


Have a look at the second video bottom line text. Increase the font-size and limit the number of characters to 20 to stop text overpower the visuals.įor e.g., if you add text on the down-right it’ll be hidden behind the YouTube watch time on mobile. It should not be hidden behind the YouTube element. It should be completely contrasting to your background. So pay close attention to font type and size. Text on the thumbnail should be readable by the viewers who watch your videos from a different platform(Mobile, desktop, tablet). Use Orange, Blue, Yellow, and Green as a background/frame color because the YouTube interface is made of red, black, and white. Your Thumbnail should stand out from the crowd. I personally use Snappa for its simplicity and contain more visual elements for free.

So YouTube can easily read the text from the thumbnail image. PNG format is highly recommended because it stores the arbitrary text strings together with the image. In the example above, I uploaded a video of me recorded from my. Use PNG format and add the target keyword on the thumbnail image as well as in the filename. There are three images available to choose and all show. It’ll highly impact your audience-retention rate and YouTube decreases your video ranks for that keyword. Once your viewers found it’s not relevant they simply drop off. You see the spike in CTR(Click-through rate). If you use attractive pictures to bait audiences, viewers will definitely click on your video. Never use images not relevant to your video content. When designing YouTube thumbnail, you need to consider a few things.
