Note: I am using Firefox as my browser, so the instructions here are specific to Firefox, but this works in Chrome and Internet Explorer as well. For this example, I am using the following video: Step 1: Open the youtube video in your browser. Method 2: (This method is not working as of now) If the video does not have a max resolution image, you will get a 404 error for the maxresdefault.jpg URL. Also note that not all videos will have max resolution images, but all will have standard definition images. Note that hqdefault.jpg will give you the standard definition image and maxresdefault.jpg will give max resolution image. You can then download the thumbnail by right clicking and saving the image to your computer. Step 3: Open these URLs in your browser to see the thumbnail image.

Step 2: Paste the ID where it says ID in the following URLs: ID/hqdefault.jpg Step 1: Copy the 11 character alphanumerical ID of the youtube video (that you wish to view the thumbnail for).įor example, the ID of the following video is: 8hYlB38asDY 8hYlB38asDY If the above method does not work, you can use this instead: Here are the steps to view thumbnail of any YouTube video: Method 1: Viewing the thumbnail by using the video ID You can easily view (and download) the thumbnail of any YouTube video in high or default resolution by searching for the OG image tag in the HTML source page of the video.īefore we get into the article, if you are into Video creation, be sure to check out Vidnami, and which are our favorite video creation tools.

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