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15 YouTube Titles Ranked by Expected Click-Through Rate

Studies the 20 most viral videos in your niche, extracts their title patterns (power words, where numbers go, curiosity gaps, promises) and writes 15 titles for your video, sorted from highest to lowest expected CTR.

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My niche: [your niche]
My video topic: [describe]

Step 1: analyze the 20 most viral videos in my niche and pull out their title patterns:
- the power words they use
- where they place numbers
- the curiosity gaps they open
- the promises they make

Step 2: using those patterns, write 15 titles for my topic and sort them by the click-through rate you expect from highest to lowest. Each title should make it impossible to keep scrolling.

Output: a numbered list; next to each title, name the pattern it relies on.
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