Uploaded March 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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If you don't like the thumbnail image that YouTube picked for your video, you always have a choice of two other options. Viewers use your thumbnail to decide if they want to watch your video - so a good thumbnail is important. And if you are embedding your video into your website, then it's likely that your thumbnail is showing up very large and prominent - so you want to be sure it's a great representation of your brand.

This is part of my new series on YouTube Basics designed for the first time video creator on YouTube.