Thumbnail & title tips How can your audience tell what your video is about? Usually, viewers will first see your thumbnail and title. This info gives them a glimpse of what your video is about …

Video previews let you see a 3-second preview of a video before watching. When you hover over a video's thumbnail on your computer, or scroll past a video on mobile search, you’ll see a 3 …

New viewers are viewers who watched something on your channel for the first time in the selected time period. Keep in mind that: If you’re seeing more new viewers than casual and regular …

The content in the first 30 seconds matched the viewer’s expectation of the video’s thumbnail and title. Consider changing your video thumbnail and title to better reflect your video content. …

Make viewers more likely to subscribe, share, and watch additional videos from your brand. How in-feed video ads appear on YouTube In-feed video ads include an image thumbnail, a …

YouTube’s search and discovery system helps viewers find the videos they’re most likely to watch and maximize long-term viewer satisfaction. Get answers about your video and channel …

Check your YouTube impressions and watch time You can use the Content tab (or Reach tab at the video level) in YouTube Analytics to understand your video’s traffic. Find out the number of …

Changes in topic, editing style, thumbnail design, on-screen talent, upload cadence, upload output, or video length can impact audience interest. Note: If you’ve recently changed your …

YouTube's thumbnail experiments are true, concurrent A/B/C thumbnail tests. This means that all thumbnail variations are shown to viewers at the same time. Many third-party tools run …

Video resolution & aspect ratios YouTube displays videos with different aspect ratios based on the platform and video format. The YouTube video player automatically adapts to the size of each …