Hook Detector

Research

What nobody measures, counted from real YouTube videos. Each finding is counted twice, on two samples of different channels, and says whether it held up.

Computed from Hook Detector’s index of public YouTube data, which holds the videos our users’ searches found. Counted Oct 27, 2026.

1. Openings before a steeper or flatter first minuteWhich kinds of opening sit before a steeper or flatter first minute of YouTube's "most replayed" heatmap?86 videos in the first run, 90 in the second · 2 reproduced · 3 not reproduced · 12 too few
2. Title devices that go with higher multiples, by nicheWhich title devices go with higher or lower multiples, and in which niche?1493 videos in the first run, 1485 in the second · 10 reproduced · 18 not reproduced · 505 too few
3. Title and thumbnail word overlap against the multipleDo videos whose thumbnail repeats the title's words beat their channel more or less than videos whose thumbnail says something else?139 videos in the first run, 174 in the second · 0 reproduced · 2 not reproduced · 0 too few