YouTube · Gaming
Gaming video ranks in the US top 5 for 18 of its 19 tracked keywords
A video for a competitive tactical shooter scored 92/100 for SEO in the US, Germany and Russia. It ranks #1 in all three countries for its two main search terms and sits in the US top 5 for 18 of its 19 tracked keywords.
The video
What was being ranked
A gaming video for a competitive tactical shooter, in the cheats and hacks search niche. Many channels compete for these searches, especially buyer-intent terms such as "best", "buy" and "cheap".
Viewhackers keeps client videos anonymous. The channel, the video title and the names in the keyword table are replaced with placeholders such as [game].
Results
Where the video ranks
8 keywords rank #1 in the United States and 9 in Russia. These positions were held at about 5.1K views and 241 likes (a 4.7% like rate), so the video did not need a large audience to rank.
Keyword rankings
Every tracked keyword
| Keyword | US | DE | RU |
|---|---|---|---|
| [game] cheating | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| [game] cheats | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| [game] cheater | #2 | #1 | #1 |
| buy [game] cheats | #1 | #3 | #1 |
| top [game] cheats | #1 | #3 | #1 |
| [game] new cheat | #1 | #4 | #1 |
| [game] cheat | #1 | #2 | #3 |
| best [game] cheats | #1 | #4 | #1 |
| best [game] cheat | #2 | #5 | #1 |
| cheap [game] cheat | #3 | #7 | #2 |
| cheats [game] | #5 | #6 | #1 |
| [game] esp cheat | #2 | #5 | #5 |
| cheat [game] | #3 | #7 | #4 |
| [game] hack | #4 | #6 | #4 |
| [game] esp | — | #6 | #7 |
| cheat [game] pc | #1 | #3 | #15 |
| [game] cheat free | #5 | #9 | #5 |
| paid [game] cheat | #2 | #3 | #19 |
| free [game] cheat | #5 | #13 | #20 |
YouTube search positions for the video's tags in the United States (US), Germany (DE) and Russia (RU), from a rank-tracker check in October 2026. A dash means the video did not appear in the positions checked.
SEO score
Metadata score by region
The tracker scored the metadata 92 out of 100 in all three regions, the joint-highest score in these studies.
What it shows
What the numbers tell us
- Every common variation of the main term was covered: singular and plural, both word orders, and modifiers such as "best", "top", "buy", "cheap", "free" and "paid".
- Russia matches the US at the top, with 9 keywords at #1.
- Germany is the next opportunity: 3 keywords at #1, with most of the others between #2 and #7.