How to Make a YouTube Thumbnail with Thumbnail Maker Online for Free

Standard YouTube Thumbnail Size

Name	Standard Size Dimension
YouTube Thumbnails	1280 x 720 pixels

The most optimal YouTube Thumbnail size is 1280 x 720 pixels. The minimum width is about 640 pixels. Based on this standard size, you can create great thumbnails that will grab people's attention and boost your YouTube video views.

How to Make a YouTube Thumbnail

1Open Fotor and click the Design feature, and choose a YouTube Thumbnail
2Select the design – make a YouTube thumbnail template that you like, or create your own design from scratch.
3Manage the layout, background, and text to maximize your design.
4Tap Preview to check your final version and save your work

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What Features Does Fotor's YouTube Thumbnail Maker Have

It is easy to make customized YouTube thumbnail

Fotor's YouTube Thumbnail provides all manner of styles packaged into free YouTube thumbnail templates that don't require professional design skills to customize. Based on your channel and video proclivities, you only need to choose a suitable thumbnail template. Then, play around with the elements like images, stickers, and text, and a few clicks later, one outstanding YouTube Thumbnail is at your fingertips. It's okay to believe you're a design wizard. We do, too!

It's free to create an excellent YouTube Thumbnail

Fotor's YouTube thumbnail maker offers free YouTube thumbnail templates. All of them are beautiful and attractive templates. Using our free and professionally designed thumbnail templates coupled with the above four steps means that you can make your own custom thumbnail in a unique way.

Boost your viewership

Videos are an important media in our lives. A YouTube thumbnail is the most important part of capturing potential viewer's attention and getting them to eventually like and subscribe. If you invest a lot of time creating your videos, it's definitely worth the few minutes it takes to make an eye-catching YouTube thumbnail that will have a huge impact on your subscriber numbers.

With Fotor's YouTube thumbnail creator, the creation process has never been easier, and you can maximize your creativity in just a few minutes!

FAQ

What is the perfect size for a YouTube thumbnail?

It is very important to know the optimal size for a YouTube thumbnail, so that you come off looking like you know what you're doing. Fitting your thumbnail to 1280 pixels wide by 720 pixels tall is easy with our templates already that size. You also can narrow the width into 640 pixels minimum. A ratio of 16:9 is ideal and is primarily used in YouTube players and previews.

What is a YouTube thumbnail?

A YouTube Thumbnail is the YouTube cover photo for your video which can sum up the video or be a major piece of your channel. It can affect people's actions which helps drive traffic to you.

How do I create a custom thumbnail?

1: Open the YouTube thumbnail maker
2: Select your industry category and choose the thumbnail template
3: Change the templates elements, background image, fonts, stickers, and more
4: Save

How do I add text to my YouTube thumbnail?

1: Select your video, cut one image you want to be your thumbnail from your video
2: Open the YouTube thumbnail maker
3: Upload the image you cut to Fotor
4: Click “Text” and add text to your photo, and manage the color and the font
5: Preview, save, and download your work.
6: Upload your custom thumbnail to your video