Gaming · Review: the viral playbook

The 3 best-performing review TikToks in this niche, broken down by hook, length, and structure. Study the pattern, then run it.

Screen recording is the dominant format (67% of the standouts here), the bold claim is the most common opener, the median lands at 2min+. The biggest outlier — @skylong99 — pulled 6.0M views opening with “#ps5 #playstation #gaming #fly #thelastofus #thelastofus2 #tlou2 #elliewilliams ”.

Videos that combine 2-3 of these patterns typically see the strongest outlier scores.

Viral examples