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YouTube & Instagram Profiles in Poppy

Research content creators without leaving your board

Updated over a month ago

Poppy's profile discovery feature lets you analyze YouTube channels and opens up Instagram profiles directly to your board so that you can easily find and model what's working and create better content faster.
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How Profile Discovery Works

Adding YouTube Channels

  • Paste any YouTube channel URL directly onto your board

  • Poppy automatically loads the channel profile

What You Get:

  • Channel overview and key metrics

  • Recent video thumbnails and titles

  • Ability to click into any video for deeper analysis

Adding Instagram Profiles

  • Paste any Instagram profile URL directly onto your board

  • Poppy loads the profile automatically on the right of your screen

What You Get:

  • View of the instagram profile with follower count, likes, comment and view count

  • A filter to view outlier videos πŸ”₯

  • Click or drag any post onto your board

filter out outlier posts on any public instagram page directly in poppy

Why This Helps Your Research Game

Model Top Performers
Instead of manually scrolling through someone's entire feed, see their recent content at a glance. Spot patterns in what's working and apply those frameworks to your own content.

Faster Content Analysis
Click directly from the profile view into individual videos or posts. No more opening new tabs, copying links, and pasting them back into Poppy.

Organized Research
Keep all your competitor research and inspiration in one visual workspace. Group profiles by niche, strategy, or whatever organization system works for you.

Use Cases

Content Creators:

  • Study successful creators in your niche

  • Analyze their title patterns and thumbnail strategies

  • Model their content frameworks without copying

Marketing Teams:

  • Research competitor social strategies

  • Track influencer content for partnership opportunities

  • Build swipe files of high-performing content

Course Creators:

  • Show students examples of what works

  • Build case studies from real profiles

  • Create content libraries for your community

Pro Tips

Combine with Other Features:
Once you've added a profile, connect it to a chat and ask Poppy to analyze patterns, extract title frameworks, or identify what makes their content successful.

Use Groups for Organization:
Press "G" to create groups and organize profiles by category - "Competitors," "Inspiration," "Client Examples," etc.

Go Deeper on Individual Content:
When you spot a video or post that's performing well, drag it onto your board, connect it to the chat and ask for a full analysis. Poppy will break down the visual elements, copy, and structure.
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Both youtube and instagram profile features are in version 1, we are not done yet!
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Tiktok and other profile features will be added in the future!

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