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Zenith Vertical analyzes your short-form videos second-by-second and tells you exactly where viewers drop off — and how to fix it. Built for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
Stop wondering why your videos lose viewers
Every creator knows the feeling: you upload, and within seconds people are scrolling away. Zenith diagnoses why. Our AI scans every second — pinpointing exactly where retention drops, what pacing kills engagement, and which moments make people scroll past — then hands you a clear, visual report you can act on.
From raw footage to scroll-risk heatmap
No guesswork, no vague metrics — a per-second breakdown of your video's retention risk. Here's a live sample of the report.
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ANALYSIS REPORT
ZENITH SCORE
5 scenes analysed. 1 critical drop-risk window identified. Peak: 86/100.
Peak Moment
00:04 - 00:07
Scenes
5
Implementation Guide
High-Leverage Strategy
🎬 Action Plan — Edit Checklist
Your hook lands and the method is genuinely interesting — you're losing people in two spots: a flat first second and a collapsed outro. Fix those two and this clip changes tier.
[0:00 – 0:03] Hook — add motion
🔍 0:00: Punch-In to ~110% landing on "doubled my watch time" — pure kinetic, no sync change.
💬 0:02: Flash a bold "DOUBLED" pop-up (upper-center, ~1s) as you finish the word.
[0:03 – 0:11] Method — anchor the idea
💬 0:05: Text card "CUT ON THE SILENCE" (~1.5s) so the tip is legible on mute and saveable.
🖥️ 0:08: Cut to a screen-recording inset of the actual delete — turn the claim into visible proof and restore motion where your eyeline drops.
[0:11 – 0:14] Payoff — reinforce
💬 0:12: Caption "NO DEAD AIR" synced to the line; add a soft click/whoosh on the demonstrated cut.
[0:14 – 0:22] Outro — the critical fix
✂️ 0:16: Hard-cut everything after this — delete "So… yeah… try it out I guess." The trailing filler + dead air is your single biggest drop driver (~40%).
🔁 End: Match-cut the last frame back to 0:00 so the video loops, or end on a "CUT ON THE SILENCE." card. End on strength, not a low-energy ask.
Why this order
The first second sets your ceiling and the last six decide whether the algorithm keeps pushing it. Closing the outro cliff alone recovers the bulk of your late drop-off; the hook motion lifts the front.
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Diagnostic Engine
Scene-by-scene retention analysis
You've got a strong command-style hook and a concrete, believable claim, but the first second is visually flat — the framing doesn't move and your expression is neutral, so it reads as 'a tip video' rather than a scroll-stopper. Open on a held, high-energy expression and let the frame move, and this jumps a tier.
"Stop scrolling — this one edit doubled my watch time and it takes ten seconds."
- —The opening line 'Stop scrolling — this one edit doubled my watch time' is a direct command plus a specific, believable claim, which triggers instant self-identification in anyone who posts video.
- —You front-load the payoff ('and it takes ten seconds'), so viewers know the time cost is tiny and feel safe staying for the demo.
- —Baked-in captions keep the hook readable on mute — that's what actually stops the silent scroll in the first second.
You've nailed the verbal hook — the command-plus-claim structure lands hard and the captions carry it on mute — but the framing goes static the instant your hands drop, so there's no visual reward to match the verbal tease and the eye starts hunting for the next video. A slow push-in across the first three seconds plus a bold pop-up on the word 'doubled' gives the hook a kinetic beat that feels earned by the line, holding attention into the method without competing with your face.
- →Add a Punch-In (push to ~110%) starting at 0:00 and landing on 'doubled my watch time' — it's a pure kinetic move that doesn't touch your audio or lip-sync, and it breaks the static frame right as the claim hits.
- →Layer a 'DOUBLED' text pop-up at 0:02 that appears for ~1 second as you finish the word — it lands after the dialogue so there's no sync collision, and it gives the claim a visual exclamation point for mute viewers.
Pick one or two — not all of these.
- —Add a slow push-in (to ~105% over 3s, ease-out) from 0:00 so the frame is always subtly moving while you deliver the hook — kills the static-talking-head feel without a hard cut.
- —Flash a bold 'DOUBLED' pop-up in the upper-center safe zone (clear of the username and the right-side engagement rail) with a 0.2s scale-in as you say the word, then snap it away after ~1s.
- —Hold your strongest expression for the first half-second before speaking — a beat of confident eye contact gives the scroll a face to lock onto.
Built for how you create
A deadpan comedy pause isn't dead air. A tutorial's slow build isn't a drop-off. Zenith scores retention against what actually works for your genre — not a generic algorithm.
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