How to make a thumbnail for YouTube?

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One of the most common questions I get is about video views on YouTube. How do you increase your views? How do you get people to click on that video you worked so hard to shoot and edit? How do you grab their attention and keep them interested?

While I won't say that video quality doesn't play an important role in the whole process because it takes people about 10 seconds to get interested before they decide to turn off your video because they find it boring, it's even harder to get them to click on your video in the first place and give it a chance to decide whether it's boring or not.

How do you even stand out in the sea of ​​videos on YouTube, which are estonia whatsapp list than you can imagine (more than 7 billion videos, to be precise)? How do you stand out in 7 billion videos? For starters, a thumbnail will help you with that.

The thumbnail, or rather its quality, is the tipping point that separates you from “there is a possibility that someone will click on my video” to “there is no chance that anyone will click on my video” . That is why you should not ignore the importance of the thumbnail, of course, if you are recording videos and publishing them on YouTube.

So how do you create a great thumbnail that will encourage people to click on your video even if they've never heard of you and you've made a video about a topic that 6 million people have made before you? The following tools will help you with that.

Canva
Canva is one of the best tools you can find online, and the free version is so good that you won't even have to pay for more advanced graphic design. I've been using Canva for years and I've never needed to change it, whether I'm making a simple graphic for a filler post on social media or a high-quality visual or infographic that will take me 2 hours to create.

You don't have to be a graphic designer to use Canva to create a great and engaging thumbnail, and that's the beauty of this online tool. You don't have to use it just to create thumbnails, with Canva you can create any visual as it contains over a million fonts, graphics, images, photos and templates that you can use, free or for a fee.

As I already mentioned, I've been using Canva for years in the free version and it hasn't let me down yet, and best of all, it also exists in the form of an app for Android and iPhone.

Photos
Fotojet is another great online tool, but unlike other online tools, this one is specifically focused on creating thumbnails for YouTube. Again, you don't have to be a graphic designer to use it, as it's very easy to use.

Fotojet has an advanced thumbnail maker that lets you resize images, add filters, adjust the angle of the image, or rotate it. You can also use this tool to edit photos, create other visuals or collages, and use over 500 different templates.

The best thing about Fotojet is that you don't have to register to use it. Just connect to the site and you can start working right away.

Snatch
Snappa is another great online tool for which you only need to register and create an account to use the free version, which will be more than enough for any beginner or non-demanding user (because in the free version you can download 5 visuals per month).

With Snapp, you can create various visuals for your blog, web, and social media, as well as thumbnails for YouTube, regardless of whether you want to use the provided templates or start from scratch and create your own original thumbnail from scratch.

You can add images and graphic elements, text, change the background, and add various effects to make your thumbnail stand out and encourage your audience to click on it.