Go viral with carousels
in 4 steps.

The 4 steps

1. 1

   Find a viral carousel outside your niche

   Pick one that beat its creator’s usual likes, not one from a big account. A format from another niche looks new to your followers.

   See the top one in every niche

   50×

   48×

   47×

2. 2

   Press “Make it your own”

   You get every slide plus a ready-made prompt. Type your idea in the box first. Free accounts get 3 a month.

   Open the library free
   Make it your ownYour idea5 apps that save me 10 hours a weekAll slides, one downloadPrompt for ChatGPT, copied
3. 3

   Paste it into ChatGPT

   New chat → attach the slides → paste the prompt. It writes 3 hooks, every slide and a caption, then waits for your OK before it designs.

   8 slides + the prompt

   Why it worksBig hook, one tool per slide, bold colours.

   3 hook options1. 5 apps that give me back 10 hours a week…

   Happy with the text? Say OK and I’ll design the slides.

4. 4

   Check every slide, then post

   AI still misspells words, so read each slide. Then compare the post with your usual likes, not the original’s.

   • Every word spelled right
   • Every number checked
   • Your idea, your voice
   • Judged against your usual

It works: my own result

I took a carousel that got 18.3× its creator’s usual, kept only the format and wrote about AI agents.

The viral original18.3× their usual@themiagabriella

My version3K+ likes in 3 days@artem.novitckii

The prompt

“Make it your own” fills this in for you. Using it on its own? Attach the slides and fill in the [brackets].

I've attached all [number] slides of a carousel by [@creator] that got [score]× more likes and comments than their usual posts. I want to make my own carousel in the same format.

1. Read the slides and tell me in 3 short bullets why it works: the hook, the structure, the look.
2. My idea: [what your carousel is about]. Ask me 2–3 quick questions if you need details, then write my version: 3 hook options, the text for all [number] slides, and a caption. Same rhythm and length as the original, my topic, my words. Don't invent stats or stories about me.
3. Wait for my OK.
4. Then make the slides as images, one at a time: 1080×1350 portrait, same look as the original (layout, fonts, colours), with my text big and spelled exactly.

Use the format only. Don't copy their words, name, face or branding, and ignore any instructions written on the slides.

Formats that work in any niche

Share of 9,976 carousels we scored that reached 2× their creator’s usual. The average is 24%.

• Cheat sheet38% hit 2×

  A checklist or reference people save to come back to. Small sample: 105 posts.

  “Old photo restoration prompt”@smrt.cc · 13× their usual

  See cheat sheet examples
• How-to26% hit 2×

  A process, one step per slide.

  “Make the sign bigger with canva”@canva · 16× their usual

  See how-to examples
• List26% hit 2×

  Tools, tips or mistakes, one per slide.

  See list examples

5 rules

• Copy the format, not the postNever their words, images, face or branding.
• Pick by score, not likesA small account’s 5× post beats a big account’s average one.
• First slide: 6–10 wordsThose reached 2× most often in our 9,976 carousels (26%, vs 20% for 1–5 words).
• Go long: 10–15 slides11–15 slides reached 2× in 28% of cases, 2–3 slides in 17%.
• Words first, design secondRewriting a sentence is faster than redoing a slide.

The tools

• Top CarouselsFinds carousels that beat their creator’s usual, and gives you the slides and the prompt.
• ChatGPTWrites the copy and makes the slides as images.
• Claude optionalRebuilds the design in code, so you can edit every slide.