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Back to the exampleFor Shorts stuck around 1–1.5k views
Connect YouTube read-only. Hookcheck watches your hook, edit and thumbnail next to your swipe and retention data, then names the single change to make on your next upload.
First review free. Read-only YouTube access.
YouTube Studio tells you viewers swiped away. It never tells you why, or what to change before you hit upload again.
70% of people scroll past in the first second, and nothing on screen tells you which part makes them leave.
1.2k, 1.4k, 1.5k. Different game, different clip, same wall. It feels like the algorithm decided before you posted.
You know something is off, but you can't name it. Is it the hook, the pacing, the voice, the music?
New hook, new edit style, new thumbnail, all in one upload. Views move a little and you have no idea which change did it.
No exports, no forms to fill. Hookcheck reads what you've already posted.
Sign in with YouTube using read-only access. Hookcheck pulls your videos, swipe ratio and retention data. It can't post, edit or delete anything.
Hookcheck watches the footage and thumbnail and lines them up against where viewers actually left.
You get the single biggest problem and one change to make on your next upload. When it's live, Hookcheck checks whether your numbers moved.
Not keyword scores. Not generic growth tips. Feedback on the seconds you posted.
Each review ranks every issue it finds and gives you only the top one to change, so you learn what actually works.
Hookcheck reviews your first seconds frame by frame and points to the exact moment that loses people.
Every note is matched to your retention graph and swipe ratio, not to what worked for a 2M-sub channel.
See what's hard to read at phone size, what's cluttered and what to change, with a concrete suggestion for the next one.
After your next upload, Hookcheck compares the numbers so you know whether the fix helped before trying another.
Spots dead air, long setups and slow cuts where retention drops, and tells you which section to tighten.
Hookcheck is for you if
Your Shorts stall around 1–1.5k views
You post regularly, the views plateau at the same number, and your swipe ratio is the first red flag.
You run a small gaming channel
Under about 1k subscribers, clipping gameplay, and unsure if your hooks and edits are pulling their weight.
You want to learn, not guess
You'd rather test one change per upload and see the result than rework everything every time.
It's probably not for you if
Free feedback and keyword tools help with some things. None of them watch your hook and tell you what to change next.
| Criteria | Hookcheck | r/NewTubers feedback | VidIQ / TubeBuddy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watches your actual hook and footage | Yes | Partly | No |
| Ties advice to your retention and swipe data | Yes | No | Partly |
| Gives one prioritized change per upload | Yes | No | No |
| Checks if the change worked next video | Yes | No | No |
| Answer when you need it | Minutes | Hours or days, if at all | Instant scores |
| Price | Free first review, then $9/mo | Free | Free tier, paid upgrades |
See whether the fix makes sense for your video before you pay anything.
One full review to see what's holding your video back.
Free
A coach for every upload, for less than one paid channel audit.
$9/ month
Cancel anytime. Your channel access stays read-only on every plan.
No. You connect with read-only access, so it can see your videos and analytics but can't upload, edit, delete or comment. You can revoke access anytime from your Google account settings.
No tool can promise that. Hookcheck finds the problem most likely holding your video back and gives you one change to test. Then it checks your next upload so you see whether it helped.
Reddit can be useful, but replies are slow, often contradictory, and can't see your retention graph. Hookcheck reviews every upload against your own data and tracks results. Your first review is free so you can judge for yourself.
Those tools focus on keywords, tags and scores. Hookcheck watches your actual footage and thumbnail and explains why viewers swipe away or drop off, with one concrete fix.
It's built first for Shorts, where the hook and swipe ratio matter most. It also reviews long-form uploads, including thumbnail and pacing against your retention graph.
About a minute. Connect YouTube, pick a video, and your review is ready shortly after. There's nothing to export or upload.
Even a few hundred views give a swipe ratio and retention curve to work with. With very little data, Hookcheck leans more on reviewing the footage itself and tells you so.
Connect your channel and get your first review free. One clear change, then proof of whether it worked.