Free tool · no sign-up
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.
This tool lives inside Chewbr
Chewbr does thumbnail scoring and packaging checks — and 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 — join the waitlist and you will be first through the door.