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One Video. Your 5 most viral clips. Ready to post in seconds.

Upload a podcast, a YouTube video, or a webinar. HookHunter finds the moments people actually stop to watch and hands you caption-ready clips. About $1 a video. No subscription.

1 free video to startno card requiredtranscription by Deepgram, ranking by Claude

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545 words · 91 cues · 5 hooks

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Top hooks

1:121:16
82
👑 Authority Drop

One of the keys to this apple pie is that it has reduced unfiltered

Specific technique detail about reduced apple cider creates credibility and teaches a secret ingredient

1:211:25
80
👑 Authority Drop

I always put reduced apple cider in my apple pies. It's cooled off

Concrete ingredient revelation with confident assertion differentiates approach from basic pies

0:000:04
72
🎯 Direct Address

There's nothing I love more than making a pie. And to me, even more than turkey, deep

Opens with personal passion and positions viewer into the pie-making journey despite incomplete sentence

1:341:38
68
🎯 Direct Address

The most important thing here is to press it really firmly into the pie plate. I'm just

Direct instruction with emphasis on technique importance captures procedural hook

2:242:28
65
🔁 Open Loop

One of the final steps is to cut slits in the pie. This will let steam escape, and

Explains purpose of action (steam escape) creating understanding-driven retention

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Private by default

Your upload and your clips live in a private store and auto-delete after 30 days. Re-download anytime in that window.

A pro-grade engine

Transcribed by Deepgram and ranked by Claude. The same models the pricey tools use, doing the one job you came for.

No subscription

Pay about $1 a video, only when you use it. There's no monthly fee to forget about and nothing to cancel.

Clips come back caption-ready and vertical forReelsTikTokShorts

Three steps. About sixty seconds.

1

Upload or paste a link

Drop a video file or paste a public Vimeo / Dropbox / S3 / YouTube URL. We handle the rest.

2

We transcribe and rank

Word-level Deepgram transcript, then AI scores every moment and picks the strongest hooks.

3

Download ready-to-post clips

MP4s with optional burned-in captions. Vertical-ready for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts.

Why HookHunter

The best moments of your video, ranked and ready to post.

Most AI clip tools

  • A monthly subscription you pay even when you post nothing.
  • A full editor, timeline, and presets to learn before you ship.
  • Your best clips locked behind whatever plan you’re on.

HookHunter

  • Pay about $1 per video. Only when you actually use it.
  • No editor. Just your best moments, ranked, with captions.
  • Download the MP4s. They’re yours, plan or no plan.

About $1 per typical YouTube video.

From $0.10 per minute. Pennies per short, no flat fee, no minimum. Top up when you need it and the balance burns down as you clip.

Before you upload

Is my video private?

Yes. Your upload and the clips we make stay in private storage and auto-delete after 30 days. That gives you time to re-download or re-export, then they are gone.

Do I need a subscription?

No. You pay about $1 per video and only when you process one. Your first video is free, and there is no monthly fee to cancel.

What can I upload?

MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV up to 2 GB, with the best results under about 20 minutes. You can also paste a public YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, or S3 link.

What do I get back?

Between 1 and 10 ranked hook clips (you choose how many and how long), as caption-ready vertical MP4s scored strongest-first.

Your next viral clip is already inside a video you've made.

Find it in about sixty seconds, for about a dollar. The first one's on us.

1 free videono card requiredyour clips are yoursauto-deleted in 30 days