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Making Clickable Thumbnails 🔥

@theZubes @early90spants hate that one

@early90spants The camera turned off the but microphone kept recording

whats the deal with these

@AamirThumbnail Simple and effective

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@NejiDZN Congrats man!!

Never thought designing YouTube thumbnails would one day buy me my own car. Feeling incredibly grateful to everyone who trusted my work. This is just the beginning. ❤️

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@Ceisolo_png Niceee

Recent thumbnail design Commissions open📷

a perfect example of "show, don't tell" in thumbnails

@elalfy68 4th one 🔥🔥

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@DesignTeko Really creative

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@UzairTVisuals Love the 4th one

4 of the recent thumbnails i made👀 Comissions Are Open 💼

@jakemalasek tuff

@Alixcreatives Banger work

Recent Documentary Thumbnails 📽️ Support appreciated ❤️.

@Ryzenworks Simple and clean 👍

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One thing I've noticed after studying thousands of thumbnails is that the most clickable ones usually have three things in common 1. Familiar 2. Credible 3. Intriguing I call this the FCI Formula 1. Familiar thumbnails give your brain something it instantly recognizes. A well known face, a popular brand, a common object or a visual style you've seen before 2. Credible thumbnails feel believable. They don't look fake or misleading. The thumbnail presents the idea in a way that feels believable, making the viewer trust what the video is about 3. Intriguing thumbnails create a reason to click. They leave just enough unanswered that your brain wants to fill in the gap and that's where the curiosity comes from The best thumbnails combine all three. If your thumbnail is familiar but doesn't create curiosity, people recognize it and keep scrolling. If it's intriguing but doesn't feel believable, it comes across as clickbait and if it's credible but unfamiliar, people may not understand it quickly enough to care The next time you create a thumbnail, use this formula as a checklist

@stevenbaterina bangers

That McGregor fight was so disappointing last night... also check this out these cool thumbnails we made recently

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These YouTube thumbnails have generated $109,990 in directly attributed revenue i just made a file with every thumbnail template we used + BONUS Giveaway breaking down secrets for making thumbnails that print Comment "thumb" and i'll autoDM (must follow for giveaway)

Evening thumbnails 🖌️

@yarslav 100%

unpopular opinion, but titles are harder than thumbnails and that's coming from a thumbnail designer... a weak thumbnail can be saved with execution a title is pure psychology, there's nothing to hide behind that's why I do titles first, always. 15-30 min (or more) before I even think about opening photoshop a good title branches into 5 thumbnail ideas instantly start with the thumbnail and you'll spend 3x longer and end up with trash concepts anyway

One of the easiest ways to open a curiosity gap in a title is through authority. "Doctor Reacts To World Cup Soccer Injuries" The title instantly gives the viewer two pieces of information, creating an open loop What we know: - A doctor is reviewing World Cup injuries -The injuries happened during one of the biggest sporting events in the world What we want to know: - What does the doctor notice that everyone else missed? - What actually happened to the players? - How serious were the injuries? A doctor's expertise changes the context. Viewers expect explanations, diagnoses and insights they couldn't get on their own The authority naturally creates a curiosity gap and clicking is how the viewer closes it.

@dsgnevrywhr design is all experimentation

New York Magazine by Susanna Hayward.

A really good thumbnail trend to capitalize on now is Warped Faces The reason this style works is because it immediately makes your brain think, "Something isn't right here." That split second of confusion creates a curiosity gap. In other words, it's a pattern interrupt. We're so used to seeing normal faces that even a subtle distortion instantly grabs our attention. The important part though, is using it in the right context. A warped face naturally creates feelings of discomfort, tension, conflict or psychological intrigue. That's why you'll see it used so often in self-improvement, psychology, commentary, documentaries videos If you tried using the exact same effect on a cooking tutorial or a travel vlog, it wouldn't work because it doesn't match the emotion of the video. Like any other thumbnail trend, don't use it just because it's popular. First understand why they work, then ask whether that same psychology applies to your video. If it doesn't, forcing the trend will usually make the thumbnail weaker