Is This a Good Geometry Dash YouTube Thumbnail? 

I'm the type of guy that tells everyone that I hate putting text in thumbnails, but I go on to do it anyways. The biggest thing I learned about thumbnails in general is that they should exist to point your attention to the title of the video, which provides context to make sense of the thumbnail. Think of the thumbnail as a question and the title as an answer. I've stopped putting the title directly in the thumbnail because it breaks that really good 'flow' I always see GD videos with auto generated thumbnails that do INSANELY well so ever since that I've tried to keep thumbnails as clean as possible since the less editing there is, the easier it is to glance at and go "yep that's Geometry Dash". There was a (now deleted) video that basically copied my what not to put in your gd level idea and despite being super low quality it got like 10m views because the auto generated thumbnail was really ugly portal spam and somehow that caught everyone's attention. So that's like my villain origin story lol (also I think the most effective gd thumbnail is 100% the edited main level screenshot thing, where you screenshot stereo madness on the menu and edit the name and difficulty face and what not. millions of views every time, but the guilt will keep you up all night)

3:55 Didn’t expect to see this used as an example here! Glad to see someone who realizes just how much thought goes into these pictures. Cool video :)

17:00 Nice to meet you too! Another banger video bro, I can confirm the Google deleting GD video on my 2nd channel indeed took about 45 minutes to make lol The “twitter style” of thumbnail is taking over many parts of RU-vid even outside of GD, and I’d honestly love to watch a deep dive analysis on why. My guess is that it’s just so to the point and looks more “authentic” since it looks like a person saying something about a certain topic of interest… but 90% of twitter thumbnails are heavily edited or just entirely fake lol. So I dunno 🤷‍♂️ I imagine a lot of people on RU-vid would love to watch a deep dive analysis on twitter thumbnails and their takeover on RU-vid, could be a fun opportunity to branch out of GD content but still interest GD viewers 👀 Love your content man and I accept all criticism, keep it real and keep it up :)

1:45 LMAO I only use it for colors, like if a BG is blue I won't use blue icons lol also that cobalt section was funny af lol

Banger video, but with that bit at the end I wanted to kinda push back a bit. Looking at other channels that have more subs or get more views than you with videos you could seemingly make super easily and getting upset over it is a scary mindset. It can lead you straight into why do I even bother land, which I've been plenty of times before and it's not fun lol. Videos on channels like cobalt are easy to make and get a lot of views for what they are, but because they get views they by definition have a lot of people that want to watch them. They have a place on the platform. You can make those types of videos and get that amount of views if you wanted, there's nothing stopping you, but you don't want to, presumably because you have a passion in the type of videos you currently make, and that's fine. The price on that freedom to choose what type of content you make is that it's harder to achieve that same level of success in the numbers. Not implying that it's you necessarily but a lot of people think subs and views are the measures of success on RU-vid, but from what I've found the feeling of pushing yourself to make a video or series that you're truly proud of is so much more rewarding than sub milestones. Sorry for the novel lol, it just kinda pains me when people put a lot of energy into getting annoyed at channels like that

What a masterpiece of video. Like, seriously, I'm not joking when I say 17 minutes just flew by, also I'm glad you didn't roast my thumbnails LOL Jokes aside you do deserve much more views and subscribers than you already have, I'm already subscribing and I really hope to see you blowing up soon

this guy seriously needs more attention

Wtf this video is so good, i was entertained through every bit of the video and the tips you gave for thumbnails are actually really useful. Awesome work!!!!!

This is a pretty good overview of what makes a Geometry Dash thumbnail good. Personally I like having a mix of both gfx and ocassionally having the gd background type thumbnails. I used to include my gd icon as "brand recognition" but ever since my iceberg video I quickly realized how it doesnt add much to the overall thumbnail. But regardless of all of that, I think you set up a good chunk of how the gd community deals with their thumbnails and how to approach it. Also, I can agree down to the tea about Twitter type thumbnail because uh. yeah. They are just the bare minimum type of thumbnails when it comes to picking it up on the algorithm, but hey, thats just me. Anyways yeah, this video honestly piqued my interest on your channel and I'd be interested to see more of this GD youtuber review / video-essay whatever you call it from really anyone, not just you.

Loved watching this video, thanks for including my thumbnail at 8:46 :)

great video! i would indeed appreciate a second part to this. one important type of thumbnail i think you left out are the shitpost thumbnails, where people will take some completely unrelated image (usually a meme) and then slap it on top of their completion/verification (ala Wolvezz or Zoink)

Great video yet again, like always

i know this is a late comment, but i'd really like to thank you for putting a dark filter over the bright/epileptic parts of the footage. as someone with eye issues (including an astigmatism), not having to turn down the video to avoid headaches is such a nice thing. thank you again!! :D

Wow this video is SO GOOD keep it up

This video was surprisingly very well made! Never heard of you but yeah the thumbnail did make me click , and now you've earned another sub!

very good and well made video, hope your channel continues to grow!

its honestly really refreshing to see that someone out there actually has an honest and upfront opinion on others. so many people in the gd community and in youtube as a whole have such a surface level opinion on everything they say that it feels like nothing they say has any thought put into it. this was a genuinely well made video no matter how many views it gets, or how people react to it forgot to mention, i literally once commented on one of cobs videos explaining how god awfully basic and cookie cutter all of his videos were, and his entire response was about my profile picture. i have no hope for youtube

pretty underrated video ngl, i learn few stuffs from this video and i think thats neat. Amazing video 👍

It would have been funny if you included the ultra extreme demon main level trend from forever ago. Amazing video anyways lol. Get this guy past cobalt

I did click on it because it was a TroyPM video, 2k is almost there!

