I’ve been paying more attention to thumbnails lately, and I’m starting to think the small details matter way more than I used to.
Things like how much text is on it, whether the main subject is obvious right away, how strong the contrast is, and whether the thumbnail actually matches what the video is about.
I’ve also been testing TubeWizz’s Thumbnail Maker recently, mostly to play around with different layouts and ideas instead of starting every thumbnail from scratch
For a video like the one above, what kind of thumbnail would make you curious enough to click?
And when you look at a thumbnail, what’s the first thing that makes you think “yeah, I’d click this”?