
  • Follow trending content if it fits your niche
  • Upload videos consistently — at least once a week
  • Create trendy Shorts to attract more viewers
  • Respect your viewers and reply to their comments

 

Try to follow everything we talked about and also improve something in every single video — maybe the script, voiceover, or visuals. Do something better each time. This advice was given by the biggest content creator, MrBeast.

Our Final Thought

In 2025, starting a faceless YouTube channel is one of the lowest-cost ways to start an online business. It’s pretty simple — you just need ChatGPT and ElevenLabs to get started. You don’t even need a camera, microphone, green screen setup, or video editing skills.

My advice will be — get started. This is the hardest step you will ever take. You don’t need to invest a huge amount to start a faceless YouTube journey. You also don’t need to be on camera to build something powerful. The only things you need are your intention and motivation to start an online business with a laptop and an internet connection.

I already started one channel as a side hustle, and I am getting good results with less effort and time. So, I think it’s the best decision I have ever made.

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