What is a hook?
A hook is the first 5–30 seconds of your video. It's the single most important factor in viewer retention. If you lose someone in the first 30 seconds, they never come back.
What the Hook Generator produces
- 5 hook variations per generation with different emotional approaches
- A Retention Score (predicted % of viewers staying past 30s)
- Virality Label — Curiosity, Shock, Relatability, Authority, or FOMO
- Emotional Trigger Analysis — What psychological lever each hook pulls
Hook types that perform best
- Curiosity Gap — "Most people don't know this exists on YouTube…"
- Bold Claim — "I gained 10,000 subscribers doing this one thing"
- Relatable Problem — "If you've ever uploaded a video and got zero views…"
- Controversy — "Everyone tells you to post daily. They're wrong."
