How to see what is working in your niche
What is working is whatever is beating the baseline this week — and that changes.
To see what is working in your niche, rank recent posts by baseline multiple — how far each beat its own account's median — rather than by raw reach. The current outliers reveal the hooks, formats and emotions that are travelling right now, which shifts over time. Looking at all-time big posts tells you what worked last year; looking at this month's outliers tells you what to post this week.
Posteriks finds posts that beat their own account baseline in your niche and helps you build your own version — not a copy. Check your own post free →
Recency matters because platforms and tastes move. A live view of outliers by topic keeps you modelling what is working now, not what worked once.
Ready to act on this? Find outliers in viral posts by topic, learn the terms in the glossary, or test a post in the Baseline Beat Checker. More short reads in Answers.
FAQ
How recent should the posts be?
The last few weeks is usually the sweet spot — recent enough to reflect current distribution, broad enough to spot real outliers.