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The AI Breakup Doodle That Hit 23.8M Views

An AI “crying girlfriend” selfie and her boyfriend’s doodle.
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The AI Breakup Doodle That Hit 23.8M Views

One AI “crying girlfriend” selfie pushed a couples doodle app to 23.8M views.

Doodle Couple is a couples drawing app built on daily prompts.

Both partners answer the same question with a quick doodle, then reveal the drawings side by side.

Almost all distribution runs through one AI ambassador account, @stephanie.doodle, on TikTok and Instagram.

On September 21, 2025, she hit 23.8M views on an Instagram Reel with this hook:

i haven’t heard from my BOYFRIEND in FOUR days and he just sent me this

The comment section filled with breakup stories, revenge vibes, and shared ex-boyfriend hate.

Two days earlier, the account showed a strong early signal with 1.5M views:

my roman empire is when i got BROKE up with as i’m waiting for my flight to go on vacation for 3 weeks

Format template:
AI crying selfie → boyfriend “breakup” doodle reveal → text payoff.

Track Doodle Couple’s collection on Shortimize:

https://app.shortimize.com/c/2b10EOpWO5WLwV

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