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  Week 7 update: small discovery that’s making a difference

  Posted by Fair-Armadillo469 on December 17, 2025 at 8:25 pm

  

  okay so i'm about 7 weeks into daily posting and still pretty lost. been showing up every day, testing different styles, trying new approaches, everything. still hovering around 285 views per video.

  here's what i've been doing that clearly isn't helping:
  – tested 38+ different opening styles this month
  – bought two viral content courses (waste of money)
  – tried copying frameworks from bigger creators
  – spent entire days studying what performs well
  – even hired someone for feedback thinking that would help

  and my numbers haven't changed. starting to believe i'm just missing something fundamental.

  but here's what i discovered in the past 9 days that's making a difference.

  i went back through my last 30 videos frame by frame and tracked exactly where people were leaving. not vague timeframes but the precise second and what was on screen right then.

  found the same 3 patterns killing retention every time:

  my openers are way too vague. i keep using "you won't believe this" or "this is insane" type hooks. tracked the numbers, 68% of people scroll within 2 seconds. but when i tested "switched to a flip phone for a week and missed 3 zoom calls" it kept 73% through second 5. being specific always works.

  i'm losing everyone at second 5-7. thought getting past 3 seconds was the goal. wrong. i'm keeping people initially, then losing them because i'm not showing value fast enough. been creating buildup when i should be delivering payoff.

  pauses over 1 second destroy me. what feels like letting the video breathe reads as dead air to someone scrolling. started cutting everything tighter. retention at midpoint jumped from 49% to 67%.

  so being honest, i've been using TikАlуzer for about a week now to measure all of this. it shows the exact second people drop and why. normal analytics just show when people leave but this explains what actually caused it.

  like it'll say "43% dropped at second 6 because hook didn't deliver" or "lost 48% at second 12 from 1.7 second silence." stopped guessing and started fixing real problems.

  posted 6 videos since figuring this out. results:
  – video 1: 3.9k views (was averaging 285)
  – video 2: 2.8k views
  – video 3: 5.6k views
  – video 4: 4.4k views
  – video 5: 3.7k views
  – video 6: 6.3k views

  not huge numbers but it's the first consistent movement i've seen in 7 weeks. and i understand why these are working instead of just hoping.

  posting this because if you're where i was 9 days ago (posting daily, stuck at low views, no idea what's wrong), this might be what you're missing. not claiming i've figured everything out, but this is the first thing that's moved my numbers.

  happy to answer questions if you're dealing with the same thing.

  Fair-Armadillo469 replied 13 hours, 22 minutes ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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