Kevin Muldoon
Loving YTtalk
A few months ago I got into the habit of adding the full title of my video in text to my video thumbnails.
Sometimes this looks good. Sometimes, it does not. It really depends on the amount of text being used and, perhaps more importantly, whether the text clashes with the image being used in the background.
I watched a video from @Tim Schmoyer today in which he recommended using text in videos. I'm a big fan of his and enjoy his views on how to improve as a YouTuber. Tim suggested that videos with text get better click throughs.
However, today I started looking at this objectively and started looking at thumbnails from dozens of channels. I didn't see anything to suggest that top results in searches have text.
I'm mostly focusing on technology topics so I checked lots of tech channels and noticed that:
What's your view on text in video thumbnails?
Do you use text in your video thumbnails? If so, do you believe it makes people more likely to click?
Sometimes this looks good. Sometimes, it does not. It really depends on the amount of text being used and, perhaps more importantly, whether the text clashes with the image being used in the background.
I watched a video from @Tim Schmoyer today in which he recommended using text in videos. I'm a big fan of his and enjoy his views on how to improve as a YouTuber. Tim suggested that videos with text get better click throughs.
However, today I started looking at this objectively and started looking at thumbnails from dozens of channels. I didn't see anything to suggest that top results in searches have text.
I'm mostly focusing on technology topics so I checked lots of tech channels and noticed that:
- A lot of of the most popular YouTubers do not use text at all - all they use is a good image
- Some YouTubers use text but keep it to a minimal i.e. only use one or two words
- A few others use a lot of text
What's your view on text in video thumbnails?
Do you use text in your video thumbnails? If so, do you believe it makes people more likely to click?