You have ten ideas. None feel right.
You don't know if any of them fit your audience until you've sunk a week into scripting.
Built by YouTubers · for YouTubers
Built for the long game on YouTube.
Vidstew is the producer dashboard YouTube creators wish they had — brainstorm topics that fit your audience, package titles + thumbnails with AI scoring, run live recording with timecoded notes, QA with timestamped review, A/B test, and learn from every upload. One workspace. One pipeline. The whole video, end to end.
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TopicAudience fit · 88
F1 2026 aero regs — what the rule changes mean for the front-runners
Why it fits: Your last 4 F1 deep-dives all crossed 100K. Reg-change explainers are your strongest format.
Watch out: Don't lead with team names — your audience clicks on "why" framing, not roster framing.
Packaging3 concepts
A72
B91
C64
B leads on hook + visual pop. Locked as winner.
RecordingREC · 14:22
[02:11]Drop the Mercedes B-roll over "floor stall"
[06:48] Re-take the intro — pacing was off
[14:02] Reference the 2022 Spa weekend here
Notes are timecoded · Editor scrubs straight to the moment.
QA3 notes · 1 blocker
00:45Audio pop on the cut
03:12Hold the chart 2s longer
09:30Flash frame at end
Performance142% baseline
Views
184K
CTR
9.2%
AVD
11:42
Lesson: Reg-change framing beat roster framing — promote into next project.
The problem
Making a great YouTube video should not require eleven tools.
Most creators are running their channel out of a Notion + Drive + Frame.io + Sheets + spreadsheets-with-tabs duct-tape stack — and the longer they do it, the more obvious it gets that the stack is the ceiling, not the talent.
Title and thumbnail are guesswork.
You ship hoping the click-through holds. When it doesn't, you can't say why.
Production runs on tabs.
Notes in Notion. Footage in Drive. Scripts in Google Docs. Comments in Frame. Nothing talks to anything.
Lessons disappear.
You know the last video taught you something. By the next one, you've already forgotten what.
Who built this
Vidstew is built by a YouTuber who actually ships.
I'm Jason Hassett — I run my own channel, and I work with client channels with millions of subscribers. I built Vidstew because the tools every other creator complains about are the same ones I was tired of.
Featured: a Jason Hassett documentary
1.2M views on YouTube · also distributed on Amazon Prime · the kind of long-form Vidstew was built to make easier
“Every creator I know who's actually growing has a process. Every creator who isn't has a stack of tools pretending to be one. Vidstew is the process. It's the tool I built because I needed it — and because the channels I work with needed it more.”
The channels using Vidstew
Long-form. Niche. Built to last.
Real channels — F1 analysis, tech documentaries, motorsport history, the slow-burn long-form everyone says is “dead” (it isn't).
Tech docs@thatjasonhassett
1.2M views · Prime feature
Tech@thatjasonhassett
Long-form essays
F1Wheelspeed F1
Race breakdowns
F1Wheelspeed F1
Race weekend recaps
Tech@thatjasonhassett
Failure case studies
F1Wheelspeed F1
Driver profiles
Tech docs@thatjasonhassett
1.2M views · Prime feature
Tech@thatjasonhassett
Long-form essays
F1Wheelspeed F1
Race breakdowns
F1Wheelspeed F1
Race weekend recaps
Tech@thatjasonhassett
Failure case studies
F1Wheelspeed F1
Driver profiles
MotorsportWheelspeed F1
F1 deep-dives
AutoCosworth Notes
Engine history
Retro tech@thatjasonhassett
Documentary deep-dive
AutoCosworth Notes
Rally archives
F1Wheelspeed F1
Strategic analysis
MotorsportWheelspeed F1
F1 deep-dives
AutoCosworth Notes
Engine history
Retro tech@thatjasonhassett
Documentary deep-dive
AutoCosworth Notes
Rally archives
F1Wheelspeed F1
Strategic analysis
Who Vidstew is for
We're going to be honest about who this serves.
If you're building a real channel — the kind people subscribe to and actually keep watching — Vidstew was built for you. If you're looking for shortcuts, save your money.
Vidstew is for you if…
- You think in seasons, not in days.
- You believe a clear story beats a clickbait headline.
- You're investing in long-form because shorts won't get you to the channel you actually want.
- You'd rather get 90% of a process right than chase the latest trick.
Probably not for you if…
- You're chasing algorithm hacks and engagement-bait formats.
- You want a tool that promises 100K views from a five-minute upload.
- You think the YouTube playbook from 2019 still works.
- You're optimizing for the next 30 days and nothing past that.
We'd rather you skip the trial than churn after week two. No hard feelings.
What's inside
One pipeline. Nine stages. Zero context-switching.
Plan → Make → Learn. Every stage hands off cleanly to the next, so your producer + editor + QA + strategist actually work on the same project instead of the same five tools.
Topic
Audience-fit checks before you script
Drop an idea, get a verdict against your channel's recent winners. AI reads what your audience already showed up for and tells you whether the new premise lines up — before you sink a week into it.
TopicAudience fit · 88
F1 2026 aero regs — what the rule changes mean for the front-runners
Why it fits: Reg-change explainers are your strongest format. Last 4 crossed 100K.
Watch out:Don't lead with team names — your audience clicks "why" framing.
Packaging
Title + thumbnail, scored against your track record
Three concepts at once. Each gets a score on hook, visual pop, and audience match. The trophy auto-pins the winner. Lock it when you're ready and the rest of the project flows downstream.
PackagingB locked as winner
A72
B91
C64
AI scored against your last 12 uploads. B leads on hook + visual pop.
Recording
Live notes that timestamp themselves
Hit Start when the cameras roll. Every note you type while the timer runs gets stamped — your editor scrubs straight to the second.
