AI YouTube Shorts Generator n8n Workflow from Google News Trends

Turn Google News Trends into AI-generated YouTube Shorts—fully automated in n8n

This AI YouTube Shorts Generator n8n workflow from Google News Trends automatically pulls trending Google News topics every 24 hours, converts each article into an AI-ready transcript, generates visuals and voiceovers, compiles everything into a dynamic YouTube Short, and uploads it directly to YouTube—with titles and descriptions saved to a Google Sheet for easy tracking.

What this workflow does

• Trend analysis (every 24 hours): fetches trending Google News articles and entertainment trends on a schedule.
• AI-powered transcript creation: generates an accurate transcript from the article content using Deepseek AI.
• AI visuals generation: creates visually appealing backgrounds using AI image generation tools.
• Voiceover generation: produces narration using ElevenLabs TTS (or similar services as configured).
• Dynamic compilation: combines images, audio, and background music into a short, eye-catching video. Video length and music selection are customizable.
• YouTube upload + metadata: uploads the video to YouTube with autogenerated titles and descriptions.
• Organized management: saves the titles and descriptions to a Google Sheet for review and editing.

Use cases

• Content creators who want consistent Shorts without manual scripting and editing.
• Digital marketers and SaaS operators building a lightweight “trends-to-content” pipeline.
• Journalists or newsroom teams quickly repurposing trending stories into short-form video.

Technical details (n8n)

• Workflow structure uses set, code, wait, limit, split out, and YouTube nodes.
• Integrates Deepseek AI for transcript generation from Google News content.
• Integrates ElevenLabs TTS (or similar) for voiceovers.
• Stores YouTube-ready titles and descriptions in a Google Sheet.