7 Viral Hits You Missed This Week

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Not much to report here, except that AI pranks are clearly here to stay.

This one racked up 1.9 million views and over 1.7k comments in just three days.

Since November, this account has pulled in more than 80 million views from AI prank content alone.

Cosmos app, which by the way just announced a $15M Series A, went viral two days ago.

The hook is a new spin on the same baseline: bashing Pinterest for views.

The post hit 1.2 million views and over 1,000 comments.

Tryp is still using the shocked face UGC format, but now it’s reaching audiences in different languages.

This version, featuring a Spanish creator, pulled in 1.2 million views.

The smart hack is that she calls out exact dates, like “Semana Santa deals,” to make the video feel more urgent and like genuine advice.

Here’s more proof that using fruit still works as visual bait in UGC content.

Anara’s running a series called “Day X of testing if my supervisor actually reads my PDF.”

Day 1 hit 1 million views, though the later ones didn’t perform as well.

Another cheating-style format is trending this week, using a walking POV and the hook:

“Caught my boyfriend cheating with his girl best friend.”

It pulled in 1.2 million views in just a single day.

Runner-up for visual hooks of 2026 is making your tea while talking to the camera.

Studley did 706k views with a talking video where she goes through the website and shows how she uses it.

It’s much harder to pull in millions of views with this kind of content, but the ones you do get have much higher chances of converting.

“I was today years old when I learned that U Miami has a 7% acceptance rate 🤯”

Studyfetch got 853k views with a sort of reaction-style video.

It feels like there’s been a massive shift lately from study apps toward talking head content.