How to Turn Forum Discussions into Viral Video Content: AI Agent Guide 2025

Being stuck for ideas as a video content creator can really interrupt your creative flow. But have you ever considered using social media forums for inspiration?

Forums like Reddit and Quora can be fun to scroll through, but they’re also a potential goldmine for viral content ideas. These forums (along with user threads on platforms like Twitter/X) harbor millions of ongoing discussions, questions and insights on trending topics that could inspire your next viral video.

Discussion-based content is highly effective for personality-driven creators, and your followers will be keen to hear your views on niche subjects.

AI tools can even automate the process of finding and condensing social media forum posts, saving you hours of research and making it easier than ever to repurpose content you find online.

In this article, we’ll show you how to turn social media forum discussions into engaging, professional-grade videos using Argil, with no camera required.

Why Use Social Media Forums for Content Ideas?

Social media forums are home to a huge user base ready to share their unfiltered thoughts and ideas. You’ll find experts in all niches ready to share their advice and answer questions, from doctors to finance experts and engineers.

It’s also super easy to find trending conversations in your niche by searching subreddits and questions as they are usually ranked by views to expose the topics people care about.

Unlike more curated forms of media, forums reflect the raw and authentic sentiments of people out in the world. This isn’t always a good thing, of course, but if you can find the right threads, you’ll be able to find highly specific and relatable discussions and repurpose them into targeted content that resonates with your audience.

For example, if you’re a personal finance YouTuber, r/PersonalFinance a great source for real-life experiences of people trying to manage their money and contains advice and information from experts. The same goes for almost any topic – from fitness to highly technical content or investment advice.

One of the benefits of mining social media forums for content is that you already know these are the topics people are talking about. They have proven interest and engagement from the community you want to target, so they’d be perfect for videos on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube Shorts.

There are countless examples of creators using content inspired by community insights, but these tend to be faceless voiceover channels, which can lack the personal touch needed to build trust and connection.

What if we told you it was possible to appear as the face of your videos without having to appear on camera? With Argil, you can do exactly that by creating and training a lifeline digital clone to deliver your script.

Case Studies: Forum-Inspired Video Content

Ali Abdaal is a doctor, entrepreneur and bestselling author who shares productivity and business tips on his YouTube channel. He has successfully repurposed Quora and Reddit threads into discussions while maintaining a polished, personality-driven output to engage his 545K subscribers.

Fitness influencers like MattDoesFitness also pull inspiration from social media forums and Quora Health discussions to engage viewers and stay abreast of trending topics.

Whatever your niche, the internet provides endless inspiration for trending video content, and thanks to the latest AI tools, it’s easier than ever to find what you’re looking for.

How to Turn Social Media Forum Content Into Videos

With Argil, you can turn trending social media forum discussions into video clips to share on the platform of your choice. Here, we’ll share an actionable workflow using Argil to help you get started.

Step 1: Find and Extract Key Insights from Social Media Forums

Your first step is to identify content you can include in your videos. Use AI tools like Reddit Keyword Monitor or BuzzSumo to search popular questions and themes and discover the most upvoted threads on social media forums.

You’ll want to join subreddits or monitor conversions in your niche and continuously search for the latest updates, especially if you have a news-based channel. You can also look for evergreen content so you can create videos that will outlast today’s trending topics.

Once you’ve found your key insights and discussion points, you can use a tool like ChatGPT to pull out the most interesting segments and condense them into readable text.

Generate Scripts from Your Findings

After you have summarized all your key points and highlighted any quotes or data points you want to pull out in your video, you can use this copy to generate a script using Argil.

Argil will help you identify viral hooks in your written content and help generate an engaging script for your video. It’s easy to edit your script using our AI assistant, who will make helpful suggestions to help you tell a great story.

Create Your AI Avatar

Once you’re happy with your script, it’s time to bring it to life! All you need to do is film a two-minute video of yourself speaking, and Argil will use this to create a lifelike digital avatar that you can use in your videos.

Avatars can be trained to mimic your speaking patterns and mannerisms, so they’ll look and sound just like you. Using our realistic AI clones, you’ll be able to create hyper-personalized content in a fraction of the time, without the need for a camera or multiple retakes.

Edit Your Videos

When you’ve edited your script and you’re happy with your avatar, it’s time to polish your video. Using Argil’s comprehensive editing suite, you can add dynamic B-roll, visual transitions, captions and personalized features to make your videos more engaging and boost audience retention.

If you’re short on time, we’ll produce a pre-edited draft that you can easily tweak to match your style and personality.

Publish Across Platforms

With Argil, you can test multiple versions of the same video or create videos in different languages or captions. You can also optimize videos for your platform of choice.

When you’re done, it’s easy to download your videos and share them across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts or LinkedIn.

Remember to monitor their performance so you can continue to iterate and improve your output. Our AI will learn your preferences so it can help you create better videos and improve audience engagement over time.

Argil: Scale Forum-Inspired Video Content with Digital AI Avatars

Social media forums are filled with untapped potential for video creators. Thanks to Argil, it couldn’t be simpler to repurpose these ideas into short, engaging videos to share across social media and build your following.

Argil transforms complex processes like scripting, filming and editing into a seamless workflow that takes minutes rather than days. Using our all-in-one platform, you’ll be able to create videos 10 times faster, empowering you to post authentic, high-quality video content at scale.

Try Argil for free today and see for yourself how simple it is to create forum-inspired videos and effortlessly grow your channel.

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