YouTube Thumbnail Image Size Video

YouTube Thumbnail Image Size Video - Testing YouTube

YouTube Thumbnail Image Size Video - The Premise
We observed that some places in YouTube showed a cropped version of our video thumbnail image.

So we set out to explore where this cropped version of our very important thumbnail image occurs inside YouTube and even outside YouTube like in Google's Search Results Pages when we were fortunate enough to get awarded a thumbnail in that most hallowed of online locations.

YouTube Thumbnail Image Size Video - Chopped and Cropped
How much of the image is cropped away when YouTube decides to crop was a major area of focus for our research project. This reserach project used a video that was created with a "standard" 4:3 ratio. We may work on another fact-finding effort for the 16:9 "wide" ratio, but this effort will focus on the 4:3 "Standard" size.

We'll give you a hint right now, the cropping seems to mainly effect the top and bottom and not the sides of the thumbnail image.

YouTube Thumbnail Image Size Video - Where Does it Happen?

We were surprised to learn that not all locations of thumbnail usage in YouTube were treated the same. Some places where the thumbnail was displayed it was cropped while other places the thumbnail image was shown in all of its splendor– full image, no cropping.

YouTube Thumbnail Image Size Video - Watch the Video, Then read the full research article.
This video shows the final test video used as the research project came to its ultimate conclusions. There were plenty of other test videos made and utilized to get some interesting results. You can read all about the findings on the related article page called: YouTube Thumbnail Image Size.

You can also view this video as:
YouTube Thumbnail Image Size on YouTube


YouTube Thumbnail Image Size - Read the
full research article here.

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