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Near-miss hooks that stop the scroll.

Something almost hits, almost falls or almost breaks. 26 real examples from viral TikTok and Instagram videos, the best with 104.8M views.

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26 viral hook examples from Instagram and TikTok, ranked by views. Search by what happens (“car”, “knife”, “wave”), filter by hook type, and click any hook to watch it with sound.

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  • near-miss hook: a man stands on a street as a huge crane hook swings in from above and sweeps right past him
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you wonder if the hook will hit him

    @superherointrainingInstagram
    104.8MReport
  • near-miss hook: a woman leans out of a moving train door, arms spread, and her hair whips as she flies past a trackside post
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: she is one step from being hit, you have to see if she clears it

    @itsbigwezzaInstagram
    65.3MReport
  • near-miss hook: a cheerleader is launched high into the air on a field and the catchers scramble and fall as she comes down
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you watch whether she gets caught

    @johnpodsednikInstagram
    30.2MReport
  • near-miss hook: A tourist bus slams into a petrol pump canopy, flips and lands on its side right beside a scooter rider
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you have to see whether the rider gets hit

    @c5newsTikTok
    26.2MReport
  • near-miss hook: dashcam: a white pickup veers across lanes straight at the camera car and swerves past as the driver and child react
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: a truck bears down on the car; you wait to see if it hits

    @skillscarsrepairTikTok
    26MReport
  • near-miss hook: POV from a skier sliding on his back toward a huge open crevasse, skis fly across the gap and he ends up past it
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: a giant crevasse opens right under the skis: you have to see if he falls in

    @goprosnowInstagram
    22.8MReport
  • near-miss hook: A white truck drifts toward two police officers leaning on a patrol car at the roadside and passes inches from them
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you watch the truck grow in the distance and have to see if it hits them

    @user14021676822422TikTok
    20.5MReport
  • near-miss hook: a motorcyclist rides calmly along a road until a white truck slams through and wrecks his bike while he scrambles clear
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: caption says he cheats death; you wait for the truck to hit

    @thesunTikTok
    19.2MReport
  • near-miss hook: a black Audi sits in the road while a blue Audi speeds in from the side and blasts past inches away
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: a fast car closing in on a parked car, you wait for impact

    @jurrienhendrikxTikTok
    15.8MReport
  • near-miss hook: a woman floats on a red boat as a humpback whale launches out of the water right beside her and crashes down in a huge splash
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: a giant animal breaches metres from a person; you have to see where it lands

    @pet.dogfunny4TikTok
    12.7MReport
  • near-miss hook: a 360 camera on a cyclist's handlebar shows a truck approaching from behind and passing inches away
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you watch the truck close in and wait to see if it clips the rider

    @liambushrodInstagram
    10.6MReport
  • near-miss hook: a parkour runner flips off a rooftop, over a container, and lands crouched right beside a steel bollard
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you have to see if he lands clean or hits the bollard

    @denniskorraInstagram
    9.9MReport
  • near-miss hook: a welder works as a gas cylinder topples behind him and its valve snaps, jetting gas while workers dive away
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you see the cylinder fall before the welder does

    @malik.shzadTikTok
    7.6MReport
  • near-miss hook: dashcam: a pedestrian dashes across the road, trips and falls right in front of an oncoming van that stops beside her
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you hold your breath to see if the van stops in time

    @superoli_1Instagram
    6MReport
  • near-miss hook: a rider does a one-handed wheelie down a road straight at an oncoming SUV, wobbles and drops to the ground in front of it, then recovers and rides on
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you have to see if the SUV hits him

    @oneway.domInstagram
    5.4MReport
  • near-miss hook: a helicopter flies low over a cliff edge toward the camera and sweeps past just above the filmer
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you wait to see how close it gets

    @cjhelicopterpilotInstagram
    3.6MReport
  • near-miss hook: a man stands in the middle of a dark street as a car speeds up behind him; he leaps aside as it whips past the camera
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you have to see if the car hits him

    @tod1sarahInstagram
    2.2MReport
  • near-miss hook: Night POV from street level as an SUV speeds toward the camera, then brake-slams and swerves past inches away
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: a car is heading straight at you, you have to see if it stops

    @lifeofzirTikTok
    2.1MReport
  • near-miss hook: dashcam view of a road bend: a white car overtakes into our lane head-on and swerves back just in front of the camera
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: an oncoming car in your lane, you have to see if it hits

    @dashcam1safeInstagram
    1.9MReport
  • near-miss hook: A man vaults a station gate onto the rail tracks as a train rushes into frame and passes inches behind him
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you have to see if he clears the train

    @10newsauTikTok
    1.5MReport
  • near-miss hook: motorcycle POV with a red circle on a distant car, a car pulls out and the rider swerves onto a dirt shoulder
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: a circled hazard ahead, you wait to see if he makes it

    @officialcaughtondashcamTikTok
    1.3MReport
  • near-miss hook: A crane-slung steel beam swings in fast toward two workers; one pulls the other clear as it drops beside them
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: A heavy load is about to hit them, so you have to see if they get out

    @noamanreactionTikTok
    1MReport
  • near-miss hook: A boy tugs a donkey off the track as a locomotive bears down on them and the donkey scrambles clear
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you have to see if they get out of the way

    @7newsaustraliaTikTok
    908.5KReport
  • near-miss hook: A giant inflatable air track tips over in a backyard as a woman sprints out from under it, caption "Who can escape without getting crushed?"
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: you have to see if she gets out before it lands

    via@thepostprotocolInstagram
    128.2KReport
  • near-miss hook: a red car speeds down a snowy road toward the camera and swerves past it at the last moment
    near-miss

    Why it stops the scroll: it almost hits you, you flinch and want to see who is driving

    via@erika.promptsInstagram
    2.7KReport
  • near-miss hook: a man in sunglasses sits in a camp chair in a desert, holding up a finger, while an off-road Porsche races at him and leaps over his head
    near-missAI

    Why it stops the scroll: a car is flying at a man sitting still, you wait to see if it clears him

    via@erika.promptsInstagram
    907Report

That's all 26.

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