{"id":13915,"date":"2025-08-15T11:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tubebuddy.com\/?page_id=13915"},"modified":"2025-11-11T06:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:22:47","slug":"13915-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tubebuddy.com\/thumbnail-preview","title":{"rendered":"TubeBuddy Thumbnail Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13915\" class=\"elementor elementor-13915\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d81844 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d81844\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d550f1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d550f1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n \ndiv#content {\n    position: relative;\n    top: 0px;\n}\n \n.thumbnail-tester-top h2 {\n    color: #1C1917;\n    text-align: center;\n    font-family: \"Poppins\", sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 55px;\n    font-style: normal;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    line-height: 70px;  \n    letter-spacing: -1.1px;\n    display: block;\n    margin-bottom: 20px;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-tester-top {\n    max-width: 1220px;\n    margin: 110px auto 20px;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-tester-top h2 span {color: #F97181;}\n\n.thumbnail-tester-top p {\n    color: #57534E;\n    text-align: center;\n    font-family: \"Poppins\", sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 19.988px;\n    font-style: normal;\n    font-weight: 400;\n    line-height: 29.981px;  \n}\n.thumbnail-preview-test {\n    border-top: 3px solid #FFBF01;\n    border-bottom: 3px solid #FFBF01;\n    background: #292524;\n    box-shadow: 0 5px 17.8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);\n    padding: 40px 0px;\n    margin-bottom: -90px;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-preview-test-left {\n    width: 80%;\n    display: inline-block;\n    vertical-align: middle;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-preview-test-right {\n    display: inline-block;\n    width: 19%;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-preview-test-left h4 {\n    color: #FFF;\n    font-family: \"Poppins\", sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 24px;\n    font-style: normal;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    line-height: 120%; \/* 30px *\/\n    margin-bottom: 15px;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-preview-test-left p {\n    color: #fff;\n    font-family: \"Poppins\", sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 16px;\n    font-style: normal;\n    font-weight: 400;\n    line-height: normal;\n    margin: 0px;\n    max-width: 820px;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-preview-test-right {\n    vertical-align: middle;\n}\n\n.thumbnail-preview-test-right a {\n    border-radius: 7.995px;\n    border: 1.999px solid var(--Gradient-skeuemorphic-gradient-border, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12));\n    background: var(--Yellow-400, #FAC515);\n    box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.999px rgba(16, 11, 11, 0.18) inset, 0 -1.999px 0 0 rgba(16, 11, 11, 0.05) inset, 0 0.999px 1.999px 0 rgba(16, 11, 11, 0.05);\n    .989px;\n    padding: 12px 18px;\n    color: var(--Neutrals-900, #1C1917);\n    font-family: \"Poppins\", sans-serif !important;\n    font-size: 15.99px;\n    font-style: normal;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    line-height: 23.985px; \/* 150% *\/\n}\n \n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"thumbnail-tester-top\">\n  <h2>YouTube Thumbnail <span>Preview & Tester Tool<\/span><\/h2>\n  <p>\n    Make your videos impossible to ignore. With TubeBuddy\u2019s Thumbnail Preview & Tester, \n    you can see how your thumbnails appear across YouTube and even set up a \n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubebuddy.com\/tools\/youtube-thumbnail-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color:inherit;text-decoration:none;color: #57534E;text-align: center;font-family: &quot;Poppins&quot;, sans-serif !important;font-size: 19.988px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;line-height: 29.981px;\">\n      YouTube Thumbnail A\/B Test\n    <\/a> \n    to discover which design gets the most clicks. 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