Hooks that stop the scroll

Say what your video is about and get 10 opening lines for TikTok, Reels or Shorts, each ready to copy

What is your video about?

Get 10 opening lines that make people stay past the first 3 seconds

Ten ways in

A bold claim, a question, the result first and more: each hook opens the video a different way

Short enough to say

Under 20 words, so you get it out in the first 3 seconds, before anyone scrolls away

Free, no sign-up

No account needed. Describe your video in any language and get them back in it

How it works

  1. 1

    Describe your video

    What happens in it and what the viewer gets out of it

  2. 2

    Get your hooks

    The hooks here are written for TikTok. For Reels, Shorts or a long YouTube video, open their generators under the tool

  3. 3

    Say it in the first 3 seconds

    You get 10 hooks, each a different way in. Copy the one that sounds like you and open the video with it

Free hook generator for short videos

Questions people ask

The first line of your video: what you say or show in the first 3 seconds, so viewers stay for the rest instead of scrolling away.
Short enough to say in about 3 seconds. Every hook here is under 20 words, most of them under 12.
Both work best: say it, and put the same words on screen for people watching on mute. Our free subtitles generator can add them as captions.
No. The hooks use only what you tell us. Where a number would help, add your real one: a hook with a true number beats a made-up one.
Yes. No account needed.

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