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Cold-open the wildest second first
A viral home and real estate format on TikTok and Instagram
Start with the most chaotic or combative few seconds from later in the video, then rewind to the beginning.
3
accounts it worked for
4x
median, times their usual
#63
of 65 in home and real estate
Editing trick
Talking head, Video, Skit
Why it works
Seeing the payoff or conflict up front creates curiosity about how it got there and keeps people watching.
Hook formula[Dramatic clip] ... now let me back up
How to make it
- 1Clip the most dramatic 1-5 seconds
- 2Play it as the cold open
- 3Cut back to the start of the story or tutorial
Examples
Best first, one per account. Each links to the original post.
- @oliviasaad3
596K followers, TikTok
“IN CASE YOUR DAD DIDN'T TEACH YOU”
4.4x their usual views, talking head, real estate
- @new.house.home
69K followers, TikTok
“Chaos planting daffodils”
4.2x their usual views, video, gardening
- @goldendina
118K followers, Instagram
“Client Would Rather Leave House Empty Than Negotiate”
3.4x their usual likes, skit, real estate
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19 accounts, median 12x their usual
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19 accounts, median 8x their usual
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13 accounts, median 13x their usual
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10 accounts, median 16x their usual
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9 accounts, median 16x their usual
- Whole project squeezed into one start-to-finish video
6 accounts, median 53x their usual
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9 accounts, median 11x their usual
- Stack many quick hacks into one montage
7 accounts, median 21x their usual
- Numbered clean list with time or frequency cap
5 accounts, median 50x their usual
- Age and life stage in the hook
6 accounts, median 23x their usual
How this is measured
- Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
- TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
- A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
- Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.