Trends

FlamingoFlow Social Media Panel

Trends

How performance is shifting over time, which launches are landing, and the patterns worth acting on.

ROAS over time by Format

Top segments tracked across the last 10 weeks

Ugc Studio Demo Before After
0.00x 1.49x 2.98x 4.48x 5.97x W13 W15 W17 W18 W20 W22

Launch velocity

Hook rate vs ROAS across recent launches

0.45x 1.60x 2.75x 3.90x 5.05x 10.4% 18.0% 25.5% 33.1% 40.7% Hook rate ROAS 38.0%, 4.80x 34.0%, 4.20x 31.0%, 3.40x 29.0%, 3.10x 26.0%, 2.30x 24.0%, 2.10x 18.0%, 1.20x 12.0%, 0.70x 30.0%, 3.00x 12.2%, 0.72x 39.1%, 3.61x 21.1%, 0.77x 36.4%, 2.22x 27.4%, 2.17x 31.3%, 1.85x 23.1%, 1.50x 31.1%, 2.31x 14.4%, 1.51x 28.8%, 2.47x 27.8%, 1.71x 24.2%, 2.07x 17.3%, 1.75x 31.1%, 2.19x 16.6%, 0.85x 27.4%, 2.46x
Tier A Tier B Tier C Tier D

ROAS by video length

Average return by runtime bucket

Under 15s 2.40x 15 To 30s 3.80x 30 To 60s 4.20x 60 To 90s 3.10x 90 To 120s 2.60x Over 120s 2.00x

Hook rate by format

Which creative formats stop the scroll

Trend Audio 36.0% Ugc 35.0% Studio 34.0% Demo 32.0% Testimonial 30.0% Before After 29.0% Story 28.0% Unboxing 26.0% Static 21.0% Stock 12.0%

What we are learning

Patterns surfaced across the account, with the move to make

High confidence Prospecting

Founder-led hooks beat product-led hooks on cold traffic

Hook rate +27.0% 142K impressions

Action: Default new prospecting concepts to a first-person founder open.

High confidence Retargeting

Videos under 30s hold ROAS better as frequency climbs

ROAS +18.0% 96K impressions

Action: Cut long testimonials to a 25s result-first version for retargeting.

Medium confidence All paid

Discount-led statics decay fastest after week one

ROAS decay -31.0% 64K impressions

Action: Cap discount creative budget and rotate weekly.

High confidence Organic IG

Educational carousels drive 2.1x the save rate of single images

Save rate +110.0% 210K impressions

Action: Add one tips-carousel to the weekly organic calendar.

Medium confidence All video

On-screen text in the first second lifts hook rate

Hook rate +9.0% 188K impressions

Action: Mandate a hook caption in the first 0.5s of every cut.

Medium confidence Organic FB

Relatable meme voice outperforms polished brand voice on FB shares

Shares +64.0% 204K impressions

Action: Test the meme voice on two posts per week.