Top 5 video ideas 100 ranked lists people will argue about.
Every idea here has one scale, a debatable number 1 and clips you can actually get. Pick one, collect five clips, and the Top 5 editor does the rest.
- Ideas100
- Niches12
- Time to make oneMinutes
Three of the ideas below, made in Clippie: sports moments, dance trends and AI video trends.
Turn an idea into a video. Three steps.
- 1
Pick an idea with clips you can get
Your own footage, screen recordings, AI-generated clips or licensed stock. Skip ideas that only exist in other people’s videos.
- 2
Decide the order
Weakest at number 5, strongest at number 1, the surprising pick late in the list.
- 3
Build it in the Top 5 editor
Upload, drag into order, type the labels, add a voice, music and captions, export in 9:16.
100 top 5 video ideas. By niche.
Each niche has a note on what makes its rankings work and where the clips come from.
Gaming
Your own gameplay is the easiest footage there is, and gaming audiences rank everything. Record at the console or PC’s native resolution and crop to 9:16.
- Top 5 hardest bosses in [game]
- Top 5 clutch plays I hit this week
- Top 5 most broken weapons in [game] right now
- Top 5 maps that should never have shipped
- Top 5 secrets most players never find in [game]
- Top 5 games that aged badly
- Top 5 fails from my ranked matches
- Top 5 skins worth the money
- Top 5 speedrun skips that look impossible
Sports and fitness
Rankings of professional footage get claimed; rankings of your own training, your team’s games or AI-generated recreations do not. Local and amateur sport works well here.
- Top 5 goals from our Sunday league season
- Top 5 lifts from my first year in the gym
- Top 5 hardest exercises nobody does
- Top 5 funniest moments in combat sports
- Top 5 trick shots that took 100 tries
- Top 5 running routes in [city]
- Top 5 mistakes every beginner makes in [sport]
- Top 5 comebacks in [league] history
Cars and bikes
Car content ranks on numbers (speed, price, power), so the scale is built in. Film at shows and meets, or generate scenes for cars you cannot reach.
- Top 5 fastest cars ever made
- Top 5 most expensive cars ever sold
- Top 5 cars at [car show] this year
- Top 5 cheapest cars that look expensive
- Top 5 engine sounds
- Top 5 best-selling cars of all time
- Top 5 ugliest cars ever put on sale
- Top 5 motorcycles for a first bike
Travel and places
Travel rankings work best when you have been there. Phone footage from the trip, ranked, is a top 5 video and a travel diary at once.
- Top 5 places I visited in [country]
- Top 5 most dangerous places on Earth
- Top 5 cheapest cities to live in Europe
- Top 5 beaches within two hours of [city]
- Top 5 views from my hikes this year
- Top 5 abandoned places you can still visit
- Top 5 countries nobody visits
- Top 5 airports to never connect through
Animals and nature
Pets are the most filmed subject on every platform, and nature facts rank well with AI-generated scenes for animals you cannot film.
- Top 5 things my dog does when I leave
- Top 5 deadliest animals in Australia
- Top 5 animals that should not exist
- Top 5 fastest animals on land
- Top 5 cat fails this month
- Top 5 strongest animals for their size
- Top 5 deep sea creatures that look fake
- Top 5 smartest animals on Earth
True crime and mysteries
True crime top 5s are narrated and rarely have footage, so make them with AI-generated scenes. Keep to documented cases and say what is unproven.
- Top 5 unsolved disappearances
- Top 5 heists that almost worked
- Top 5 cases solved by a tiny mistake
- Top 5 mysteries of the ocean
- Top 5 cold cases solved decades later
- Top 5 strangest unexplained signals
- Top 5 prison escapes
- Top 5 art thefts never recovered
Money and business
Money rankings are built on numbers, which makes the order hard to argue with and the entries easy to research. Screen recordings and generated scenes cover the visuals.
- Top 5 side hustles that actually pay in [year]
- Top 5 most expensive things ever sold
- Top 5 companies that went from nothing to billions
- Top 5 money mistakes in your 20s
- Top 5 richest people who lost everything
- Top 5 cheapest countries to retire in
- Top 5 products with insane profit margins
- Top 5 scams that fooled millions
Food and drink
Rank what you cook, eat and order. Overhead phone footage of the plate is all a food top 5 needs.
- Top 5 things I cooked this week
- Top 5 fast food items ranked honestly
- Top 5 street foods in [city]
- Top 5 spiciest dishes I have survived
- Top 5 most expensive foods in the world
- Top 5 snacks from [country] you have to try
- Top 5 coffee orders ranked by a barista
- Top 5 foods that are illegal somewhere
Tech and AI
Screen recordings make tech top 5s free to film, and AI tools, apps and gadgets change fast enough that the lists stay fresh.
