The best hooks for gaming tips reels, from 1,005 that went viral
We read the opening line of every viral gaming tips reel in Aubrium's library: which hooks show up most, which travelled furthest, and 16 real ones to learn from.
An account with 2,839 followers opened a reel by saying, flat out: "This is a teleportation device." It has 4 million views. One line, one object, and you want to know whether it works.
That's the deal in this niche: a promise that a tip, a setting or a trick does something useful. We read the opening lines of all 1,005 viral gaming tips reels in Aubrium's library, from 718 creators covering settings, builds, glitches and, in our shortlist, a lot of chess. Hooks across every niche puts this page in context, and the index of every niche we read has the others.
Curiosity gaps are the most common hook on viral gaming tips reels, at 31%, and they travelled as far as any common type: the middle one reached 24 times its creator's followers, with callouts at 23. Bold claims come next at 25% of reels. 56% show the hook as text, and the middle hook is 11 words.
Aubrium's library, 22 October 2026.
What kind of hook works best for gaming tips reels?
Curiosity gaps lead, at 31%, with bold claims close behind at 25%. Questions are a distant third, at 11%.
Here the favourite also travelled as far as anything common: 24× its account's following for the middle curiosity gap, about level with callouts at 23× and a little ahead of bold claims at 21×. That's a tight spread. POV hooks and relatable lines are almost absent, at 1% each, and their big multiples on the chart come from 8 and 6 reels. 8% open with no hook of any type, and the middle one of those went 47×.
16 gaming tips hooks that went viral
Chess moves, FPS settings, Zelda, Fortnite myths and a teleportation device: sixteen hooks from sixteen different accounts, each with its views and followers. The filter sorts them by type.
- Bold claimSpoken
This is a teleportation device.
- Bold claimSpoken
Push your pawn two steps forward.
- Bold claimSpoken
This is the most overpowered play in Madden 27 that every pro player is using.
- Curiosity gapText on screen
OFFSIDE CANCEL
- WarningText on screen
Steam is Killing your FPS!
- Curiosity gapText and spoken
How to clear a zigzag room.
- Number listText and spoken
Three things ONLY Zelda Can do in Breath of the Wild.
- Curiosity gapText on screen
Brilliant, but why?
- Curiosity gapText on screen
The best commands for your Cs2
- CalloutText on screen
GRANDMASTER TIPS AND TRICKS
- Number listSpoken
6 Fortnite Override Myths that are ACTUALLY Useful.. 🤯
- Bold claimText on screen
99% of Chess Players Would MISS This Move!
- Transformation teaseText on screen
Enable this to boost your FPS
- NegativeText on screen
how NOT to start a chess game...
- NegativeSpoken
This crosshair animation is ruining your aim.
- QuestionText on screen
Which Move Is Correct?
How long should a gaming tips hook be?
There's no clean rule. The middle hook is 11 words, and length didn't line up neatly with reach.
The very shortest, one to four words, went furthest: 33 times its creator's followers for the middle reel. But hooks past 20 words reached 23, about level with the 5–8 band at 22. A tip that needs explaining can take the words it needs, as long as the first ones promise something.
Should you say the hook or show it?
Show it. Spoken-only hooks are as common as written-only ones here, but the written ones went much further.
38% of these reels show the hook as text alone, and the middle one travelled 33 times its creator's followers. 39% say it out loud only, and those reached 16. A spoken-only hook is the most common single choice here. Written-only went further.
How do viral gaming tips hooks start?
"This" tops the list on 35 hooks, with "if", "here's", "how" and "the" next.
- this 35
- if 26
- here's 21
- how 21
- the 17
- here 13
- best 12
- I 12
- did 10
- so 9
- these 9
- I'm 8
The first word of 492 English hooks on viral gaming tips reels, and how many start with it.
"Here's", "how", "best" and "these" are a teacher's words: here's how, the best settings, these commands. Four patterns that recur, each with a real hook from a tips reel:
How to… / How I…
“How to clear a zigzag room.”
The best… / The secret…
“The best food farm for Bedrock edition to get more steak than you'll ever need.”
When… / If you…
“If you're not doing this AFK glitch, let me teach you how.”
This is… / This is how…
“This is how you stop scoring guards on NBA 2K.”
Keep reading
Formats, faces and sound for tips reels have their own page: how to go viral with gaming tips. Phone players should see mobile gaming hooks, and for clips and funny moments, gaming hooks.
Questions people ask
What's a good hook for a gaming tips reel?
A curiosity gap is the usual pick: it opens 31% of viral gaming tips reels, and its middle reel went 24× followers, about level with callouts at 23×.
How long should a gaming tip hook be?
A typical viral gaming tips hook is 11 words. One to four words gave the best multiple, 33×, but hooks past 20 words held up at 23×.
Should I explain the tip out loud or on screen?
Put the hook on screen. Text-only hooks, on 38% of viral gaming tips reels, had a middle reel at 33× followers. Spoken-only hooks, on 39%, had 16×.
Do gaming tips reels need a face?
No. 74% of viral gaming tips reels in Aubrium's library never show a face.
How do viral gaming tips hooks start?
"This" opens 35 of the 492 English hooks we read on viral gaming tips reels, followed by "if" on 26.
How we did this
We looked at every gaming tips reel in Aubrium's library on 22 October 2026: 1,005 reels from 718 creators with 1,000 to 100,000 followers, each of which reached at least twice its creator's follower count and at least 10,000 views. We counted every reel filed in Aubrium's gaming tips niche; a reel can sit in more than one niche.
Hook types, delivery and on-screen text are labels Aubrium's reader puts on every post. Hook length and first words count the 492 reels with an English hook in words. Every number here describes reels that already went viral, so none of it is the odds for a new one.
Changelog
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