This YouTuber ROASTED my channel 

SmallAnt was such a good judge he really captures the thought process of an average RU-vid viewer.

this was really fun to watch, MORE!!

SmallAnt: It has to be realistic, so people believe you actually went to space. *picks Atrioc dangling off a rocket*

Charlie definitely came up with 5 scary videos that make you whimper and pee

"That's a bad title, I'm not gonna click that" *Seconds Later* "It is kind of a good title"

atrioc not winning the dream thumbnail is daylight robbery.

I would like more of these "RU-vid thumbnail" like challenges it's really good to learn from for content creators plus it's entertaining

“Why did you click on THIS video? Was it the title, the thumbnail?” Ludwig I’ve been subscribed since September 2020 and clicked on every single video you’ve uploaded for the past year. You’re just my favourite content creator right now 🤷‍♂️

This was surprisingly fun and interesting, I would like to watch more “thumbnail challenge” videos

I have to say Ludwig’s thumbnails were pretty great. The bug and Japan one was crazy good

I just love the interactions between these three, they never fail to make me laugh

For the “where have I been the last 6 years” the first thing I thought of was a person looking puzzled and in text around them “married? Kids? Rich? Moved? California? Dead? Pets?” Etc, just a generic but over exaggerated thumbnail with a bunch of absurd short questions

1:53 "I just need your sweet juicy thick arm" I mean... His name is, indeed, Neil *Armstrong*

unironically I would love to see Stanz watching slasher movies and then make a tier list. I feel like it would do numbers specially if he rated then based on how he likes them which would create insane arguments

This stream was so insightful along with the video. Would love to see more thumbnail challenges.

Sorry Lud but the title and thumbnail on this vid aint it.

The Best Move of Ludwig after the "Online Lore" Channel.

Never really watched many of your videos, before you moved to RU-vid. But I have to say, you consistently create great content and now I click on pretty much everything you make.

I imagine a nasa guy waving his fist in the background as a scared Ludwig is lifting off as the rocket starts to jet off

We already know, he gets his editor to put girls that show up in the stream in the thumbnail, even if it’s for a brief second.

gotta admit ludwig has the nicest looking room in the background there just seems so chill.

Honestly,I saw small ant's face on the thumbnail and I didnt even think twice about the title

Being in chat while he tried to come up with a title and thumbnail for this video was hilarious. It actually all looks pretty good :)

I prefer the editing Quack does on Big A's solo videos but Lud's editors have gotten the multi-stream multichannel collab videos editing down pat. Legit always interesting and smooth to watch and they have to watch so many long streams to do it. Props.

Ludwig is clearly the best at making thumbnails. He openingly uses SmallAnt for the clickbait.

Could somebody enlighten me on why SmallAnt's considered a "Thumbnail God". Genuine question. Like, I looked at his thumbnails and they honestly seem pretty run of the mill, nothing I'd click on, but I feels that's less to do with thumbnail ability, more to do with what I watch.

This stream was so fun to catch and so many good jokes passed around with each thumbnail that didn't make it into the video as we all screamed in chat about how lud had too many elbows for a good 10 minutes

Adding subtitles only at the intro to capture more attention in the preview window is absolutely GOATed. Well done shake!

I saw the stream last night and I just want to say that Lud, (if ur reading this), that ur AI idea is actually really good! Tom Scott (who I believe u actually took inspiration from in ur dislikes count vid) has similar video titles that did really well. I’ve seen his vids about, I let an AI generate RU-vid video ideas, in the recommended so many times and it seems genuinely appealing to general audiences. U prob won’t see this anyways, but just wanted to say that ur idea was decent. Even if chat doesn’t have the brain cells to recognize it.

Not only was I there during the stream and got to see their thumbnail Making process, I went to each channel and saw how they structured it into a video. It gives me a nice inside look at the work and creativeness that goes into being an online creator.

Stanz got slaughtered in this one.

Memories from Alpharad’s Clickbait series are coming back.

Online Lore is a great concept, please don’t let it die!!

You roped me in, in the beginning off of the titles; and now it's because I enjoy your content

"why did you click on this video" wasnt paying attention and autoplay kicked in

The fact that Ludwig had watched over half of the video on NFTs

Lud's not only my favorite youtuber but also my bestfriend.

We spent so long trying to get a thumbnail for this video I’m glad you finally decided lug

I use a chrome extension that actually hides thumbnails on youtube and just shows a frame from the video instead, I don't know how much this impacts my video decisions though. I was just annoyed with thumbnails often being too unrelated to actual content.

Is there a vod to this so I can see the exact processes they used to make these

Luds hair got mad jiggle physics 🥴

The plan is simple boys, be first.

Someone should have used the space thumbnail for the six years thumbnail too

“Why did YOU click on this video” *stares in autoplay*

Ludwig was Always _Ludwin_ when Talked about His Thumbnails and Content.

