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YouTube Shorts hooks that stop the swipe

Say what your Short is about and get 10 opening lines that keep people watching, 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

    A sentence or two about your Short: what happens in it and what the viewer gets out of it

  2. 2

    Get hooks for Shorts

    Each one is written for the first 3 seconds of a Short. For TikTok, Reels 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 your Short with it

Free YouTube Shorts hook generator

Questions people ask

One line that tells viewers what they’ll get, or makes them need the answer, before they swipe to the next Short. Each set mixes ten ways in, so you can pick the one that fits.
No. The title is what people read in the feed and in search; the hook is what you say or show in the Short’s first seconds. Pick one that keeps the title’s promise, and try our free YouTube title generator for the title.
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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