A database of top
short-form outlier examples
- 100+ curated collections accessible to all users
- Grouped by format, visual hook, editing style, and series
- Export any collection to download locally
- Access deep analysis with transcript and full breakdown
- Search across every video in the database
- New outlier videos added every week
100+ collections, four categories
Formats
Formats explain the story structure of each video. Access 22 different collections of top format examples like breakdown, tutorial, ranking, and more.
Editing Styles
Editing Styles explain the way the visuals are laid out throughout the edit. This includes layouts, animations, visual selection, and styles. Access 30 different collections of editing styles.
Visual Hooks
Visual Hooks explain the way the visuals are laid out in the first three to five seconds of the video. This includes all tactics designed to capture and hold attention. Access examples across 47 different visual hook styles.
Signature Series
Signature Series are repeatable episodic formats. Access top examples across six of the most popular Signature Series types.
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A curated set of top-performing videos that all share one thing — the same format, the same visual hook, the same editing style, or the same kind of signature series. Think of it as an inspiration library with the best examples across every category and niche, rather than a feed you have to dig through.
No. Browsing Collections is free. The transcripts, the full video detail and the export are all there without anything coming off your balance.
All of them. Collections are available to every Sandcastles user: Starter, Pro, Visionary, Titan.
Over 100. At launch that was 22 format collections, 30 editing style and visual layout collections, 47 visual hook collections, and 6 signature series collections.
Weekly. New videos are added every week, and new collections are added periodically so the library keeps up with what is working across social media.
Not yet. Today, Collections are only curated by the Sandcastles team.
Yes. Every collection has an Export button, so you can take the set with you as a reference sheet for yourself, a writer or an editor.
Email support@sandcastles.ai and we'll get you sorted.