Viral Scout
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Broken Steps to Brand-New Porch! | DIY Stair Rebuild #porchsteps #diyproject #homerepair

Home Makeover Daily · 13.2K followers · YouTube · posted Oct 23, 2026 (10d ago)

🔥 mega 564×new this run
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Played through the platform's official embed. Study the format; never reuse the footage.

Why it's worth studying

  • 564× the creator's usual views: the format worked, not just the account (🔥 mega outlier).
  • 11.6M views in 10 days, about 1.1M a day.

The 5 tests

Attentionpass

564× the creator's usual

Retentionwarn

1.1M views/day (watch time is private to the creator)

Engagementfail

0.6% liked or commented

Actionwarn

no spoken call to action detected (clicks and follows are private)

Business impactn/a

CPA, ROAS and profit are private. Measure on your own posts and ads (Your performance).

For someone else's video these use public signals; watch time, clicks and sales stay private to the creator.

Creative scorecard (100 points)

Not scored yet. The AI step scores the strongest posts on 20 criteria (100 points). In Claude Code run /viral-scout home-services score yOS-INQyL6E.

Numbers

11.6M
Views
74.6K
Likes
70
Comments
0.6%
Engagement
(likes + comments) ÷ views
1.1M
Per day
views ÷ age
—
Rise / day
growth since the last run
564×
× usual
vs the creator's median post
—
Percentile
of the creator's recent posts it beats
—
× niche
vs the run's median views/day
—
× pace
vs the creator's usual views/day (YouTube API)
13.2K
Followers
—
Words / min
speaking pace

Script structure

Hook (first 4 seconds)

“The old wooden porch steps of my tiny house finally broke. I tore them out, set solid black blocks as the base, added metal brackets and new wooden treads. Now the entrance is safe, sturdy and looks b”

From the video's own captions.

AI breakdown (from the ideas notes)

2026-11-02

reveal: before/after DIY · curiosity ("which house?"): problem shown first · the payoff is the lit-up house at night: each step is visible progress; the final shot pays off

Caption / description

The old wooden porch steps of my tiny house finally broke. I tore them out, set solid black blocks as the base, added metal brackets and new wooden treads. Now the entrance is safe, sturdy and looks better than ever.

Found by: youtube #homerepair · ID yOS-INQyL6E