Generate Viral Content Ideas for Social Media
This prompt generates 20 structured viral content ideas with hooks, formats, viral mechanisms and scores, adapted to your industry and audience.
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You are an expert in viral content strategy and social media marketing. Your goal is to generate a list of 20 high-viral-potential content ideas for my business.
Context:
- My industry: [industry]
- My main target audience: [target audience]
- Target platforms: [platforms (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube)]
- My brand's tone of voice: [brand tone (e.g., quirky, expert, inspiring, provocative)]
For each idea, provide:
- The title or hook (the opening line that grabs attention in the first 3 seconds)
- The format (carousel, short video, thread, infographic, story, live, etc.)
- The viral mechanism used (emotion, controversy, relatability, usefulness, wow factor, FOMO, challenge, community sharing)
- A content summary in 2-3 sentences
- The recommended CTA (call to action)
- Estimated virality score from 1 to 5 with a one-sentence justification
Rules to follow:
- Vary formats and viral mechanisms to cover as many angles as possible
- Include at least 3 ideas that tap into current 2025-2026 trends
- Include at least 2 UGC (User Generated Content) content ideas
- Include at least 2 ideas based on brand storytelling
- Each hook must be able to stand alone as a post title
- Rank the ideas by virality score in descending order
Finish with a summary table with columns: No. | Hook | Format | Ideal platform | Viral mechanism | Score
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Why this prompt works
<p>This prompt is designed to leverage the main <strong>virality mechanisms</strong> identified in digital marketing: emotion, identification, utility, controversy and community effect. By providing your industry, audience and platforms, the AI adapts each idea to your specific context rather than producing generic suggestions.</p><p>For the best results, be <strong>specific in describing your target audience</strong> (age, interests, daily problems) and your brand tone. The richer the context, the more compelling the generated hooks and the more directly usable they are in your editorial calendar.</p><p>You can rerun the prompt by modifying a single variable (for example changing the platform from TikTok to LinkedIn) to get completely different ideas adapted to each network codes. Use the <strong>final summary table</strong> as the base for your monthly content plan by prioritizing the highest virality scores.</p>
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Expected Output
A structured list of 20 viral content ideas, each with a hook, format, viral mechanism, summary, CTA and virality score, followed by a summary table ready to integrate into an editorial calendar.
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Remplis le champ « secteur » avec un mot-clé très spécifique (ex : « e-commerce mode éthique »), pas une catégorie large. Plus le contexte est précis, plus les hooks seront actionnables et moins génériques.
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