YouTube Thumbnail Maker
Create YouTube thumbnails that give your channel a sleek, branded look and keep viewers coming back for more. Start with a design template, or check our YouTube posts size chart to begin. Custom thumbnails will give your YouTube channel a professional, stylish look.
Make it fast with our easy-to-use YouTube thumbnail templates
Choose from 100s of designer-crafted YouTube thumbnail templates and customize to fit your brand in minutes. Or start from scratch with a blank canvas. Add your own photos, logo, text and graphics to make it your own. Your saved work remains editable in our Hub so you can edit from here to eternity.
How to make a YouTube thumbnail from a template
Start your design quick when you choose from our many YouTube thumbnail templates. They're pre-designed so choose one you like, that matches your aesthetic, and start customizing it to make it your own.
Search or browse to find the template design that speaks to you to get started. Try searching terms like "holidays" or "fitness" or "makeup" to find templates that work for your brand. Choose one to open in the editor.
Make the YouTube thumbnail your own by swapping in your own photos, logo, or text. Try background erase or outline on your pics for a trendy look, and give curved text or drop shadow a go on your words after you've browsed our hundreds of beautiful fonts.
When your YouTube thumbnail design is ready to go, download it to your computer or, even easier, PicMonkey lets you export your YouTube thumbnail directly to your YouTube channel. Add it to you video and watch the likes start rolling in!
Get the trendy sketchy look with Outline Tool
The powerful Outline Tool makes creating on-point designs a breeze. Outline your images, text, or graphics and then adjust the Angle, Distance, Thickness, and Color of the outline. It adds just the right amount of arty pop to images!
We have stock video, too!
Free stock videos included with all subscription levels, so you can take your designs to the next level. Use video in social media posts, ads, YouTube video interstitials, and more.
Graphics for YouTube
Travel - Planes, passport stamps, and palm trees
Social Media - Like and subscribe stickers
Business Icons - Smart phones to pie charts
Brush Strokes - For adding artistic flourish
Plants - Succulents and palm leaves
+ So much more! Browse all the graphics
More YouTube image dimensions in pixels
| Social media image type | Dimensions in Pixels |
|---|---|
| YouTube Banner / Cover | 2560 x 1440 |
| YouTube Thumbnail | 1280 x 720 |
| YouTube Channel icon | 800 x 800 |
| YouTube Display Ad | 300 x 250 |
| YouTube Display Ad Long | 300 x 60 |
| YouTube Overlay Ad | 480 x 70 |
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Making thumbnails in PicMonkey
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