# Do Part 2s and comment replies actually get more views?

A study of 542,444 TikToks from 1,700 creators: series, comment replies, stitches and what you write under your video. Published 2026-11-08 by Yap & Done. Videos posted January 2025 to October 2026.

Canonical page: https://www.yapanddone.com/studies/replies-and-series/ · Data: https://www.yapanddone.com/studies/replies-and-series/data.json · https://www.yapanddone.com/studies/replies-and-series/data.csv · License: CC BY 4.0

## The top lessons

- When a video does well, make a Part 2. Part 2s got 20% more views and 37% more saves than the same creator's other videos.
- Answer comments with videos. Reply videos got about as many views as usual (+4%), plus 16% more saves and 7% more comments, and the comment section hands you the idea.
- Write a real description. Videos with no written description got 13% fewer views; descriptions of 150 characters or more did best (5% more views).
- Think twice before stitching. Stitches got 37% fewer views than the same creator's own videos.
- Don't worry about emojis. They made no difference to views.

## Key findings

- **Part 2s get 20% more views.** We compared each creator's "Part 2" videos with their own videos that weren't part of a series. Part 2s got 20% more views, 37% more saves and 12% more shares. Part 1s also did well (22% more views), and Part 3 onwards less so (+9%). Creators usually make a Part 2 because Part 1 struck a chord, so this is partly a sign of a good topic, not just the label.
- **Replying to comments doesn't cost views.** Videos made in reply to a comment ("Replying to @…") got about the same views as the creator's other videos (+4%, within the margin of error), with 16% more saves and 7% more comments. They lost a little on shares (−6%). About 3% of talking-head TikToks are replies.
- **Write something under your video.** Videos with no written description (nothing, or only hashtags) got 13% fewer views than the same creator's average video. Views rose with length: under 50 characters −3%, 150–299 +5%, 300+ +5%. Saves followed the same pattern, from −11% to +8%. TikTok reads descriptions for search, which may be why.
- **Stitches get fewer views.** Stitches (a clip of someone else's video, then you) got 37% fewer views and 19% fewer saves than the same creator's own videos, though 16% more comments. Only 57 creators stitched often enough to compare, so treat this as a strong hint rather than a precise number.
- **Asking a question is a small trade.** A question in the description went with 4% more comments and 3% more views, but 5% fewer saves and 5% fewer shares. Small effects either way.

## Each feature against the same creator's other videos (TikTok)

- reply: views +4% (-0% to +9%, 522 creators); comments +7% (+3% to +10%, 508 creators); saves +16% (+11% to +21%, 503 creators); shares -6% (-9% to -2%, 481 creators)
- part_any: views +14% (+6% to +22%, 397 creators); comments -3% (-7% to +2%, 349 creators); saves +34% (+27% to +42%, 371 creators); shares +9% (+3% to +15%, 333 creators)
- part_1: views +22% (+7% to +40%, 111 creators); comments -8% (-15% to +1%, 95 creators); saves +32% (+20% to +46%, 101 creators); shares +5% (-2% to +14%, 95 creators)
- part_2: views +20% (+10% to +32%, 212 creators); comments -3% (-10% to +4%, 184 creators); saves +37% (+28% to +46%, 198 creators); shares +12% (+4% to +21%, 168 creators)
- part_3: views +9% (-3% to +23%, 146 creators); comments -4% (-12% to +5%, 127 creators); saves +27% (+15% to +41%, 137 creators); shares +7% (-3% to +17%, 123 creators)
- stitch: views -37% (-46% to -27%, 57 creators); comments +16% (+3% to +31%, 55 creators); saves -19% (-30% to -6%, 56 creators); shares -17% (-32% to +1%, 47 creators)
- question: views +3% (+1% to +5%, 1446 creators); comments +4% (+2% to +6%, 1342 creators); saves -5% (-6% to -4%, 1393 creators); shares -5% (-7% to -4%, 1326 creators)

## Views by description length (TikTok)

- No description: -13% (-15% to -11%, 871 creators)
- Under 50 characters: -3% (-4% to -1%, 1399 creators)
- 50–149: +3% (+1% to +4%, 1501 creators)
- 150–299: +5% (+3% to +7%, 1319 creators)
- 300+: +5% (+3% to +7%, 1176 creators)

## Method

- Creators and videos: the same 1,700 TikTok creators as our follower and posting studies, in 10 niches, with their posts from January 2025 (about 542,444 videos). We left out videos under 14 days old, pinned videos and the video we first found each creator through.
- Features come from the video's description: "Replying to @…" at the start (TikTok adds this to comment-reply videos), "Part 2" / "Pt. 2" and similar, "#stitch" or "stitch with", a question mark outside hashtags and tags, the length of the written description (without hashtags, tags or the "Replying to" label), and emojis.
- Comparison: each video against the median of the same creator's other videos within ±30 days. Then, for each creator who used a feature at least 3 times and skipped it at least 3 times, the average difference between the two, averaged across creators. Description length and emojis compare each group with the creator's own average across groups.
- Ranges are 95% ranges from the spread across creators. A feature needs at least 30 creators to be reported.

## Limitations

- Observational: creators choose when to make a Part 2, reply or stitch. Part 2s in particular follow videos that already did well.
- Series and stitches are only counted when the description says so; unlabelled ones count as ordinary videos.
- Stitches and duets were rare (duets too rare to report).
- English-language talking-head creators in 10 niches; other kinds of accounts may differ.

Cite as: Yap & Done (2026). Do Part 2s and comment replies actually get more views? https://www.yapanddone.com/studies/replies-and-series/