Laurelle Baxter's Instagram Reels, broken down
142,268 followers, and one Reel did 910,474 views, 2.9 times the median of the rest.
What this is
Laurelle Baxter posts about Instagram growth and the mechanics of filming on a phone. The account had 142,268 followers when Scrptly analysed it on 15 July 2026, and the 5 Reels in that analysis did 2,036,611 views between them.
The best scripted Reel opens by repeating a question the audience has already been asking, which means the demand existed before the video did. It did 910,474 views, which is 6.4 views for every follower on the account and 2.9 times the median of the Reels analysed alongside it.
Each line is the transcribed audio from the opening seconds, left exactly as spoken. 4 of the 5 are Laurelle talking to camera; the rest open on a visual and are marked as such.
“You all been asking how I get such crispy video quality.”
910.5KviewsWatch
Opening shot
I'm back. I'm back. I'm back.
738.7KviewsWatch
“This is where your hook goes.”
308.7KviewsWatch
“Your back camera films way better quality than your selfie camera.”
45.8KviewsWatch
“I gained 38,000 followers in the last three weeks”
32.9KviewsWatch
The hook is the audience's own question
"You all been asking how I get such crispy video quality." The subject was chosen by the comments, and the hook says so out loud.
Naming the demand is a shortcut past the hardest part of a tutorial hook, which is convincing a viewer the topic matters. If other people have been asking, it matters. The word crispy is doing work too, because it is the audience's word rather than a technical one.
910,474 views against a median of 308,655
The Reels analysed ran from 910,474 down to 32,883, with a median of 308,728. The one that broke out did 2.9 times that median, against 308,728, 45,807, 32,883 for the next scripted Reels on the account.
That ratio is the only reason this account is on the site. 910,474 views means nothing on its own, because a large account produces large numbers by existing. 2.9 times the account's own median is a statement about the Reel.
376 words on the biggest scripted Reel, 406 and 434 on the next two
This is a long-script account, and the three longest scripts are three of the five analysed. A 122 second tutorial holding attention well enough to reach 910,474 views says the format tolerates far more words than most creators assume.
Scrptly picks Reels on performance against the creator's own baseline, not on raw views. Every figure here is from the analysis, not estimated.
| Check | This Reel | Floor |
|---|---|---|
| Followers | 142,268 (preferred tier) | 5,000 to 2,000,000 |
| Views per follower | 6.4x | 3x |
| Views over own median | 2.9x | 2x |
| Like rate | 4.30% | 3% |
| Comment rate | 0.086% | 0.03% |
| Hook strength | 9 of 10 | 7 |
| Retention score | 82 | 75 |
| Words of transcript | 376 | 60 |
The hooks Laurelle uses
| Hook pattern | What it does | From which Reel |
|---|---|---|
| Quote the question you were asked | "You all been asking" proves demand before the video has to earn it, in the audience's own words. | The 910.5K Reel. |
| State the counterintuitive fact | "Your back camera films way better quality than your selfie camera" is a correction, not a tip. | The 45.8K Reel. |
| Put the result in the first line | "I gained 38,000 followers in the last three weeks" leads with the number that buys attention. | The 32.9K Reel. |
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