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Thumbnails
Every video has its thumbnail stored at fixed sizes. This page lists the ones that exist for your video, with the real file size of each, and saves the JPG exactly as YouTube holds it.
Sizes YouTube never made for a video are left off the list.
Each option shows its weight before you save it.
The image file itself, with no player controls or browser frame in it.
Recover a thumbnail whose design file you no longer have.
Any youtube.com or youtu.be video address.
The sizes that exist for that video appear in seconds.
Max HD for full quality, the smaller ones for previews.
The image downloads as a normal file you can open anywhere.
Every YouTube video has a set of thumbnail images stored at fixed sizes, up to a full 1280×720 HD version. Paste a video link above and this tool fetches them instantly: no screenshots, no cropping browser chrome, just the original image file exactly as it sits on YouTube's servers.
Every thumbnail size YouTube holds for a video, with the real weight of each file.
Older or low-resolution uploads sometimes lack the max-res version, in that case the largest existing size is what YouTube has, and no tool can generate a bigger one.
All five sizes, the manual URL trick and reuse rules are covered in our guide: how to download YouTube thumbnails in full HD.
Thumbnails are creative work owned by the video's creator, just like the video itself. Using someone's thumbnail in your own content, especially re-uploading it on your own videos, needs permission. Grabbing your own thumbnails or using others' for private reference is what this tool is for.
This educational tool is not affiliated with YouTube.
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Every size YouTube stores for the video: Max HD 1280×720 (when available), SD 640×480, HQ 480×360, Medium 320×180 and Small 120×90. Pick any from the list.
YouTube only creates the 1280×720 thumbnail when the uploader provided high-resolution artwork. Older or low-res uploads never got one. The largest existing size is shown instead.
JPG, exactly as YouTube stores it, with no re-compression and no watermark.
This tool is YouTube-only. For other platforms, use their video downloaders. The video preview shown there is the platform's cover image.
Thumbnails are copyrighted creative work, just like the video. Downloading your own artwork or grabbing images for private reference is fine; reusing someone else's publicly needs their permission.
Paste the link above and pick the size you want.
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This tool is part of an independent, experimental and educational project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any video platform, and it is not intended to harm any company or violate any platform's policies. Please only download content you own, have permission to use, or that is public domain / Creative Commons licensed, and always respect the source platform's Terms of Service and copyright law.
