SceniusTube
A catalog of interesting videos from YouTube creators with automatic archiving of new posts
Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant
- Built by
Shalom
Bloat
94/500Where it landed on the scale
0
300
400
Summary
SceniusTube is a live, single-post side project that collects videos from community YouTube channels. There's no sign of payments, accounts, docs, or any follow-up since launch day, and the idea is easy to rebuild. It reads as a learning project that works, not yet a product with a business behind it.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
The problem of finding what to watch is real but mild, and nothing in the evidence points to anyone paying or a way to charge. It's a free curation tool with no stated model.
18/100
Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.
Receipts (2)
The creator frames it as solving a 'what to watch' problem and says 'I learnt a bunch', which points to a learning project, not a business.
“You know what I realized about this community? People here love YouTube. So do I. All of these channels post interesting videos on tech, science, career, songs, people building amazing stuff and so much more. I built this so it can be a catalog of interesting videos. Every time these creators post it will be saved here. I have scraped previous posts of some of these channels and will graduall”
Post · @Sha_lom · 24 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The page shows no pricing, payments, accounts or waitlist, so there's no path to revenue.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
Scraping YouTube channels into a list is something a developer here could rebuild in a weekend. The scraped archive is small and not unique enough to compound.
10/100
Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.
Receipts (2)
The core is scraping channels and saving new posts, which is a simple pattern with no proprietary data or network effects.
“You know what I realized about this community? People here love YouTube. So do I. All of these channels post interesting videos on tech, science, career, songs, people building amazing stuff and so much more. I built this so it can be a catalog of interesting videos. Every time these creators post it will be saved here. I have scraped previous posts of some of these channels and will graduall”
Post · @Sha_lom · 24 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
No accounts, API or community features exist that would create lock-in.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
It was shipped once, on 2025-10-24, with a single post and no updates in the 348 days since.
0/100
- Sustained shipping0/60
Worked on across 0 days.
- Consistency0/40
Updates in 1 of 1 month.
- Quiet
No update for 348 days, so scaled to 22%.
Receipts (1)
Earliest post about it.
“You know what I realized about this community? People here love YouTube. So do I. All of these channels post interesting videos on tech, science, career, songs, people building amazing stuff and so much more. I built this so it can be a catalog of interesting videos. Every time these creators post it will be saved here. I have scraped previous posts of some of these channels and will graduall”
Post · @Sha_lom · 24 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A live site exists and, by the creator's account, archives videos from community channels. It's thin, with no accounts, docs or other signs of backend operations.
52/100
- It's live20/20
https://sceniustube.vercel.app/ responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Served over HTTPS.
- Real product25/35
The site responds and, per the post, archives videos from a set of channels, so it works. The page text the crawler captured is minimal and nothing shows the full feature set, so it's rated working but thin.
- Own home0/10
Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.
- Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2025-10-24.
- Operations2/15
It's a single web page on a free host with no accounts, docs, API, status page or second platform. The automatic archiving implies some backend job, but nothing visible confirms it.
Receipts (5)
https://sceniustube.vercel.app/ responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
The creator says previous posts were scraped and new ones are saved automatically.
“You know what I realized about this community? People here love YouTube. So do I. All of these channels post interesting videos on tech, science, career, songs, people building amazing stuff and so much more. I built this so it can be a catalog of interesting videos. Every time these creators post it will be saved here. I have scraped previous posts of some of these channels and will graduall”
Post · @Sha_lom · 24 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The page is live over HTTPS, but the crawler captured only the title.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Facts show no docs, accounts, status page, repo or store links, and it's on a free host.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
The claim that new posts are saved automatically hints at a scheduled backend job.
“You know what I realized about this community? People here love YouTube. So do I. All of these channels post interesting videos on tech, science, career, songs, people building amazing stuff and so much more. I built this so it can be a catalog of interesting videos. Every time these creators post it will be saved here. I have scraped previous posts of some of these channels and will graduall”
Post · @Sha_lom · 24 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
It's on a free subdomain with no payments, pricing, privacy policy, terms or support contact. With nothing in place to bring in money and no follow-up since launch, there's no sign it can keep going.
14/100
- Distribution12/30
A site on a free subdomain.
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
- Revenue0/5
There's no mention of customers, payments or revenue anywhere.
- Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support0/8
No support contact found.
- Commitment2/20
There's one post on launch day and no activity since, which is nearly a year. There's no roadmap, team, dedicated channel or funding. The only forward-looking line is a plan to scrape the remaining channels gradually.
Receipts (4)
A site on a free subdomain.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
No payment provider, pricing or prices were found.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
The only commitment is a promise to gradually scrape the remaining channels.
“You know what I realized about this community? People here love YouTube. So do I. All of these channels post interesting videos on tech, science, career, songs, people building amazing stuff and so much more. I built this so it can be a catalog of interesting videos. Every time these creators post it will be saved here. I have scraped previous posts of some of these channels and will graduall”
Post · @Sha_lom · 24 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The crawler found no repo, status page or project community.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · sceniustube.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)