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Hook

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

/hʊk/nounCore term

In social media & content creation, hook means: The first few seconds of a video or the first line of a post, designed to grab attention and make people keep watching or reading.

In Turkish: kanca, açılış cümlesi, hook

How it is used

Creators talk about a strong, weak or scroll-stopping hook. A hook can be a bold statement, a question, a surprising image or a promise like 'three mistakes you're making'. You write, test or open with a hook.

Example sentences

  1. Your hook is too slow; get to the point in the first two seconds.

  2. We tested three hooks for the same video, and the question got the best results.

Common collocations

  • strong hook
  • scroll-stopping hook
  • open with a hook
  • hook line
  • test hooks
  • audience retentionA measure of how much of a video people watch before they leave, often shown as a graph or a percentage.
  • watch timeThe total amount of time people have spent watching a video or a channel's videos, usually shown in minutes or hours.
  • short-form videoA video that usually lasts from a few seconds to a few minutes, is often filmed vertically and is made for quick viewing on phones.
  • call to actionA short instruction that tells the audience what to do next, such as 'comment below', 'save this post' or 'click the link in bio'.

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