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YouTube thumbnail copy — 3 concepts
Three thumbnail-text concepts using different psychological hooks (curiosity gap, before-after, big-number). Includes the visual direction, why each wins, and what to A/B test it against.
rach_maeve8 May 2026
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Updates live as you typeGenerate 3 thumbnail-text concepts for this YouTube video.
Video title: {{title}}
The viewer + their pain or curiosity: {{viewer_pain}}
What I want them to feel in 0.4 seconds: {{emotion}}
Style of channel thumbnails (face-cam? object hero? text-led?): {{style}}
Brand colour and an accent colour: {{colours}}
Anything I should NOT show: {{do_not}}
Return 3 thumbnail concepts. Each one:
1. CONCEPT NAME (e.g. "Big Number", "Before/After", "Faceshock + 3 words").
2. THE TEXT — max 4 words, all caps OR title case (state which), positioned (left/right/centre).
3. WHAT'S IN THE IMAGE — 1 sentence describing the visual + facial expression if face-cam.
4. WHY THIS WINS — 1 line on the psychological hook (curiosity gap / contrast / specificity).
5. WHAT TO TEST IT AGAINST — what existing top-performing thumbnails this might beat or lose to.
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