- Between 13 October and 12 November 2026, Ansamble made and posted 98 posts on four networks: 13,004 views, no ad money.
- TikTok brought 7,611 of the views, 98 % of them from the For You feed: people who did not follow us.
- Nearly all of the views came in the last two weeks of the month.
- Our most watched videos were each built on one visual idea: a music player, a flipbook, a job interview.
The numbers
Every number below comes from the network’s own API, read by Ansamble on 12 November 2026. No post was promoted with ads. Each account is linked, so you can check it yourself.
| Network | Views | Posts | Also |
|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok | 7,611 | 21 | 98 % from the For You feed |
| 2,280 | 26 | 1,438 accounts reached | |
| YouTube | 1,810 | 25 | 25 Shorts and videos |
| 1,303 | 26 | 1,219 people reached |
What worked
Strangers, not followers
Our follower counts barely moved, and it did not matter. 98 % of the TikTok views came from the For You feed. A small account with a good post reaches people who have never heard of it.
One idea per video
The videos that travelled furthest each had one visual idea, set up in the first second: a café’s morning coffee shown as a music player (752 views), a social media “job interview” (734), a café told as a flipbook (726), a croissant questioned about its 5 a.m. bake (899 on YouTube).
Late, then fast
Nearly all of the 13,004 views came in the last two weeks of the month. The first posts found almost no one; the later ones found thousands.
What did not work yet
Comments stayed close to zero, and followers grew slowly. Facebook and YouTube brought fewer views than TikTok. A month is short; we are watching whether views turn into visits to our site.
What we try next
- More videos built on one visual idea with a twist.
- Captions written the way people search, now that Instagram posts appear in Google.
- One clear question per post, to get people talking.
We will publish the next month here, with the same sources. All numbers are on our results page.