Social Proof hooks: how brands open the ad
Social Proof is one of the nine opening moves classified across the library. It is the 6th most-run of the 9 hook types in the library, on 3,871 ads from 118 advertisers across 20 categories.
Meta ad library · updated Sep 8, 2026
Social proof is counted on two axes, and the two numbers are not the same: 3,871 ads here as a hook type, against 10,363 creatives as a visual format.
They measure different things. A visual format describes the shape of the whole creative; a hook type describes only how it opens. An ad built as a social proof piece can still open on a price line, so it counts once and not the other. The two also run over different sets of advertisers, which is why the advertiser counts (118 against 385) diverge further than the ad counts do.
See it as a visual format→Which categories run it
EdTech & Education runs it hardest, on 799 ads from 18 advertisers, ahead of Dating & Matrimony and Beauty & Personal Care.
Who runs it most
Jeevansathi runs it on 255 ads, 8% of its own output.
Who leans on it hardest
Volume and commitment are different questions. These are the advertisers for whom it is the largest share of their own library, rather than the ones who simply run the most ads overall.
All 9 hook types
Hook type is a model-assigned classification rather than a platform-reported field, and it sits on roughly half the library. Counts are of the ads that carried it. Every figure is a count from the analysed creatives, not an estimate. There is no spend, impression or performance data in the source and none is inferred.
