YouTube 90-Day Upload Calendar Planner
A dated 90-day YouTube schedule that fits your real production hours, with search/browse mix, titles, thumbnails, and deadlines per video.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
A 90-day content plan is a good idea to keep yourself organized and consistent. You'll want to decide how often you're posting — maybe once a week, twice a week, or something else depending on your schedule. Mix of long-form videos and Shorts could work well. Think about topics that your audience cares about — productivity, time management, goal-setting, habit-building, that kind of thing. Some videos should target search (people looking for how-to content) and some should be built to go viral (surprising or entertaining angles). You might want to plan for at least one collaboration. Consistency matters, so pick a schedule you can stick to. Thumbnails and titles are important for getting clicks. I'd suggest planning out topics and upload dates so you stay on track.
90-DAY CONTENT CALENDAR: PRODUCTIVITY CHANNEL WEEK 1-4 (MONTH 1) Wed, Jan 8 — Long-form: "The 90-minute productivity block" (Search: 8.2K/mo avg volume; Why now: back-to-school productivity season) Fri, Jan 10 — Short: "Mistake that kills focus" (Viral angle; curiosity gap) Mon, Jan 13 — Long-form: "I tracked my 10 best days. Here's what I found" (Personal narrative + searchable framework) Fri, Jan 17 — Short x2 (clipped from Mon video, different hooks) Wed, Jan 22 — Long-form: "Deep work setup tour" (Searchable; evergreen) WEEK 5-8 (MONTH 2) Mon, Jan 27 — Collab: Interview with productivity author (1.2M followers) Wed, Jan 29 — Long-form: "Why your to-do list fails" (Search: 3.1K/mo) Fri, Jan 31 — Short: "The one tool I quit" (Viral; controversial angle) Mon, Feb 3 — Long-form: "Building a bias toward action" (Personal framework; searchable) WEEK 9-12 (MONTH 3) Wed, Feb 12 — Long-form: "Weekly review system that works" (Searchable; proven format) Fri, Feb 14 — Short: "Productivity myth debunked" (Viral) Mon, Feb 17 — Live stream: Q&A + channel updates (Engagement) FORMAT MIX: 67% Long-form, 33% Shorts SEARCH vs VIRAL: 55/45 split (sustainable growth over viral chasing) COLLABS: 1 confirmed (27% higher click-through) WEEKLY CHECKPOINTS Review Mon video performance; adjust Fri topic if needed (test-and-adjust loop).
About this skill
Your uploads are random, your views are flat, and every week starts with "what do I film?" Most content calendars make it worse. They schedule more videos than one person can make, fill slots with topics nobody is searching for, and fall apart the first time you miss a week. This skill builds a 90-day YouTube plan sized to the hours you really have. Every video has a reason to exist and a deadline to hit.
What it does
- Runs a capacity check first (your hours divided by hours per video) and sets a cadence you can keep, with flex slots built in
- Marks each video as search intent (evergreen, keyword-led title) or browse intent (curiosity-led packaging, judged on CTR) and balances the mix for your channel's stage
- Pulls topics from evidence: your own outlier videos, competitor outliers, search autocomplete phrasing, and comment questions, and labels how solid each signal is
- Writes a working title and thumbnail concept for every slot before it gets a date
- Works backward from each publish date to script, film, edit, and packaging deadlines, and flags seasonal topics that have to go out weeks before peak demand
- Sets day-30 and day-60 review rules so you know which pillars to double down on and which to cut
What you get
A week-by-week calendar table (date, format, pillar, intent, title, thumbnail, demand signal, why now). It comes with a capacity summary, production deadlines, a list of expiring or seasonal topics, and review checkpoints. Paste an existing calendar and you get a prioritized fix list instead.
Best for
Solo YouTubers and small teams past the "just upload" stage, channel managers running a quarter for a client, and creators adding Shorts to a long-form channel who want both formats working as one system.
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