You should do more thumbnail contests! Really fun and interesting to watch

"Why did you just click on this video?" *I saw smallant*

me, alt tabbed, youtube on auto play. Ludwig: "why did you just click on this video"

6:20 imagine you clicked on his stream and see this with no context.

For the bug eating thumbnail, it's more clickbait when you don't actually show what you're alluding to in it. Just a black silhouette and a buncha yellow arrows in the middle.

the five scary videos title is definitely moist critical's idea

I think your Japan thumbnail was almost great. The background either needed to look more realistic, so that it could be mistaken for a real photo, or your silhouette had to be more visible. Maybe some stroke around you, just so that you pop out first.

I found this video to be particularly well edited! Great job!

LUD always provides good content. Also, I don't even know who Smallant is, but he sounds cool

Make this a series pleeeeaaaase

hope y’all do a round 2

To answer your question Mr agren, the reason I clicked this video is because I'm the kind of gigachad that watches all three of you guys' videos after having already seen it live because I like seeing the differences in edits between the different channels everyone's got their own little additions and details it's kinda fun

I watch your videos because I like your content. I don't really look at the title or thumbnail. I just look in my notifications for videos from you and other creators I subscribed to and watch them. I think I normally watch your videos all the way through as well

I was in stream when ludwig was brainstorming the title for the vid, "Putting the word how immediately tanks your viewership" lmao

spookily, one of the factors i considered when clicking this video was SmallAnt in the thumbnail

i clicked on this video cause i know that when you do videos with this kind of title it means you actually do your research and the results and content inside this will actually be something interesting, like the video where you started a whole channel to see what makes a youtube channel popular

the " 5 scary videos that'll make you whimper and piss like a baby " is definitely charlie's title

"That's a bad title I'm not gonna click that" "It is kind of a good title."

Ludwig says "God astronauts are so hot" RU-vid : cuts to Durex add

At least I can now watch great Ludwig videos with SmallAnt since Smant is too sleepy to make videos himself at the moment

I clicked on the video because I came for knowledgeable entertainment and you boys delivered! :)

This was such a good video You really should make this a series

still disappointed we didn't get "where did all the horses go"

I REALLY enjoy Smant's content, but just looking at his most recent thumbnails... They're not that great.

As your best friend Lud all of your videos are viral in my eyes 👍

in the intro the first thing I thought ( because I have 112 hrs in getting over it) is oh wow that's getting over it music!

Ludwig: Why did you click on this video? Me: Um… I have autoplay on?

As your best friend Lud I’ll say all your videos are viral videos 👍

I clicked because of the notification, and i liked your content :D

I remember watching smallant when he still had a 1 in his name back at 200k youtube subs, i've really enjoyed watching the evolution of recent youtube

Small ant puts so much effort into thumbnails like he’s put a mod into his switch before just for a thumbnail

pog

i clicked on this video because it’s was your channel name with small ant in the thumbnail. love seeing smallant collab with anyone

that last title could not be so much more charlie's whatsoever holy fuck lmfao. the second i heard that i just died laughing "typical fuckin charlie"

I like how you can tell immediately which title Charlie came up with

(At the end) What if Ludwig had a confused expression and had a few in chat go "BEHIND YOU" "RUN" etc? I think that would have been good too

As soon as I heard "5 scary videos..." I knew Charlie had put that in

i would typically have an answer like "it's another lud vid i hadn't seen yet and i'm lowkey bingeing rn" but *honestly* i genuinely just thought it was a smallant video. i didn't even think.

2:47 those images are killer

it's so incredibly obvious which titles charlie came up with, it's hilarious

Is that intro music the forsaken music used in getting over it with bennett foddy?

I love how easy it was to figure out which video title was Charlie's suggestion

To answer the question at the start, I clicked because I saw SmallAnt in the thumbnail and saw it was a Ludwig video. I like it when content creators I am a fan of do collabs

the god of thumbnails is Stimpee

I would be really happy if there is a part 2 of this video

It was definitely the title I didn't even know this was a Ludwig Video

Lud needs to learn how to use the magnetic lasso tool

Lud’a bug one should have had a jungle in the background instead of a desert

Actually, I was just mindlessly scrolling through RU-vid, thinking about something else, without even realizing I had clicked on a video

The "5 scary videos that will make you whimper and pee like a baby" is definitely made by Charlie

Forcing small ant to judge instead of helping him fix his computer, great friends I see

This video was so entertaining. SmallAnt is such a good judge

Literally hurting my growth rn I'm trying do this shiz and this man's exposes it damn

•the perfect clickbait photo for the "I tricked NASA" clickbait would be a SpaceX Dragon capsule rather than a retired Space Shuttle •... it'd get the SpaceX followers to click and look halfway believable.

I think it’s really funny how small they thought the space shuttle was lmao