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Hook Timing

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The precise moment within the first few seconds of a video where the hook needs to land to stop a viewer from scrolling past.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Same hook, same footage — just moving the hook timing up one second doubled retention."

LORE & ORIGIN

Narrowed from general hook-formula discussion once creators started treating the exact timing, not just the content, of a hook as its own optimizable variable.

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2024
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2024-2026 (Creator Optimization Era)
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