{
  "library": "Viral Hooks",
  "model": "Viral Hooks",
  "license": "ViralMint original",
  "attribution": "Original viral hook templates authored by ViralMint. Free to use and adapt.",
  "count": 81,
  "prompts": [
    {
      "id": "hooks-1",
      "title": "The unspoken truth",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "Nobody tells you this about [topic], so I will.",
      "description": "Tease hidden information the viewer assumes nobody shares. Opens a curiosity gap that only the video closes.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-2",
      "title": "The secret reason",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "The real reason your [thing] isn't working has nothing to do with [obvious cause].",
      "description": "Frame a familiar outcome as having a hidden cause — the viewer has to watch to learn the 'real' reason.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-3",
      "title": "Wait for it",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "Watch what happens when I [action] — the ending surprised even me.",
      "description": "Promise a payoff that lands later in the video, buying retention through the middle.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-4",
      "title": "The thing they hide",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "[Industry] doesn't want you to know how simple this actually is.",
      "description": "Position yourself as exposing what an industry/expert won't say. Insider framing.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-5",
      "title": "I wasn't supposed to find this",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "I found the [topic] trick nobody's talking about — and it's almost unfair.",
      "description": "Forbidden-knowledge framing makes the information feel rare and valuable.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-6",
      "title": "Reverse curiosity",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "Do not try [popular thing] until you've seen this.",
      "description": "Tell them NOT to do something — the pattern interrupt makes them lean in.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-7",
      "title": "The detail you missed",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "You've seen [common thing] a hundred times and never noticed this.",
      "description": "Claim there's a hidden detail in something they've already seen — re-frames the familiar.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-8",
      "title": "Open loop question",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "Ever wonder why [common observation]? It's not what you think.",
      "description": "Pose a question the viewer can't answer, then promise to answer it.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-9",
      "title": "The 3-second test",
      "category": "curiosity",
      "prompt": "If you can watch this for 10 seconds without [reaction], you're not human.",
      "description": "Challenge framing that dares the viewer to keep watching.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-10",
      "title": "Flip the advice",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "Everyone says post daily. That's exactly why you're not growing.",
      "description": "State the common advice, then flip it. Pattern interrupt against what everyone 'knows'.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-11",
      "title": "Unpopular opinion",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "Unpopular opinion: [common best practice] is quietly killing your [outcome].",
      "description": "Signal a take that goes against the grain — invites both agreement and argument (engagement).",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-12",
      "title": "Stop doing this",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "Stop [common action]. It's the reason [bad outcome] keeps happening.",
      "description": "Direct command to abandon a widespread habit. Authoritative and urgent.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-13",
      "title": "The myth",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "The biggest myth about [topic]? That you need [thing everyone believes you need].",
      "description": "Name a widely-believed myth and promise to bust it.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-14",
      "title": "I was wrong",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "I believed [common advice] for years. Here's what finally changed my mind.",
      "description": "Vulnerable reversal — admitting you believed the common thing builds trust before the flip.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-15",
      "title": "Everyone's doing it wrong",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "99% of people do [task] completely wrong. Here's the 1% way.",
      "description": "Broad callout that implies the viewer is included — creates a stake in watching.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-16",
      "title": "The expensive lie",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "[Common belief] is the most expensive lie in [niche].",
      "description": "Frame conventional wisdom as a costly mistake.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-17",
      "title": "Overrated / underrated",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "[Popular thing] is overrated. The thing nobody mentions? [alternative].",
      "description": "Rank something the audience cares about against expectation.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-18",
      "title": "You don't need it",
      "category": "contrarian",
      "prompt": "You don't need [expensive/hard requirement] to [desired result]. You need this.",
      "description": "Remove a perceived barrier — relief + curiosity.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-19",
      "title": "Numbered list",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "3 [topic] mistakes that are costing you [outcome] right now.",
      "description": "Promise a finite, scannable set of takeaways. Low cognitive cost = high click-through.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-20",
      "title": "Things I wish I knew",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "5 things I wish someone told me before I started [activity].",
      "description": "Hindsight framing — implies hard-won, time-saving lessons.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-21",
