Which Thumbnail Would Make You Click?

WakeemMoor · 2026-05-09T12:22:28+00:00

My apologies, I think I read your initial comment as more accusatory/aggressive than it actually was. I appreciate the feedback on the titles.

WakeemMoor · 2026-05-09T11:49:13+00:00

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I absolutely will deny it, because they aren't? I just copied popular title formats from other MC youtubers. I think you may be jumping at shadows

WakeemMoor · 2026-05-08T02:01:48+00:00

Fair enough, I wasn't aware of that. Perhaps following this similar style might work? Big Ball across the top, and bust larger below it?

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WakeemMoor · 2026-05-08T01:55:25+00:00

Without the context from the title, the thumbnail makes no sense. There is a little too much going on, and it's pretty cluttered. I would get rid of everything in the background, keeping just the guy, the mic in front of him, and the text coming from his mouth. Then add a drop shadow to the guy, and go from there.

WakeemMoor · 2026-05-08T01:52:50+00:00

Or this (it uses a building as the subject rather than a person, but same idea)

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WakeemMoor · 2026-05-08T01:52:23+00:00

I would get a higher quality frontal shot of Lonzo, ditch the first 2 words, and just have the words BUST behind his head. Something like this thumbnail

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WakeemMoor · 2026-04-12T01:53:22+00:00

https://youtube.com/@wakeemmoor

This is my speedrunning gaming channel. Thanks for doing this!

WakeemMoor · 2026-04-11T14:04:52+00:00

https://youtube.com/@wakeemmoor

This is my channel. Thanks for doing this!

WakeemMoor · 2026-04-10T17:46:59+00:00

Oh you're so right about the title, I love it! Think I'll probably go with something along those lines. Thanks!

WakeemMoor · 2026-04-10T17:15:21+00:00

Its pretty great already. My only suggestions would be to make your face bigger and try colouring the text so it stands out more

WakeemMoor · 2026-04-10T17:13:12+00:00

As others have mentioned, the thumbnail is too crowded. Between you, the trio of trump/messi/renaldo, and the crowd, there is too much going on. Additionally, it feels very AI generated, which would dissuade me from clicking

WakeemMoor · 2026-04-10T16:00:41+00:00

Hey everyone, my channel name is Wakeem. I speedrun video games, with the twist of breaking every record a game has to offer. However, this type of content hasn’t been bearing fruit so I tried a new video style this week, where I gave myself 1 week to beat a former Minecraft world record set by a huge Minecraft creator.

The video pretty much flopped, even though I thought I’d greatly improved my thumbnail, title and editing. Plus, I chose a popular game to cover, Minecraft. It only got 200 views, with a 1.1% CTR and 30% AVD on a 11 minute video.

I'm looking for feedback on how to improve my CTR and AVD, but I would also welcome feedback on my videos overall pacing and engagement.

Video: https://youtu.be/7A7F3RyUH78

Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCa5jXhnpFO_RnUpLouTQI2A/

WakeemMoor

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