Things I stopped doing carousel
Also known as: “Things I stopped doing” confession listicle
A numbered first-person list of habits dropped in a situationship, written lowercase like a diary over dark, moody photos.
A confession told as a numbered list: lowercase, first person, one habit per slide over dark sky photos, the product named once late as part of what she did; the caption asks the viewer to judge.
Candidate. Seen going viral, but not yet for enough creators to call it a pattern. Worth a test.
Examples that went viral
Real posts in this format, with their views and how far they beat the creator's usual. They play from TikTok.
How it's built
The hook: confession. The first line admits something or starts a moment of the creator's own, so the viewer stays to hear the rest.
- Slide 1the list's promise in lowercase over a moody photo
- Slides 2-5one habit dropped per slide: a numbered lowercase line, then two or three sentences of what changed
- Last slidethe last habit, where a tool or app is named once inside the story
- Captiona question to the viewer
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What is the things i stopped doing carousel format?
A numbered first-person list of habits dropped in a situationship, written lowercase like a diary over dark, moody photos. A confession told as a numbered list: lowercase, first person, one habit per slide over dark sky photos, the product named once late as part of what she did; the caption asks the viewer to judge.
How long should a things i stopped doing carousel post be?
The posts that went viral ran about 6 slides.
Which niches is it working in?
It went viral in Relationships & dating.
How well does it do?
Viral for 1 creator; the top post 235.6K views. The best of them reached 166× the creator's usual views.
Is it still working?
Candidate: Seen going viral, but not yet for enough creators to call it a pattern. Worth a test. The newest viral example was posted 2025-11-13.
Can I make one with AI?
Yes. ppl.studio makes this carousel from the format: you give it a topic and your product or account, it writes and makes the post following the same structure, ready to post.