5.0 out of 5
I run a YouTube channel and use this to study competitor thumbnails for design inspiration. One click gets me the full-res image without messing with URL parameters.
Alicia Roman
2025-02-12
YouTube has no thumbnail download button, and right-clicking only gets a tiny preview image. The workaround is m...
YouTube has no thumbnail download button, and right-clicking only gets a tiny preview image. The workaround is manually constructing a URL with the video ID and hoping the max resolution version exists. Thumbnail Downloader shows every available size for any video thumbnail, from the small preview up to the full 1280x720 image, and lets you grab the one you want with one click. It works on YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion, and you can batch download thumbnails from entire playlists or channel pages. Every file saves with the video title in the filename for easy identification.
The extension lists all available sizes for each YouTube video, typically including default (120x90), medium (320x180), high (480x360), standard (640x480), and maxresdefault (1280x720). Not all videos have every size available.
Yes. Navigate to a channel's video listing page or a playlist and the extension will detect all visible video thumbnails. You can select specific ones or batch download all of them.
Yes. It supports Vimeo, Dailymotion, and other video platforms that serve thumbnail images. The extension detects video preview images from the page and lists available resolutions.
Each thumbnail is saved with the video title as the filename, so you can easily identify which image belongs to which video without opening every file.
No. All thumbnail detection and downloading happens locally in your browser. No video URLs, channel data, or usage information is sent anywhere.
5.0 out of 5
I run a YouTube channel and use this to study competitor thumbnails for design inspiration. One click gets me the full-res image without messing with URL parameters.
Alicia Roman
2025-02-12
4.9 out of 5
Our content team needs video thumbnails for blog posts and social media. Batch downloading from playlist pages saves us from right-clicking and saving tiny preview images one at a time.
Jordan McCullough
2025-03-03
4.8 out of 5
I use thumbnails for video editing mood boards. The filename includes the video title so I can actually find the right image later. Small detail but it matters.
Naomi Bergstrom
2025-01-28