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Story carousel ideas
for entertainment & pop culture.
22 story carousels about entertainment & pop culture beat their creator’s usual likes and comments, with a median of 2.0×. Here are the strongest 12, the first slides they opened with and how the format is put together.
- carousels above their creator’s usual
- 22
- creators
- 13
- median score
- 2.0×
- slides, typically
- 6
Top story carousels about entertainment & pop culture
13× usual
Wtf is extreme ironing even about?
9.1× usual
WHEN I SAY “THANKS FOR NOTICING ME” TO KIDS IN EEYORE’S VOICE, THEIR FACES LIGHT UP. THAT TO ME IS ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS. PETER CULLEN ON VOICING ‘EEYORE’
3.0× usual
3.0× usual
F1 Is Searching For Its First Female Success Story
3.0× usual
2.6× usual
CRASHING OUT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT
2.0× usual
1.6× usual
1.4× usual
1.2× usual
With 'The Social Reckoning,' Aaron Sorkin makes Mark Zuckerberg uncool
1.0× usual
1.0× usual
I didn't have children because I believed that God didn't mean for me to have kids so everybody's kids could be mine. DOLLY PARTON
How a story carousel is built
A story carousel uses the swipe like a page turn. It opens on a moment of tension and holds back the payoff, so each slide earns the next.
- Slide 1: the moment of tension or the surprising end
- Middle slides: what happened, one beat per slide
- Second-last slide: the turn or the realisation
- Last slide: what it means for the reader
Use it when: You have a personal experience or a narrative with a clear turning point.
First slides that stopped the scroll
The opening slide decides whether anyone swipes. These are the first slides of carousels that beat their creator’s usual, transcribed from the slide.
@wegotnotaste · 13× their usual · Story“Wtf is extreme ironing even about?”
@mindset.therapy · 9.1× their usual · Story“WHEN I SAY “THANKS FOR NOTICING ME” TO KIDS IN EEYORE’S VOICE, THEIR FACES LIGHT UP. THAT TO ME IS ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS. PETER CULLEN ON VOICING ‘EEYORE’”
@businessweek · 3.0× their usual · Story“F1 Is Searching For Its First Female Success Story”
@deathtostock · 2.6× their usual · Story“CRASHING OUT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT”
@businessinsider · 1.2× their usual · Story“With 'The Social Reckoning,' Aaron Sorkin makes Mark Zuckerberg uncool”
@femalequotient · 1.0× their usual · Story“I didn't have children because I believed that God didn't mean for me to have kids so everybody's kids could be mine. DOLLY PARTON”
@mindset.therapy · 4.3× their usual · Story“Millennials waking up in their 30s and wondering where the years went.”
@mindset.therapy · 3.0× their usual · Story“17 YEARS AGO TODAY: JIM & PAM GOT MARRIED”
Turn one of these into your own post
- Pick the structure, not the subject. Choose a carousel whose shape fits an idea you already have: the hook pattern, the slide count, the way it ends.
- Keep what made it work. Note the first-slide promise, how much text each slide carries and what the last slide asks for.
- Write it about your world. Swap in your own topic, examples and voice. Credit the creator if you borrow something specific.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a good story carousel about entertainment & pop culture?
A specific first slide, like “Wtf is extreme ironing even about?” (@wegotnotaste, 13×), “WHEN I SAY “THANKS FOR NOTICING ME” TO KIDS IN EEYORE’S VOICE, THEIR FACES LIGHT UP. THAT TO ME IS ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS. PETER CULLEN ON VOICING ‘EEYORE’” (@mindset.therapy, 9.1×), “F1 Is Searching For Its First Female Success Story” (@businessweek, 3.0×), then a clear structure: slide 1: the moment of tension or the surprising end; middle slides: what happened, one beat per slide; second-last slide: the turn or the realisation; last slide: what it means for the reader.
How many slides should a story carousel about entertainment & pop culture have?
Most entertainment & pop culture story carousels in the library use 6 slides, and 50% use 2–5 slides. Across all niches, carousels with 11–15 slides were the most likely to double their creator’s usual engagement (28%), and 2–3 slide carousels the least likely (16%).
What is an outlier carousel?
An outlier carousel got more likes and comments than its creator usually gets. Top Carousels divides each carousel’s likes + comments by the median of up to 20 carousels from the same creator posted around the same time, so 3× means three times that creator’s usual engagement.
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