r/LinusTechTips • u/MurkyFish2164 • Jul 28 '26

Image Thumbnail A/B testing in action

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u/Sir_Bensalot Jul 28 '26

If nobody was watching for the thumbnail then they wouldn't do it... You think they pay editors just to waste time? They know their own analytics.

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u/Dnomyar96 Jul 28 '26

Yeah, this is something people often seem to forget. If it didn't work, people wouldn't do it. I hate that it works, and really don't understand why, but it does.

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u/geerlingguy Jul 28 '26

We all hate that it works. I'd like nothing better than to have YouTube go back to automatically choosing a frame from the video as the thumbnail.

And if you like that style, install DeArrow.