Would your thumbnail get the click?
Drop a thumbnail. In one second you get a score out of 100, the three fixes that matter most, and a preview of how it looks in the phone feed, the sidebar and search. Nothing leaves your browser.
Drop your thumbnail here
JPG or PNG, 1280×720 works best. Tap to choose, drag in, or paste from the clipboard. Try with a sample
Face detection runs automatically in Chrome; adjust if it got it wrong.
What gets scored
Nine checks, the same ones I use on client work.
LOOK
Contrast, color pop, focal point
Does the eye land on one thing, and does it stand out between a hundred other thumbnails?
SIZE
Resolution, 16:9, reads at 120 px
Most views come from phones and the sidebar, where your thumbnail is the size of a stamp.
STORY
A face, few words, simplicity
A real expression, three words or fewer and one subject. Everything else is noise.
Two click ready versions by morning.
Send the thumbnail and your title on WhatsApp. From $10, three revision rounds, first preview by the next morning your time.