This is the first video I see from you and I’m happy it’s this one. You should gain more subscribers than people who make trash thumbnails :/

I loved watching this video, and i like how you analysed the subject, the rant/shitty thumbnail part felt a bit like someone was screaming at me but it's just a nitpick, great video ! Also what is the music that starts at 16:25?

W vid man, 10/10 very entertaining

So glad I found your channel, youre funny af

I remember clicking on this video, thinking it would be interesting and SHOCKED by the 312 views. You need more attention!

why do you only have 9k subs your videos are so good and professional yet silly at the same time.

Troy, there's an extension called CustomTube where you can customize youtube to be whatever you want, even change the layout to older ones, and also remove those stupid rounded thumbnails :D

to be 100% honest, i clicked on this video because i saw another one you made that i enjoyed, so i started watching your newest videos in order and this was the next in the list, i would have clicked on it reguardless of what it said or the thumbnail

The thumbnail, title, time and date all made me click on this. Gonna sub and hope more of your vids come up on my recommended! Bro that Vsauce caught me off guard🪑🪑

watching this after the failure of my most recent thumbnail is pain :V nice vid tho (oh also I literally only used a twitter thumbnail once)

16:00 all my frustration with youtube in these few seconds.

thx for the info! gonna try making a video now lmao

you deserve far more attention then you get keep kicking ass

This video is sooo good wtf

I clicked on it because I was bored and Troy PM is a good channel. This is one of the few vedios of yours I have not seen.

Zoink thumbnails are S++

You shouldve talked about the edited screenshots thumbnails (idk how to make this not sound like advertisement, but something like my latest thumbnail)

Underrated as FUCK videos, holy shit.

1:54 holy i made that thumbnail (the one on the right)

This guy is very underrated

thats some quality content ngl

On my planet circles completion, the RU-vid auto thumbnail is at the part that says “you have escaped” but it cut off the word escaped, so it just says “you have E” in my planet circles thumbnail

Btw I think you forgot to compare old thumbnails vs new thumbails lol. Loved the video though!

It was the fact that youtube thinks it was next on the video player (I literally just clicked next and this appears).

The corners are so small it's not really an issue for me. The video length indicator can be a bit of a problem for longer videos but I doubt you'd make a 1*10^7 hour long video so it's not an issue either.

"what made you click on this video" idk it was related to gd i was reading the title

The title is arguably more important than the thumbnail for some people

Hey, you should cover ms paint thumbnails i think that would be pretty cool and epic and cool and did i mention it would be cool. I'm totally not biased towards ms paint thumbnails i just think you should cover it my man mi hombre TroyPM, I have zero experience with the sort. Cool vid tho

Lmao npestas "playing silent levels loudly" thumbnail is amazing.

plz more i agree

Cool video

Cool

Interesting video, I haven't seen anybody talk in-depth about GD video thumbnails... and yes, I also hate those twitter thumbnails, they make no sense. By the way, what's the level at 16:32? It looks very cool

great vid

Rare moment where I clicked because of the youtuber lol

how has it already been 3 months since this video was uploaded

Ngl I don't try with my thumbnails but at least I don't use inspect element and instead take a random image from google that I think is kinda funny

i just clicked it because i am watching all of your videos chronologically

not even kidding i think this might be one of the best gd related videos of this year

👍👍

best gd thumbnail

Bro fr pulled all the biggest gd youtubers into one video like its nothing

banger video and also extremely based wrong enemy representation

THANK YOU!!! I HATE twitter thumbnails, and i see it way too often

whats the level at 7:24? btw great video 👍

this is my favorite vsauce video

16:03 LMFAO, that's how you know he puts no effort into those videos, he just dies in the bg footage and doesn't even care to rerecord it

I actually did just click on this video because you made it lmao

it was perfect

😳

HOW DID YOU GET THE VIEWS TO BE THE EXACT SAME HHAT ITS AT RN

I found this video to see if you had uploaded recently

you are the cybershell of the gd community

15:40 i feel this HARD, of course the videos i make arent top tier, the thumbnails aren't great and usually its just stream highlights, but damn i feel like i should have more than like 42 subs, considering i wil spend 2-3 days on a video average. I Dont deserve anything but you get my point its pretty frustrating.

12k views 3 months ago

sub since 2k, hopes that gets higher ❤

I actually clicked on this because it was a troypm video lol

Thanks god someone else also hates the twitter thumbnails

Auto thumbnails is the best!

I think I was the only one who click the video because you're TroyPM :P

moon men isnt copyrighted

This person is so underrated that it makes me dissapointed

i clicked on this video cuz it was next in my recommended

I never liked those Twitter thumbnails either but they did get the job done. That being said, I still wouldn’t use them.

Troypm upload

What made me click on this video is that the thumbnail looks like a number video

i clicked cuz troyPM

Great! Time to not afford a half decent video editor and image editor!

Ayo I’m in the tilted thumbnail club

Its very easy to forget that this guy only has 2k subs

WHY ARE THERE LIKE 6 BIG RU-vidRS IN THE COMMENTS-

im glad to see someone else hates twitter thumbnails as much as i do lol

i have a video with a thumbnail of thumb toes. THUMB TOES TOES OF THUMB

bruh i thought you had 200k subs not 2k wtf

0:21 offensive memes be like

as to the first question no it autoplayed

0:00 I misclicked

hi

Thoughts on mine 😼

idk