- Top 5 AI video trends right now
- Top 5 apps I cannot live without
- Top 5 phone settings you should change today
- Top 5 gadgets under $50 that are worth it
- Top 5 AI tools that replaced an app I paid for
- Top 5 keyboard shortcuts nobody uses
- Top 5 failed products from big tech
- Top 5 free tools for faceless channels
History
History top 5s are made with AI-generated scenes in a documentary look. The scale is usually impact, size or strangeness; be clear which.
- Top 5 battles that changed history
- Top 5 inventions that happened by accident
- Top 5 empires that vanished
- Top 5 strangest laws of the Middle Ages
- Top 5 lost cities archaeologists found
- Top 5 closest calls for humanity
- Top 5 ancient technologies we still cannot explain
- Top 5 shortest wars ever fought
Movies, music and trends
Clips from films and songs are the most claimed footage on every platform. Rank them with AI-generated scenes, your own recreations or your reaction, not the originals.
- Top 5 viral dance trends this year
- Top 5 plot twists nobody saw coming
- Top 5 movie villains ranked by how right they were
- Top 5 albums to listen to start to finish
- Top 5 sequels better than the original
- Top 5 trends that died in a month
- Top 5 most-watched videos of all time
- Top 5 animated films for adults
Personal and lifestyle
Lists from your own life are the easiest to film and the hardest to copy. They are also the ones that build a channel, because every entry is yours.
- Top 5 things I wish I knew at 18
- Top 5 purchases that changed my daily life
- Top 5 moments from my year, ranked
- Top 5 habits that fixed my sleep
- Top 5 places in my city nobody knows about
- Top 5 things in my bag I would not travel without
- Top 5 skills to learn in a weekend
- Top 5 ways I save money every month
- Top 5 books that changed how I think
- Top 5 mistakes from my first year of [hobby]
- Top 5 reasons I moved to [city]
Make one. The editor and the guides.
Free to tryOpen the Top 5 video makerUpload your clips, type the labels and export a 1080p countdown. No editing skills needed.- GuideHow to make top 5 videosThe full guide: topic, clips, order, labels, voiceover, music, captions and export.
How-toHow to make ranking videosCountdowns, tier lists and “ranked” formats that get people arguing in the comments.
How-toHow to make top 10 videosNarrated top 10 lists for YouTube, and the countdown Short that sends people to them.
From idea to export. In minutes.
Top 2 to top 9
Pick how many items the countdown has. The list on screen, the numbers and the colours follow.
Your clips, in order
Upload MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV or WebM clips, trim each one, drag them into rank order, mute or replace any clip.
Title and transition voiceovers
An AI voice reads the title, and can announce every entry over a freeze frame before the clip plays. 16,000+ voices.
Music, bass boost and SFX
Background music from the library or your own file, a bass-drop transition between clips, and a sound effect on any entry.
Captions and blur
Word-timed captions generated from the voiceovers, and a blurred copy of each clip as the background.
Save it as a template
Keep the look, music, voice and labels. The next video only needs new clips.
Frequently asked questions.
What are good top 5 video ideas?
Lists with one scale, a debatable number 1 and clips you can get: your own gameplay, training, cooking, trips and pets, or fact-based lists (fastest, most expensive, most dangerous) made with AI-generated scenes. The hundred ideas above are grouped by niche, from gaming and sports to true crime, money and history.
Which top 5 videos get the most views?
Lists in niches people already search and argue about (gaming, sports, cars, money, true crime) with a surprising number 1 and a question in the caption. Topic matters less than the order being yours: a ranking everyone agrees with gets watched once; one people disagree with gets commented on and shared.
Can I make these without filming anything?
Yes. For fact-based lists, generate a clip or scene for each entry with AI in Clippie, or make the narrated version in the AI story editor. For lists about your own life, phone footage is the point.
What is a top 5 video?
A top 5 video is a short countdown: a title like “Top 5 scariest places on Earth”, a numbered list on screen, and one clip for each entry, played from number 5 down to number 1. Each entry’s label appears as its clip plays, often with a bass hit or a voice announcing the number. The format is popular on TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts because every entry gives people a reason to keep watching to number 1.
Where do I get clips for a top 5 video?
Use footage you own or have permission to use: your own recordings, screen recordings of your own gameplay, clips you generate with AI, or stock and Creative Commons footage that allows reuse. Re-uploading other creators’ videos is the fastest way to get a ranking video taken down or demonetized, even with credit.
How much does it cost to make a top 5 video in Clippie?
You can open the Top 5 editor and see the format without an account. Uploading clips and exporting the finished video needs a Clippie plan: exports use the plan’s export minutes, the title and transition voiceovers use its AI voice minutes, and captions are free. Plans are listed below.
