The Ultimate LinkedIn Top 200 Hook Vault + AI Hook Generator Guide

👋 Welcome

Hey 👋 I’m Yaser Abbass, Co-Founder of Depost AI, a LinkedIn Posts to Lead generation tool used by founders, creators, and marketers to turn posts into leads.

Over the last year, I’ve studied tens of thousands of viral LinkedIn posts, and here’s one truth:

🎯 The hook makes or breaks your post.

This guide combines:

My top 200 LinkedIn hook examples Excel sheet ( Attached at bottom)
A simple framework for writing scroll-stopping hooks
How AI + your brand voice can generate hooks fast (and sound human)

💡 Why Hooks Matter

Hooks are your post’s first impression. They decide whether people stop, read, or scroll away.

Hooks that work trigger:

Curiosity 🧠 — “Wait, how did they do that?”
Emotion ❤️ — “That’s so relatable.”
Relevance 🎯 — “This is for me.”
Surprise ⚡ — “Didn’t see that coming.”

🧩 9 Hook Archetypes That Always Work

Type	Description	Example
Story	Personal or origin-based hooks	“I left a safe job 18 months ago. My ‘plan’ was the opposite of what worked.”
Contrarian	Challenges a norm	“The algorithm isn’t the problem — randomness is.”
List	Structured, predictable payoff	“7 lessons I learned writing 100 posts in 100 days.”
Question	Curiosity + engagement	“Ever notice how busy weeks create the quietest pipelines?”
Authority	Proof or credibility	“We analyzed 1,000 posts to decode what keeps people reading.”
Mistake	Pain + empathy	“If you’re not tracking replies, you’re tracking vanity.”
Promise	Outcome-driven	“How to plan a month of content in 20 minutes.”
Shock	Pattern-breaker	“I deleted 50% of my posts — engagement tripled.”
Humor	Relatability + personality	“People ask how I write daily. I panic at 7 and post at 7:30.”