      "title": "Ranked",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "Ranking every [category] from worst to best — number 1 will start a fight.",
      "description": "Tier/rank format invites the viewer to agree or argue with your order.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-22",
      "title": "Do these in order",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "Do these 4 things in order and [outcome] becomes almost automatic.",
      "description": "Sequenced steps promise a complete, actionable system.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-23",
      "title": "The only list you need",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "The only [number] [things] you actually need for [goal]. Save this.",
      "description": "Finality framing — positions the video as the definitive resource.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-24",
      "title": "Hidden gems",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "[Number] underrated [tools/tips] for [goal] that nobody's using yet.",
      "description": "Promises lesser-known, high-value items — discovery appeal.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-25",
      "title": "Tier list",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "S-tier to F-tier: every [thing] for [goal], honestly ranked.",
      "description": "Visual ranking format that's inherently shareable and debatable.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-26",
      "title": "Quick wins",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "[Number] [topic] hacks you can do in under 5 minutes.",
      "description": "Fast, low-effort payoff promise.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-27",
      "title": "Don't make these",
      "category": "listicle",
      "prompt": "[Number] mistakes that quietly ruin your [thing] — avoid all of them.",
      "description": "Mistake-avoidance list — fear of loss drives the watch.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-28",
      "title": "POV setup",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "POV: you just [relatable situation] and have no idea what to do next.",
      "description": "Put the viewer inside a scene. Immersive, relatable, scroll-stopping.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-29",
      "title": "The day everything changed",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "The day I [decision] was the day everything about my [area] changed.",
      "description": "Promise a pivotal moment — narrative tension from sentence one.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-30",
      "title": "It started as a joke",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "This started as a joke. Three weeks later it [unexpected result].",
      "description": "Low-stakes opening that escalates — curiosity about how it ends.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-31",
      "title": "Story tease",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "So I [surprising action] — and I need to tell you exactly how it went.",
      "description": "Open mid-action and promise the full story — classic in-media-res hook.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-32",
      "title": "Relatable confession",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "Okay, confession: I [relatable struggle] way longer than I should have.",
      "description": "Admit something the audience secretly feels — instant connection.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-33",
      "title": "The text I got",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "I got a [message/email] yesterday that completely changed how I think about [topic].",
      "description": "A message/event as the inciting incident — concrete and intriguing.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-34",
      "title": "Before I knew better",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "Me, before I figured out [topic]: [relatable bad situation]. Watch what changed.",
      "description": "Past-self framing sets up a transformation story.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-35",
      "title": "You had to be there",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "What happened when I [action] in front of [audience] — I'm still not over it.",
      "description": "Curiosity through implied spectacle.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-36",
      "title": "Plot twist",
      "category": "story-pov",
      "prompt": "I tried [thing] expecting [outcome]. The plot twist? [tease].",
      "description": "Promise a reversal — keeps viewers for the turn.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-37",
      "title": "Name the pain",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "If your [thing] keeps [frustrating problem], it's almost never your fault — here's why.",
      "description": "Call out the exact frustration the viewer feels right now.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-38",
      "title": "Still happening?",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "Still [struggling with problem]? You're one setting away from fixing it.",
      "description": "Present-tense callout that assumes the viewer's ongoing struggle.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-39",
      "title": "The silent killer",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "There's one tiny thing silently wrecking your [outcome] — and you probably do it daily.",
      "description": "Frame a small overlooked thing as the root cause — agitates then promises relief.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-40",
      "title": "Why nothing works",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "Tried everything to fix [problem] and nothing worked? You're solving the wrong thing.",
      "description": "Validate their frustration that previous solutions failed, then differentiate.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-41",
      "title": "It gets worse",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "Your [problem] isn't just annoying — it's quietly costing you [bigger consequence].",
      "description": "Escalation hook — raises the stakes before the solution.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-42",
      "title": "The trap",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "If you're doing [common thing], you've walked straight into the [topic] trap.",
      "description": "Name a trap the viewer is likely in — pattern recognition + relief.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-43",
