Viral clip finder AI: how KeyMo ranks the moments worth clipping

What a clip finder can and cannot do

Searching an hour of conversation for the one minute that stands alone is slow work. A clip finder does the first pass: it reads the episode and proposes cut points, so you review a shortlist instead of the whole recording. That is the honest scope of the job.

The word viral in this category is marketing. No tool can know how a clip will perform on a feed it has not seen, and KeyMo does not claim to. Its score is a ranking of moments within one video. A 9 beats an 8 in the same episode, but that says nothing about views, and nothing about how it compares to a 9 from another show.

How KeyMo scores a moment

Every clip KeyMo returns carries two things: a score out of 10 and a one-line reason for that score. Only clips scoring 7 or higher are kept. That is why a weak episode returns fewer clips and a strong one fills the cap, which is 15 clips per video.

Counts depend on the length of the source. KeyMo aims for 3 to 5 clips from a video of up to 15 minutes, 5 to 8 up to 30 minutes, 8 to 12 up to an hour, and as many as 15 for longer ones. Treat those as built-in targets, not measured results. Sources run from 5 minutes to 3 hours, uploaded as MP4 or MOV up to 10 GB, or pasted as a YouTube link on a paid plan.

Clip length is yours to steer. Auto allows 15 to 90 seconds, while Short is 20 to 40, Medium 40 to 60 and Long 60 to 90. A tighter range tells the finder what kind of moment you want, such as a quick answer or a full story.

Reading the score

Review 15 candidates in ten minutes

Fifteen clips in ten minutes leaves about 40 seconds each. That is enough if you use a fixed routine. The numbers below are a time-box to hold yourself to, not a measured benchmark.

1. Read all the reasons first, without playing anything. Mark any that describe something you would not say on your own channel.
2. Play the opening few seconds of each remaining clip. Both Instagram for Creators and TikTok's ad guidance stress the opening: Instagram says to make the first 3 seconds engaging, and TikTok suggests the main point in the first 3 seconds and the hook within 6.
3. Drop any clip that starts mid-thought or needs the question to make sense.
4. Watch the ending of the ones left. A clip that stops before the payoff fails even if the middle is strong.
5. Pick the clips for this week, usually the best few, and leave the rest in the list.
6. Open the chosen clips in the chat editor for changes, then export them as a ZIP.

Finding clips in a podcast

Podcasts are the awkward case for any finder. The picture is two people talking, so there is no visual action to lean on, and the best line may sit in the middle of a long answer. That makes the reason line useful: it tells you what the tool thought the moment was, so you can judge it in seconds.

For a podcast clips finder workflow, upload the full episode rather than a trimmed cut. KeyMo then has the whole recording to rank and can return the top moments from across it. Each clip is cropped to 9:16 with a face-tracking reframe, captioned in one of 12 styles and silence-trimmed. If you want the next step after picking, how to clip a podcast and edit podcast clips explain it.

Limits to know before you pay

• Output is 9:16 only, 1080x1920 at 30 fps. No landscape or square clips.
• There is no free plan and no trial. Starter is $12 a month for 300 source minutes. Pro is $29 for 900. Yearly is ten times monthly. Visitors in India see Rs 799 and Rs 1,999.
• YouTube link import is for paid plans and fetches up to 1080p. You confirm you own the video or have permission.
• Source files are kept 7 days and clips 30 days.
• Clips come out at 15 to 90 seconds. Anything longer you cut yourself.

If you are weighing clip finders against each other, our pages on KeyMo vs Opus Clip and KeyMo vs Vizard read each vendor's own site. See pricing for what each plan covers.