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Hook rate is three-second views divided by impressions; hold rate is the share that keeps watching past the opening.

Test and publish

Hook rate and hold rate

Tells you which part of a paid video leaks.

Use when
Reading Meta ad results.

Prompt instructions

Give me a step-by-step plan I can follow this week, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is hook rate and hold rate: tells you which part of a paid video leaks. How it works: hook rate is three-second views divided by impressions; hold rate is the share that keeps watching past the opening. It is right for: reading Meta ad results. Practitioner bands for Meta, directional only since Meta publishes no benchmark: a hook rate under 25 percent is weak and 30 to 40 good; a hold rate under 15 percent is weak and about 25 good. TikTok's view rates divide by views, not impressions, so these bands do not transfer. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.

The same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

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Own words from Director Chair field notes on hooks and ideas Checked 2026-11-13.

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