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YouTube Thumbnail SizeResizer

Make a 1280 × 720 px YouTube thumbnail under the 2 MB limit, framed the way you want.

  • Files stay on your device
  • No sign-up
  • Free, no watermark

About this tool

YouTube Thumbnail Size Resizer

YouTube thumbnails should be 1280 × 720 px (16:9) and no larger than 2 MB. Bigger files are rejected, and other shapes get black bars or are cropped.

Upload any photo and it's cropped to 1280 × 720 px. Move the slider to choose which part stays in the frame, or add a border to keep the whole picture, then download a sharp JPG ready to upload to YouTube.

The video length is shown in the bottom right corner of the thumbnail, so don't put important text there.

  • Thumbnail: 1280 × 720 px

    Cropped to the exact shape, as a JPG under 1.9 MB.

  • Choose the framing

    Fill the frame and pick what's in view, or keep the whole photo with a border.

  • Private

    Your photo is resized on your device and never uploaded.

Step by step

How to resize a photo for a YouTube thumbnail

  1. 1

    Upload your photo

    Choose a picture from your phone or computer, drag it in, or paste it.

  2. 2

    Adjust the framing

    Move the position slider so the important part is in view, or add a border to keep everything.

  3. 3

    Download and upload

    Save the JPG and upload it to YouTube.

FAQ

YouTube Thumbnail Size FAQ

Can't find your answer? Contact us.

Yes, 1920 × 1080 has the same 16:9 shape, but YouTube shows thumbnails at up to 1280 × 720 and large files often go over the 2 MB limit. This page makes a 1280 × 720 JPG under 2 MB, which looks the same.

1280 × 720 px (16:9), at least 640 px wide, as a JPG, PNG or GIF of up to 2 MB.

Usually because the file is over 2 MB. This page saves it as a JPG under 2 MB at the right size.

1280 × 720 pixels (width × height), a 16:9 ratio. Phones and computers measure pictures in pixels, not inches or cm, so the pixel size is what matters.

Yes. It's saved as an HD, high-quality JPG at exactly the size YouTube shows, so YouTube has less reason to compress it again and it stays sharp.

No. The photo is cropped and resized in your browser, on your own phone or computer. It is never sent to our servers.

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