RecordingREC · 14:22
[02:11]Drop the Mercedes B-roll over "floor stall"
[06:48] Re-take the intro — pacing was off
[10:33] Cut around 0:43 here
[14:02] Reference the 2022 Spa weekend
Editing
Read-only handoffs the editor actually wants
Recording notes, QA notes, hook + main edit, intro tracker, revisions log — the editor sees what they need without you typing instructions twice.
EditingHook + main edit
Recording notes
[02:11] Mercedes B-roll · [06:48] Re-take intro · [14:02] Spa ref
QA notes
00:45 Audio pop · 03:12 Hold chart · 09:30 Flash frame
Intro tracker: 0:00 → 0:34 · within target. Editor cleared to send for QA.
QA
Watch + stamp mode, internal and external
Pauses when you pause playback so timecodes match the cut, not your wall clock. Approve or send back with one click. External reviewers get a public link, no account required.
QA3 notes · 1 blocker
00:45Audio pop on the cut
03:12Hold the chart 2s longer
09:30Flash frame at end
Watch & stamp pauses when the player pauses · timecodes match the cut, not the wall clock.
Testing
Thumbnail + title tests, logged forever
Watch Time Share extracted from your YouTube Studio screenshot, aligned to the variants you uploaded. A vault of every test you've run, so 'I think the red one did better' becomes data.
Testing vaultB won · +69%
A
28.4%
B
48.2%
C
23.4%
Pulled from your Studio screenshot · WTS aligned to the variants you uploaded.
Performance
Auto-pulled stats + AI-read takeaways
Connect your YouTube account once. Vidstew pulls the public stats, ranks the video against your baseline, and writes the takeaway. Promote it into a durable lesson that flows into your next project.
Performance142% baseline
Views
184K
CTR
9.2%
AVD
11:42
Lesson: Reg-change framing beat roster framing — promote into next project.
Teams
Editors, designers, QA, strategists — all in one channel
Production-role gating means each teammate sees what they need without drowning in the rest. Pro includes unlimited teammates per channel; nobody needs their own paid plan to work on yours.
The Jason Hassett Show4 teammates
JHProducerOn project
MREditorOn project
ASQAOn project
PDDesignerOn project
Production-role gating · everyone sees what they need, no extra noise.
What's epic in YouTube
A weekly read on the YouTube space.
The channels worth studying, the launches worth watching, the shifts you'd miss if you only looked at your own analytics. No growth-hack noise.
Niche notesApr 25, 2026
The 2026 F1 reg change is the biggest content moment in motorsport YouTube
Three angles every motorsport channel should plan for, why technical breakdowns are about to outrank race recaps, and the small list of creators already getting it right.
Read postStrategyApr 18, 2026
Long-form isn't dead — it's just being made worse on purpose
Why the channels everyone says 'broke through with shorts' are actually winning on patient long-form, and what the audience is rewarding when it does.
Read postWorth studyingApr 11, 2026
Ten channels worth studying this month
From a niche metalwork channel hitting 200K subs to a documentary outfit landing on streaming — what they have in common, and what you can steal.
Read postPricing
Simple plans. No per-seat tax.
Every paid tier includes a 30-day Pro trial — no card required. Annual billing saves 26–32%.
Free
Project management for one channel. Forever.
Free
- 1 channel
- Up to 5 active projects
- Up to 2 teammates
- Sponsors, guests, topics, assets — manual
- Email + in-app notifications
Pro
Most popularSolo creators shipping consistently.
$49/ month
or $399/year (≈ $33/mo, billed annually)
- Unlimited channels
- Unlimited projects
- Brainstorm + topics AI
- Packaging analysis + deep-dives
- Audience insights + guest suggester
- Performance AI insights
Team
Studios and agencies running multiple channels.
$79/ month
or $699/year (≈ $58/mo, billed annually)
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited teammates per channel
- Production-role gating
- Channel-level watcher rules
- Audit logs
- Priority support
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Frequently asked
Questions, answered.
Do I need a card to start the trial?+
No. New accounts get 30 days of Pro automatically — every AI surface unlocked, no card required. After the trial, you'll drop to Free unless you've upgraded; nothing is auto-charged.
What happens to my data if I downgrade?+
Nothing is deleted. Free has limits on channels (1), active projects (5), and teammates (2), and AI features become read-only — but every project and stage you've built stays. Re-upgrade anytime to unlock everything again.
Is this for big channels only?+
No — Vidstew works just as well on a 2,000-sub channel as a 2M-sub channel. The pipeline is the pipeline. The audience-fit AI gets sharper the more uploads you have, but it works fine on early channels too.
Does Vidstew connect to my YouTube account?+
Yes — we use YouTube's public Data API to pull your channel's recent uploads, view counts, thumbnails, and basic stats. We never ask for upload permissions or any scope that lets us touch your content. Read-only, public-data-only.
Can I invite my editor without paying for them?+
Yes. Pro includes unlimited teammates and they all use Pro features on your channel. Team adds production-role gating so editors only see editor-relevant tools, QA only see QA, etc. Your invitee never needs their own paid plan to work on your channel.
Which AI models power Vidstew?+
We use AI subprocessors (currently Google's Gemini API) to power audience-fit checks, packaging analysis, topics fact-checking, and performance insights. Chosen for grounding capabilities and cost profile — both meaningful for the kind of channel-specific analysis Vidstew runs.
Can I cancel anytime?+
Yes. The Manage Subscription button on your billing page opens the Stripe Customer Portal — cancel, swap plans, update card, or download invoices. Cancellations take effect at the end of your billing period.
Ship the next one with Vidstew.
30 days of Pro free. No card required. Use it on the next video you'd be making anyway and decide for yourself.