Anwar Jibawi's Instagram Reels, broken down
Five Reels, 699 million views, and the biggest single Reel we have measured on any account.
What this is
Anwar Jibawi has 21,988,644 followers on Instagram, read from the profile on 23 September 2026. He is twenty eighth on our list of the biggest Instagram accounts belonging to creators rather than celebrities, athletes or brands. Scrptly analysed his five best-performing Reels.
Five Reels. 699,049,242 views between them. Scrptly returns best performers regardless of age, and his reach back to December 2024.
Each line is the transcribed audio from the opening seconds. Two of the five open with no speech at all, so the opening shot is described instead.
“Excuse me, do you have the time? Hey! Hey, that is my boyfriend.”
439.3MviewsWatch
Opening shot
No spoken words. A man adjusting a thin gold chain, looking at the camera.
186.8MviewsWatch
“Babe, I got your name tat-”
44.5MviewsWatch
“Today I'm gonna be demonstrating how to defend yourself if your mom ever comes swinging at you with a sandal.”
14.5MviewsWatch
Opening shot
No spoken words. Music over the opening of a homemade anti-theft device.
13.9MviewsWatch
439 million on one Reel
439,275,818 views on a 10 second sketch. It is the largest single Reel figure we have recorded on any creator page, and it is 63 percent of his five-Reel total on its own. The second biggest, at 186,842,659, is larger than most creators' entire top five.
What the 10 second one does is start the conflict in the first line. A stranger asks for the time, somebody shouts, and the situation is already out of control before you have worked out who anyone is.
Same size audience, 199 times the views
Loren Gray, analysed the same day, has 22,053,654 followers to his 21,988,644. A difference of 65,000 people, which is nothing at this scale. Her five best Reels did 3,507,054 views. His did 699,049,242. That is 199 times more from an audience the same size.
It is the clearest evidence on this site that follower count and views are close to unrelated. Two accounts the same size, the same week, measured the same way.
He interrupts his own setup
Look at "Babe, I got your name tat-". The line does not finish. He begins a romantic gesture and the video cuts him off mid word, which is the joke and the hook at the same time. The sandal one does the same thing in reverse: it states an absurd premise completely and seriously, and the comedy is that nobody breaks.
The hooks he uses
| Hook pattern | What it does | From which Reel |
|---|---|---|
| Start the conflict on line one | No introductions. Someone is already shouting, and the viewer stays to find out what they walked into. | The 439.3M sketch. |
| Cut yourself off mid word | An unfinished sentence is a question the viewer needs three more seconds to answer. | "Babe, I got your name tat-", 44.5M views. |
| State an absurd premise completely straight | The promise is ridiculous and the delivery is deadpan. The gap between the two is the whole video. | The sandal self defence, 14.5M views. |
What you can copy
- Open inside the argument. His biggest Reel has no setup at all, and it is ten seconds long.
- Cut a line in half. An interrupted sentence costs nothing and buys you the next three seconds.
- Play an absurd idea completely straight. The comedy is the distance between the premise and the delivery, and winking at the camera closes that distance.
- Stop treating an old post as spent. Two of these five are from 2024 and 2025 and they are still his two biggest.
Questions people ask
How many followers does Anwar Jibawi have on Instagram?
21,988,644, read from his profile on 23 September 2026. That makes him twenty eighth among Instagram accounts belonging to creators rather than celebrities, athletes or brands.
What is his most viewed Reel?
A 10 second jealous girlfriend sketch at 439,275,818 views, posted 12 May 2025. It is the largest single Reel figure recorded across all of our creator breakdowns. It is linked above.
How long are his Reels?
The five analysed run 10, 21, 11, 39 and 29 seconds, so 1 minute 50 seconds in total. His biggest is his shortest.
What kind of videos does Anwar Jibawi make?
Scripted comedy sketches, usually two people and one situation that escalates. Four of the five analysed are built on a single premise pushed past the point of realism, and the performances stay completely straight throughout.
How were these numbers measured?
Scrptly pulled his posts and analysed the five best-performing Reels on 23 September 2026. Each view count is the figure recorded at that moment, not an estimate, and each Reel links out so it can be checked.
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