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@chloe.shih

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@chloe.shih yall are so invested that I had to whip out the pie charts 🥧📊 srsly 4M+ views total is CRAZY. ARE BABIES THAT INTERESTING? 🧐 also s/o to @davidgan__ from @trycursor for showing me how to do this so I don’t spend a bajillion hours counting comments manually and actually get to posting this video 🫶 #genderreveal

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Performance

Views
3.8M
Likes
123.4K
Comments
1.2K
Engagement
3.3%
Outlier
18.1×
Length · 21 Jul 2026
0:49

Video #36660 · Graphic Yap

Creator shares audience poll resultsfrom @chloe.shih

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Overview

The creator reacts to the massive engagement on her previous gender reveal poll video, noting the high volume of comments received in under 24 hours. She explains that instead of counting them manually, she used a tool to analyze the votes from Instagram and TikTok. She then presents the final results via a pie chart on her laptop, revealing that 77% of her audience voted for a girl, shows screenshots of humorous and analytical comments from her community, and promises the final reveal video will be released the next day.

[02]

Simple outline

  1. 1State overwhelming audience response
  2. 2Reveal data-driven results
  3. 3Acknowledge community inside jokes
  4. 4Tease the next installment

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Related videos

[04]

Classification

Concepts
Q&A ResponseSocial Proof Showcase
Elements
Social Proof ScreenshotData Visualization GraphicMeme IntegrationText OverlayJump CutB-Roll CutawayImage OverlayGraphic OverlayVoiceoverTitle Text Hook

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook · 55%

You're TOO invested

Verbal hook · 35%

It has not even been 24 hrs

Visual hook · 10%

A medium shot of the creator speaking energetically, with two thumbnails of her previous viral videos displayed above her head, providing immediate context and social proof of high engagement.

[06]

Hook template

Steal this for your own video

You're TOO [emotional state] about my [content piece]

  • — You're TOO invested in my relationship poll
  • — You're TOO obsessed with my product drop
  • — You're TOO attached to my fitness transformation

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

Immediately quantifies massive audience engagement as a high-stakes problem, validating the viewer's investment and creating a need for resolution.

Payoff

Delivers the quantitative results of the community's engagement, while simultaneously creating a new cliffhanger for the actual content reveal.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Community Data Reveal

Leveraging massive audience engagement on a previous post as the premise for a new 'meta' post that analyzes the engagement itself, before teasing the final resolution in a future post.

  1. 1

    The Overwhelm Hook

    Establishes a high social proof metric (e.g., comment volume) and frames it as a relatable problem of being overwhelmed, which validates the audience's participation.

  2. 2

    The Labor Lament

    Emphasizes the difficulty of manually processing the audience's massive response, justifying the need for a more efficient method and building stakes.

  3. 3

    The Tech Solution Pivot

    Introduces a tool or method that solves the previously stated problem, shifting the narrative from a struggle to a data-driven analysis.

  4. 4

    The Community Mirror

    Acknowledges specific, niche audience behaviors or theories from the previous content, making viewers feel seen and fostering a sense of in-group community.

  5. 5

    The Data Reveal Setup

    Builds direct anticipation for the results by stating the final, cleaned-up data set size and using verbal and auditory cues to signal the imminent reveal.

  6. 6

    The Quantitative Payoff

    Delivers the promised data in a clear, visual format (like a chart or graph), providing a satisfying, objective answer to the question posed by the analysis.

  7. 7

    The Inside Joke Callback

    Highlights a specific, popular narrative or joke that emerged from the audience's own interactions, reinforcing the creator's connection to the community.

  8. 8

    The Next-Episode Tease

    Resolves the current video's micro-question while explicitly promising the answer to the larger, overarching question in the next piece of content, ensuring viewer return.

Themes

  • Community engagement
  • Audience investment
  • Data storytelling
  • Content virality

Techniques

  • Data visualization
  • Social proof
  • Direct address
  • Meme integration

Trends

  • Meta-commentary on content performance
  • Part 2 / Cliffhanger

Post caption

yall are so invested that I had to whip out the pie charts 🥧📊 srsly 4M+ views total is CRAZY. ARE BABIES THAT INTERESTING? 🧐 also s/o to @davidgan__ from @trycursor for showing me how to do this so I don’t spend a bajillion hours counting comments manually and actually get to posting this video 🫶 #genderreveal

Text overlays

  • title · beginning

    You're TOO invested

  • contextual · beginning

    GUESS OUR BABY'S GENDER

  • contextual · beginning

    GENDER REVEAL DAY!

  • informational · beginning

    2.1M

  • informational · beginning

    1,480 comments to review

  • contextual · middle

    A LOTTA WORK

  • informational · middle

    623 clear votes

  • informational · middle

    77% voted girl 💖

  • informational · middle

    22% voted boy 💙

  • contextual · end

    It's a...

  • call-to-action · end

    and I'll see you tomorrow <3

Transcript

It's not even been twenty four hours, and we have over 1,480 comments to review. And girl, I do not have time to count your comments. This is a lot of work. This is a lot of work. No I threw the Instagram and TikTok links into Worse. I wanted to see the final vote because your girl is curious, like, what you're thinking. Some of you are psychoanalyzing tier reactions. We end up getting 623 official votes. Let me show you the results. 77% of you voted girl, and 22 of you voted boy. I love how y'all are dogging Daniel in the comments. He's the one who's betting his life savings on a girl. I apologize for the emotional damage of the cliffhangers. Truly, I just I didn't think this thing would pop off, and the reveal video is looking really good. You're gonna enjoy it. No, bon appetit, and I see you tomorrow.

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