YouTube Thumbnail A/B testing - Earn more views with better thumbnails!

With YouTube Thumbnail A/B testing, YOU can earn more views with better Thumbnails! Thumbnail A/B testing on YouTube is very requested! With TubeBuddy's A/B testing you can test thumbnails right on YouTube! YouTube thumbnail Split A/B testing is worth it!

Table of Contents
00:00 - YouTube Thumbnail A/B testing - Earn more views with better thumbnails!
00:11 - What is Thumbnail A/B testing?
00:22 - TubeBuddy A/B Testing is a Legend Feature
00:34 - Why A/B Test your thumbnails?
00:58 - How to get to TubeBuddy A/B Testing
01:20 - Managing your A/B Tests
01:51 - Creating an A/B test with TubeBuddy
02:35 - What is CTR and what does it mean?
02:59 - What is a Metadata Test and why should I use it?
03:22 - Choosing how long to run an A/B test
04:18 - Uploading the Thumbnail to test!
04:46 - How long until I see any results from TubeBuddy?
04:50 - What does a finished A/B test look like?
05:00 - Diving into what each statistic means
07:47 - What does a new A/B test look like?
08:00 - Reasons you might run A/B test a thumbnail multiple times for one video
08:20 - Benefits of Thumbnail A/B testing
08:36 - Want to know more about TubeBuddy A/B testing? Check out that Support Article!
09:10 - Want to learn more about TubeBuddy Legend? Check out this playlist!

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So, what is TubeBuddy?

TubeBuddy is a browser extension that will help you seamlessly manage and optimize your YouTube channel.

Our goal is to save you time on YouTube so that you can put that time towards creating more content or spending it with your friends and family.

We will help automate much of your daily workflow such as creating cards and end screens, creating thumbnails, publishing your videos to Facebook, optimizing your video's tags and promoting your latest video.

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[MichaelGhelfiStudios]

7:27 The variation thumbnail has a typo "TUBEUBEDDY". :)

[ChefMajk]

Can I run a test straight on a new video, or do I have to do it only on the published ones?

[JamesKerLindsay]

Thanks for this. I just recently upgraded to Legend to get this feature and have started doing the first tests. This is such a great tool and so easy to use. It is brilliant how you can tweak small elements and just work on them to see what works best.

[MicheleeiRettili]

Free link doesnt work! I had a previous TubeBuddy account and never had a paid plan, but when i open the trial link it says i do

[AzizaKibibi]

@tubebuddy. How does it work? Do you run the video with the original thumbnail for a certain period of time then switch it to the second thumbnail? Or, does the program somehow offer the same video with different thumbnails at the same time? If the former, how do you know that it's the thumbnail that received the increased ctr and not the title of the video?

[Drostvideo]

Your notes say "If you run a test immediately after a video is published, this is likely showing you what your existing audience prefers in a thumbnail and if you run a test 4+ days after your video is launched, it will show you how likely it is that your potential new audience clicks" Here are my questions...do you recommend starting the test after 4 days to get more accurate results? How long should you run the test to get accurate results?

[AlcheonArt]

That sounds amazing! Too bad i can only use it the free 3p days, that tier is too expensive for a small, unmonitized channel like mine, can't afford it :p

[DariuszTech]

My Avarage CTR is around 10% and some of my videos are getting 18% and I'm not sure if I should be upgrading to the legend version. My question if I decide to go back to pro will I be paying more. I subscribed when I was under 1k

[gobemore]

Nicely done Andrew and TubeBuddy! Thank you

[ShootingStarSVG]

First off the A/B tool is money! I run a channel teaching people how to make semi-passive income with digital downloads on Etsy and other platforms. My original thumbnails are text based. Recently I switched to thumbnails with photos and text and ran some testing. The testing is showing so far that the TEXT BASED thumbnails are outperforming the photo based ones. Though I have some words and am depicting the same information I'm getting more which is against everything I have researched. I think I'll revert back to what was working. Thanks for making it easy!

[LurgsHowToGuides]

Great idea. Thumbnails are so important.

[hellolance]

Can you use this feature on more than one channel? Or do you have to purchase a separate license/membership for each youtube channel you'd want to use this on?

[ElliotScottDating]

I have a simple question: Can you (or should you actually) A/B test your thumbnails the day you make your video? Is that okay or is there some way your stats may get skewed?
I don't know if they will get skewed. I feel they won't if you can A/B test and it equally shows both thumbnails but I may be missing something.

[ATITECH]

yes... iam faceing these kinds of problmes ..from 2 months thanks for your suggestions now i can grow my channel.

[kolhk]

Quick question, say if our videos get a lot of views, do we have to wait 4 days for the result?

[ryanduty]

Thanks for the explanation, just wondering will this A/B test affect the video's performance? Let's say one of the thumbnails is performing really bad, will it will affect the overall performance of the video?

[smartdrivetest]

Thanks Andrew & TB. I'm looking forward to using this tool to improve the SEO on my channel. Very exciting indeed!! All the best, Cheers Rick

[IleaneSmith]

Andrew, this walk-through is very helpful. I do have some old videos that I need to A/B test. Thanks so much!

[traciesplace]

Hi! Please help, on my Mac Air 2019 my Tube Buddy is installed and shows up when going to @ but when I'm tagging my videos to publish, suggested tags do not pop up most of the time. When opening other people's videos- I can't see their tube buddy analytics or information in the Tube Buddy section where their information should appear, it just says loading and continuously shows the spinning wheel. Can you help with what could possible be wrong? I have Safari...

[DojoGo]

I've had some AB tests run for over a few months now for statistical significance, but no final results yet. Would you recommend different thumbnails or just letting it go still?