What makes a great YouTube thumbnail

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GUEST BIO:
MrBeast is a legendary YouTube creator.

PODCAST INFO:

SOCIAL:

[LexClips]

Guest bio: MrBeast is a legendary YouTube creator.

[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.

[Kino_pup]

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

[kzzrvde]

lex: what makes a good thumbnail?

mrbeast: （°0°）

[newstodayyt]

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

[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.

[dharsangt]

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

[mikeross]

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

[bandana]

would have been good to actually see the thumbnails you were both talking about.

[JustChadC]

Ironically, Mr. Beast has the most obnoxious thumbnails

[AndogaSpock]

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

[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 :)

[Bartokomous]

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

[cdinaz]

This is the first time I've even seen him speak. Don't know why I thought he was British. I'm soooo frigging out of touch... I just cringe at his thumbnails and will not click on them. I think it's a me problem, lol

[peisf]

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

[mantikor]

thumbnails these days are horrible.
I never clicked a mrbeast video until another youtuber i watched mentioned him, saying he was the best youtuber ever. so i checked him out and was like „ah, its the guy with the weird thumbnails“ that was like two years ago and now everybody has the same fucking thumbnails and i just hate them

[artimus]

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