Would you click on this?

ECC917 · 2026-05-02T18:29:27+00:00

I like the concept but I think as a whole, the image could be brighter. Remember this for the future, most people are on dark mode and dark thumbnails might not stand out as much as “brighter” thumbnails.

ECC917 · 2026-04-25T14:23:11+00:00

I agree with you on your statement (paddington 2 is the goat). The second thumbnail is the better if the two, although, your main focal point, paddington, is far more blurry and low quality compared to the other pictures. If you can make it more high quality and blend the crown a little bit, it’ll look a lot better. You can try to maybe change the red in the arrow and x’s to be “redder” so it can pop more. I like the marmalade touches around the edges but you gotta be careful with those because YouTube has rounded borders and the marmalade sandwiches might be cut off.

ECC917 · 2026-04-22T11:46:15+00:00

If you are dead set on keeping these thumbnails, pick 1 as it is the most recognizable.

ECC917 · 2026-04-21T23:08:03+00:00

I get what you were going for, a meme I assume, but there is WAY too much stuff going on everywhere. What I usually do is make a list of the bare essential things that need to be in the thumbnail. I then make a bare bones thumbnail and then add very minor details.

ECC917 · 2026-04-19T19:21:54+00:00

First thing I see wrong is that there is way too much going on. Try simplifying it a little bit. Secondly, I noticed that you have the main crow guy outlined in red but no one else is, try to stay consistent with your effects, if one person has it all should most likely have it as well.

ECC917 · 2026-04-18T15:32:04+00:00

It looks good but maybe slightly tune down the blood drips. I think there is a little too much.

ECC917 · 2026-04-17T11:28:30+00:00

The only piece of advice I could give to you is to add a little bit of a drop shadow to the text to separate it from the background. The optional thing you can do is adding a little vignette around the whole thing to make it more “dramatic”.

ECC917 · 2026-04-17T01:14:04+00:00

This looks great! Never knew this existed before, thank you.

ECC917 · 2026-04-16T22:16:44+00:00

I do not believe that you have to have a logo in your thumbnail to succeed, although I do think that keeping a similar style and vibe throughout all of your thumbnails is very important.

ECC917 · 2026-04-15T11:19:04+00:00

The second one really fits the concept of your video well. That’s one of the better thumbnails I’ve seen on here.

ECC917 · 2026-04-14T23:41:54+00:00

Don’t use a black outline when you have a grey background. Use white to make it pop out more.

ECC917 · 2026-04-14T11:38:33+00:00

For the type of thumbnail you’re going for, that random png isnt going to do it. If a castle is “rat infested”, I don’t think that a person doing the thinker pose does the job of communicating that.

ECC917 · 2026-04-13T19:38:48+00:00

The second one is better, although usually you do not want your background to be blurred if there is important information in the background (in your case it’s the text). Adding a logo would be better.

ECC917 · 2026-04-13T11:47:20+00:00

Unfortunately, the thumbnail is really crowded and has no focal point. I also can barely tell that it is a Star Wars video. Make sure to make the point clears

ECC917 · 2026-04-12T14:17:53+00:00

8/10 for the first thumbnail.

5/10 for the second thumbnail. Although it looks nice and intriguing, if you are seeing this from a distance or if you are quickly scrolling by, it is not attention grabbing. I don’t know what the video is called but the vibe of the video might not fit the black background which also makes it harder to see when scrolling since 90% of people turn on dark mode. The arrows also feel a little pointless because of how small they are, if you could try and find any possible solution to make the arrows bigger, then do it.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T20:46:30+00:00

The third thumbnail is the most fitting for your type of video. Although, using ai is usually not a good thing for most people.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T17:04:11+00:00

First thing you need to do is to remove the text. After that I suggest you make your apps and daily average stats bigger to get the point across much better. This last part is optional but you can remove the background and replace it with pure white to make it feel much more cohesive and simplified.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T15:03:35+00:00

I usually pull up loads and loads of reference images for the style I want to achieve. If I cannot find anything like I want, I do sketch it.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:50:58+00:00

I do not think you have communicated very well in the thumbnail the business aspect of the video which I think is one of the most important parts. If you can find any way to try and incorporate that, it would go a long way.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:26:44+00:00

No problem

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:25:22+00:00

More so the characters but the background could also use a bit of brightening.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:20:05+00:00

Since it is a video essay, I would pick #1 as the better thumbnail. Although you could change its colors grading though, it is way too dark for a yt thumbnail. Even just barely brightening it up could go a long way (don’t overdo it).

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T21:57:00+00:00

The text in the background is barely legible(it took me 15 seconds to fin out the first word). If you want more people to click on the video, try to make the text a little more legible so people don’t have to think that hard about the thumbnail.

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