What sizes can I download?

Every resolution YouTube hosts for the video: typically maxres (1280×720), standard (640×480), high (480×360), medium (320×180), and default (120×90).

Does it work on any video?

Any public YouTube video or Short. Private and deleted videos have no public thumbnails to fetch.

Is it legal to download a thumbnail?

Thumbnails are copyrighted by their creator. Downloading for research, mood boards, or study is normal practice; re-using one on your own video is not.

Three videos without an account. After that a single email unlocks it for good, with no card and no cap.

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YouTube thumbnail downloader

Paste a YouTube URL and download every thumbnail size the video has, up to full HD.

Every serious thumbnail starts with research: what does the competition look like at full size, what patterns keep winning in your niche, which frames earn the click. This downloader pulls every resolution YouTube hosts for a video, from the 120×90 default up to 1280×720 maxres, so you can study them properly instead of squinting at feed-size crops.

Use it for competitor tear-downs, mood boards, or archiving your own thumbnails before an update. Paste the watch URL, a youtu.be short link, or a Shorts link. The sizes appear instantly with direct downloads and no watermark.

Frequently asked questions

What sizes can I download?: Every resolution YouTube hosts for the video: typically maxres (1280×720), standard (640×480), high (480×360), medium (320×180), and default (120×90).
Does it work on any video?: Any public YouTube video or Short. Private and deleted videos have no public thumbnails to fetch.
Is it legal to download a thumbnail?: Thumbnails are copyrighted by their creator. Downloading for research, mood boards, or study is normal practice; re-using one on your own video is not.
Is it really free?: Three videos without an account. After that a single email unlocks it for good, with no card and no cap.

This tool lives inside Chewbr

Chewbr does thumbnail scoring and packaging checks, plus the other 46 jobs between filmed and published.

The full app is the finishing system for YouTubers: every video gets a 47-step checklist from Plan to Promote, with tools like this one built into the step where you need them. It has not launched yet, so join the waitlist and you will be first through the door.