What makes a great YouTube thumbnail

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Full podcast episode: ua-cam.com/video/Z3_PwvvfxIU/v-deo.html
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Guest bio: MrBeast is a legendary UA-cam creator.

[@flurgnurg5905]

lex: what makes a good thumbnail?
mrbeast: （°0°）

[@TheZoneTakesYou]

with lipstick

[@-DeepDarkReptiles-]

not anymore

[@alexjosuemoralez6271]

Over delivering makes you stand out.

[@xnkatta]

His thumbnails look like they are generated by an algorithm or AI. They are one of the reasons I never clicked on them and didn't know about the dude before he started doing interviews.

[@FrenzyLive1]

He does that becuase most of the audience of UA-cam are under 21 and caters them to a lot

[@LighttheCelestial]

You're not his target audience

[@Thatbullhim]

I think he started the trend
So the AI are copying him 😅

[@unlimitedpubes]

He's the second largest UA-camr in history so I think it's working

[@BallJuiceOfZeus]

A gay shocked face. That's it

[@Kino_pup]

Are these really animated thumbnails made for kids mainly? I no joke get pissed off seeing them and do not click em

[@tabbywarrior]

it appeals to us

[@dharsangt]

Jimmy is saying about "Airrack's" video capture the flag IRL

[@newstodayyt1]

MrBeast is just doing what people have been doing for many years
Ripley's Believe it or Not
Guinness Book of Records
X Factor
Who Wants to be a Millionaire

[@mikeross3122]

Don't hurt your neck falling off the chair trying to service yourself 😉

[@JustChadC]

Ironically, Mr. Beast has the most obnoxious thumbnails

[@rubs6330]

Mr.beast voice is kinda like cbum😅

[@lou6455]

he ruined youtube

[@kam7061]

Mr Beast the 🐐

[@TheGoofyPower]

He does not really have good ones...
the look all the same. Same face, same bodylenguage, same side...
just scroll kinda fast and it looks just like one thing :)

[@Anonkontello]

By virtue of him getting millions of clicks within hours of releasing, he has good thumbnails.

[@TheGoofyPower]

@@Anonkontello I don't thinkt that correlation and causality actually is present in this case, but who knows :)

[@weirjwerijrweurhuewhr588]

But he can probably post a random selfie at this point and people would click.

[@jonquindiagan682]

Mr beast is a beast!

[@hafezaburaihan5835]

Very nice video

[@AndogaSpock]

I kind of feel proud that I have never heard of this guy.

[@sheedy9]

I seen him on jre, never heard of him but I really like him!

[@janubuilds]

A stupid reason to feel proud.

[@Potato-mo7zj]

What mr beast?

[@AndogaSpock]

@@Potato-mo7zj yes

[@Potato-mo7zj]

@@AndogaSpock Why?

[@ParallelUniversity]

I refuse to click on any thumbnail with an open mouth or dumb expression. Unfortunately, there is an army of millions of kids who impulsively click on any dumb expression, so creators aren't going to stop anytime soon.

[@jmg9509]

That's the whole point. To get the highest Click Through Rate (CTR), and whatever works that's ethical is what they'll use. And it just so happens that having a human face, with an exaggerated open mouth expression, gets the highest clicks. It makes complete sense. They're in the business of monetizing attention through views. You may not click, but you are the exception since there are thousands of others who will click, for your "no click"; 1000:1. And it's not just kids, since it's 100's of millions of views per video. At least half his audience are adults. That's 50 million adults. However, they probably click for other reasons like the money factor.

[@RuanSilva]

and why you not use thumbnails?

[@Bartokomous]

Have it be way cooler than what is actually in the video.

[@TheJohnmmullin]

Yeah that’s not what he said at all

[@darren.akamojogamingtop6946]

Me beast deal with crypto nooooo thank you

[@chanduv8287]

I love mr beast ❤🎖️🏅🥇😘

[@imsteamboat9774]

13th

[@JC35257]

I don't know why MrBeast is feeling so uncomfortable in this interview... you can see it in his face, maybe he is intimidated by Lex's smartness lol

[@FengG0]

Maybe

[@artimus7525]

It’s simple just open your mouth like Mr beast in your thumbnails.