      "title": "You're not lazy",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "You're not lazy or bad at [thing] — your [system/setup] is working against you.",
      "description": "Remove self-blame, redirect to an external cause — empathy hook.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-44",
      "title": "The 2am problem",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "That [specific frustrating moment]? Here's the fix I wish I'd had years ago.",
      "description": "Hyper-specific relatable moment of struggle.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-45",
      "title": "Cost of inaction",
      "category": "problem-agitate",
      "prompt": "Every day you ignore [problem], it costs you [outcome]. Let's fix it in 60 seconds.",
      "description": "Frame doing nothing as the expensive choice.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-46",
      "title": "Result first",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "I [achieved result] in [timeframe] using one boring [topic] trick.",
      "description": "Lead with the concrete outcome — proof grabs attention before the method.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-47",
      "title": "Receipts",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "This [method] got me [specific number] — and I'll show you exactly how.",
      "description": "Promise evidence — numbers and screenshots build instant credibility.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-48",
      "title": "It worked for them too",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "This worked for me, then [number] of my [people], then a total stranger. Your turn.",
      "description": "Generalize a result to imply repeatability for the viewer.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-49",
      "title": "From zero",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "From [low starting point] to [result] with no [resource everyone assumes you need].",
      "description": "Underdog-to-result arc — aspirational and believable.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-50",
      "title": "Tested so you don't have to",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "I tested [number] ways to [goal] so you don't waste a single weekend. This one won.",
      "description": "Position the video as vetted, time-saving research.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-51",
      "title": "The proof",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "Here's [number] days of data that proves [counterintuitive claim] about [topic].",
      "description": "Direct claim of evidence — confident and verifiable.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-52",
      "title": "What [number] taught me",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "I [did action] [big number] times. Here's the one thing that actually mattered.",
      "description": "Volume of experience implies hard-earned authority.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-53",
      "title": "Real results, no fluff",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "No theory, no hype — just the [topic] system that actually got me [result].",
      "description": "Anti-hype framing — appeals to skeptics.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-54",
      "title": "They didn't believe me",
      "category": "social-proof",
      "prompt": "Everyone said [result] was impossible in [timeframe]. Here's the proof it isn't.",
      "description": "Doubt-then-proof arc adds drama to the result.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-55",
      "title": "Warning shot",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "Warning: if you [common action], stop and watch this first.",
      "description": "Direct warning creates urgency and a duty to watch.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-56",
      "title": "Before you",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "Before you [spend money / make decision] on [thing], you need to see this.",
      "description": "Intercept a decision the viewer is about to make.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-57",
      "title": "Red flags",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "[Number] red flags in [topic] that almost everyone ignores until it's too late.",
      "description": "Promise a checklist of danger signs — protective, high-utility.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-58",
      "title": "Don't get scammed",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "How to spot a [bad thing] before it costs you [consequence].",
      "description": "Loss-aversion hook — protecting the viewer from a mistake.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-59",
      "title": "The mistake that cost me",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "The [topic] mistake that cost me [specific loss] — so you never have to make it.",
      "description": "Personal cautionary tale — relatable and specific.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-60",
      "title": "It's a trap",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "That [tempting offer/shortcut] looks great — here's why it's a trap.",
      "description": "Name a tempting trap directly.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-61",
      "title": "You're being lied to",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "You're being lied to about [topic], and it's costing you [outcome].",
      "description": "Provocative trust hook — sets up a reveal.",
      "author": "ViralMint",
      "authorUrl": null,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viralmint.net/tools/viral-hooks/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hooks-62",
      "title": "Last warning",
      "category": "warning",
      "prompt": "If you keep [habit], don't be surprised when [consequence]. Here's the fix.",
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      "description": "Promise a live, on-screen change — pure visual retention.",
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      "description": "Hindsight-restart framing — high-value roadmap promise.",
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      "id": "hooks-79",
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      "description": "Compounding-improvement framing for the patient audience.",
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