HOOK ANALYZER

See where your hook loses viewers — to the second.

Paste a public short-form link. The analyzer watches the opening frames and reads the first spoken words, scores the hook against the rest of the video, and points at the moment attention breaks — so you can recut the opening instead of guessing.

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01

Paste a public link

TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts. No upload, no account connection — one public video link is enough.

02

Let it watch the opening

The whole video is sampled and transcribed so the hook can be judged against the payoff, not in isolation. A short video finishes in a few minutes.

03

Recut the first three seconds

The report names the second where the promise is made — or missed — and what is on screen at that moment. Fix that before touching anything else.

What does a hook analyzer check?

Everything below is read from the video itself — frames and spoken words — never from guesses about the algorithm.

The promise

Does the opening tell the viewer what they will get, in words or on screen, before they can swipe? A hook that only shows a face talking usually does not.

Time to first change

How long until something visibly changes — a cut, text, movement, a reveal. Openings that hold one static shot past the first second lose people before the point lands.

Match with the payoff

The hook is scored against the rest of the video: an opening that promises something the video never delivers reads as a weak hook, even when the first second looks strong.

Sound-off readability

Whether the opening still works with captions only — most short-form views start muted.

NEXT STEP

Fix the opening, then plan the next ten

This page reads one opening at a time. Kabo's workspace continues from the same report — alternative openings, scripts, and the topics your niche is actually watching.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this hook analyzer free?

Yes — three analyses a day with no account at all, shared across Kabo's video analyzers, and the hook score, timestamps, and diagnosis are free in full. A free account removes the personal daily limit and unlocks the alternative openings and title ideas for the same report.

How long should a hook be?

Make the promise recognizable in the first 1–3 seconds — usually one spoken sentence, roughly 6–12 words. The analyzer reports where in that window the promise lands, if it lands at all. Our guide on hook length covers the evidence behind those numbers and where official platform guidance differs.

Can I analyze someone else's video?

Yes — paste any public link. Studying why a breakout video in your niche opens the way it does is the fastest way to find a mechanism to borrow. Borrow the structure, not the wording.

Is this different from the AI Video Analyzer?

Same analysis, different focus. This page leads with the hook dimension and the opening seconds; the AI Video Analyzer shows the full report across pacing, captions, and the payoff. Either page uses one of your three daily analyses.

What links work?

Public TikTok videos, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts or videos under two minutes. Private, deleted, or region-locked videos can't be fetched, and profile or hashtag links won't work — it needs one specific video.

Why does it take a few minutes?

The video is sampled second by second and the audio is transcribed before the hook is judged against the rest of the video. That is slower than tools that only read the title, and it is why every finding comes with a timestamp.

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