YOUTUBE TOOLS
YouTube Thumbnail Viewer
Preview the best thumbnail returned by the official YouTube API and see its available dimensions.
Official API metadata
Check a public link
Only public metadata is supported. No account sign-in or media download is offered.
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Your result will appear here.
How to use it
- Copy a supported YouTube video link.
- Paste it above and choose view thumbnail.
- See the highest available API thumbnail, selected from maxres, standard, high, medium and default.
What to know
Not every video has a high-resolution thumbnail. There is no download, media extraction or image proxy.
Official API lookups can fail for unavailable content or exhausted quota. Results may be up to five minutes old. Private and unlisted videos are not processed.