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Pre-publish hook testing · Meta TRIBE v2 · Algonauts 2025 winner

Know which hook is worth testing — before you spend $3K

Upload your video ad before launch. Get an expert AI critique with 0–100 scores for Hook, Bridge, and Offer, concrete fixes, rewrite ideas — plus a brain-response simulation.

See how it works

No credit card required · 1 free analysis on signup

★★★★★

“Screened 15 creatives down to 4 before launch. Saved weeks of test budget.”Alex K. · Paid Social Lead, DTC brand

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Sample result

84/ 100

Hook 82 · Bridge 71 · Offer 65 — bridge needs work

Hook 0–3s82
Bridge 3–7s71
Offer 7–15s65

Built on published brain-encoding research

218
Videos with real retention labels we validated the hook score against
0.43
Measured correlation with real early retention (Spearman)
~1 min
To scores, critique, and fixes

Hook score measured against SnapUGC (ECCV 2024) ground-truth early retention, n=218. It separates weak hooks from strong ones; it does not rank two near-identical variants.

How it works

From upload to brain data in minutes

01

Upload your video

Drop in any MP4 or MOV up to 30 seconds. Perfect for TikTok hooks, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

MP4 or MOV · max 30s · 40MB

Choose file
02

A strategist reviews the cut

A vision language model prompted as a senior paid-social strategist scores your hook, bridge and offer windows, then writes up what to fix in each one.

Running TRIBE v2 on A100…2 min
Hook (0–3s)—
Bridge (3–7s)—
Offer (7–15s)—
03

See the results

Explore frame-level engagement predictions, attention peaks, and emotional arcs across your video.

Engagement score

84/ 100

Hook 82 · Bridge 71 · Offer 65 — bridge needs work

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Features

Pre-publish hook testing for performance marketers

Stop guessing which hook to test. Get an expert AI critique before you spend.

Hook Score (0–100)

Find the weak opening before you pay for impressions. Measured against 218 videos with real retention labels: it separates weak hooks from strong ones, but won't call a 72 over a 68.

Drop-off Annotations

See the exact second you lose viewers across Hook, Bridge, and Offer segments. Fix the weak point — not the wrong one.

Results Before You Spend

Analysis runs on dedicated A100 GPU hardware. Most ads scored in under 5 minutes — faster than your first day of campaign spend.

Hook / Bridge / Offer scores

Hook 0–3s82
Bridge 3–7s71
Offer 7–15s65
Hook / Bridge / Offer Scoring

Know your hook before you spend

Score hook strength in the first 3 seconds — before any ad spend
Get a per-segment critique of hook, bridge, and offer — with fixes
See if your offer window triggers value computation — or falls flat
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Get instant feedback on your hook or retention — no account required.

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Hook Grader

Paste your hook text and get an instant score with improvement suggestions. No video required.

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Retention Analyzer

Input your video structure and see a predicted retention curve before you record.

Analyze retention
The science

Measured, and we publish the limits.

The score you see comes from a video-AI critique that reviews your ad like a senior media buyer. We measured it against 218 short videos carrying ground-truth early-retention labels: it correlates at Spearman 0.43, which reliably separates a weak hook from a strong one but will not tell you a 72 beats a 68. Almost nobody in this category publishes a number like that, and it is the honest one. Paid plans also render a simulated brain-response curve from TRIBE v2, a published Meta AI Research encoding model, as a secondary, directional panel — not as the score.

Hook score validated against 218 videos with real retention labels
We publish what the score can't do, not just what it can
Brain panel uses TRIBE v2, published and open-sourced by Meta AI Research

TRIBE v2

Meta AI Research · 2026

Published
Training data7T fMRI scans
BenchmarkAlgonauts 2025 — 1st place
ResolutionFrame-level predictions
Role in the productSecondary panel, paid plans

Early users

★★★★★

“Screened 15 creatives down to 4 before launch. Saved weeks of wasted test budget.”

Alex K.

Paid Social Lead, DTC brand

★★★★★

“We now show clients hook scores before creative goes live. Changed how we pitch creative strategy.”

Priya M.

Head of Paid Social, Performance Agency

★★★★★

“30 creatives tested, 0 winners. We analyzed the hooks and found the problem in 20 minutes.”

Jordan L.

Performance Marketing Lead, DTC brand

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VidCognition vs alternatives

See how an AI creative review stacks up against the other ways of testing an ad before it runs.

Enterprise neuromarketing platforms are sales-led and scoped. Panel-based tools need consumer recruitment. VidCognition is a self-serve critique of one cut, free to start, then $29/month.

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Pricing

Simple, credit-based pricing

1 credit = 1 second of video. Min 5 credits per analysis.

Starter
$29/mo

For DTC teams testing ad hooks regularly.

  • ✓ 300 credits / month
  • ✓ ≈ 25 × 12s videos
  • ✓ Full results access
  • ✓ Analysis history
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Pro
$79/mo

For performance marketing teams managing multiple accounts.

  • ✓ 1,200 credits / month
  • ✓ ≈ 100 × 12s videos
  • ✓ Full results access
  • ✓ Analysis history
Studio
$199/mo

For agencies and high-volume users.

  • ✓ 3,600 credits / month
  • ✓ ≈ 300 × 12s videos
  • ✓ Full results access
  • ✓ Analysis history
  • ✓ Priority GPU queue
FAQ

Common questions

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Stop guessing which hook to test first.

Upload your video ad before launch. Get an expert AI critique in about a minute. Your first analysis is free.

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