Lesson: Make effective thumbnails and titles

Thumbnails and titles act like billboards to help viewers decide to watch your videos. Well designed thumbnails and titles can attract more fans to your channel, encourage viewers to watch through your videos because they know what to expect, and make your content appealing for a broad range of advertisers.

Boost discovery with your thumbnail and title
Design thumbnails that stand out and accurately represent your content
Write the right catchy titles
Avoid using misleading, clickbaity, or sensational thumbnails and titles
Craft advertiser-friendly thumbnails and titles to help your monetization
Check if your thumbnails and titles deliver on the promise

Try it

Create a thumbnail and title for your latest video based on what you learned and add the link to your video. Share to get feedback and see whether others can tell you what’s in the content of your video.
Check your knowledge
Which of the following elements contribute to a compelling thumbnail?

Close-ups, in-focus, high resolution, accurately represents content, looks good large or small.

Multiple images, low resolution, minimal contrast, any content.

Close-ups, low resolution, looks good large, in-focus.

High resolution, accurately represents content, multiple images.

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