How important are thumbnails?

I think they are important to do I it needs to be eye catching to make someone watch your video.
 
Thumbnails are very important. If your fans find your thumbnail intriguing than they are more likely to click on it. Which will increase your views and audience. Thumbnails also help describe what your channel is about. The different aspects of thumbnails can really display what you're trying to display to your audience; anything from fonts to background pictures really make a big difference.
 
Definitely important. From a viewer's perspective I look for consistency. I like knowing who made a video before I even watch it.
 
Like people have said, it's very important, arguably even more than your actual content. I know Youtubers who even with 50,000+ subs already and 300+ videos, changed all their thumbnails and saw a massive boost. But another thing I'll add is to compare your thumbnails specifically to your Niche and competition. Create thumbnails that stick out compared to theirs. For me one of my competitions are motivation videos and they mostly have dark themed pictures of celebrities or athletes. My thumbnails are brighter and have whiteboard animation style and sticks out from theirs. Good thumbnails have made a big difference for me.

I also have asked friends who don't know my channel yet to search something on Youtube, and without knowing which channel is mine, get them to tell me which one's they'd consider clicking first.
 
Definitely starting out you should use appealing thumbnails to catch the audience's attention. But once you're established, thumbnails won't be as important because people already know that your videos are good.
 
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