Thumbnail breakdowns
Specific visual choices, studied in context instead of copied in isolation.
ThumbnailUp Blog
YouTube thumbnail ideas, breakdowns, and research.
Practical notes on thumbnail patterns, relative performance, and the details worth testing on your own channel.
Performance patterns
What channel-relative outliers can tell us, and what public data cannot.
Practical research
Better ways to collect references and turn patterns into ideas worth testing.
Nothing published yet.
This is where the first breakdowns will appear. Until then, explore real thumbnails and see the public performance data behind them.
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Occasional thumbnail research and product updates, only when there is something useful to share.