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13 Jul 2026 · 0 min

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In this short clip, Neel Dhingra explains how changing the framing of a video’s hook can dramatically increase its reach. He contrasts an Airbnb‑focused video that earned 8,000 views with the same content re‑opened with a broader tax‑benefit angle tied to a large total addressable market (TAM), which exploded to about 800,000 views. Dhingra advises creators to start with a wide‑angle topic (the umbrella) and then narrow down, effectively inserting the specific subject under a larger, more universally appealing theme. The core message is that to achieve high view counts, the video’s hook should be broadened to capture a larger audience before drilling into the niche content.

I made the video by Airbnb, 8,000 views. I made the same video, but I started it off with the TAM of tax benefit, 800,000 views. Same video, just different hook. On any video that you have right now, how could you insert that topic underneath the umbrella of a topic that has a larger— So start broad and then go narrow. If you do want to make a video that gets a lot of views, you need to make the topic more broad.