“My Public Story vs. My Private Story” is trending across TikTok and Instagram.
You use the overlay “My public story vs. my private story” and pair two types of clips: curated highlights you normally share online and the unfiltered moments you usually keep close to friends or family.
The contrast is the point, what people think your life looks like versus what it actually feels like.
Public story clips often include wins, travel, aesthetic shots, and celebrations. Private story clips show the rest: late nights, messy rooms, stress, bloopers, or quiet everyday routines.
The format works across various niches, including creators, students, entrepreneurs, and athletes, because everyone has a gap between their public image and private reality.
Why This Trend Matters Today
This trend resonates because audiences are more aware of how filtered social media can be.
Showing both sides, the polished and the honest, makes your content feel human and trustworthy. Viewers stay to see the reveal and recognize parts of their own lives in it.
It also opens up conversation around mental health, work pressure, and online expectations without heavy captions or speeches.
The visuals do the talking. You’re not explaining that social media is curated; you’re demonstrating it in a few seconds.
How To Do The ‘Private vs Public Story’ Trend
Create a two-part video. First, show your public story: aesthetic clips, highlights, celebrations, travel, clean desk setups, or gym PRs.
Then switch to your private story clips: behind-the-scenes work, exhaustion, messy takes, study piles, bloopers, or real-life chaos. Keep the cut between the two sections clear.
Use simple b-roll and keep text minimal; the main overlay is enough.
Music with a slight emotional shift works well, especially if the second half is more raw or funny than the first.
- Pro Tip: Don’t make the private side only negative. Mix in absolute joy with the mess, it feels more honest and avoids turning the video into just “struggle content.”
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