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How to get YouTube thumbnail fast?

You can get a YouTube thumbnail quickly by following these steps:

Method I

  1. Find the YouTube video you want the thumbnail from.
  2. Look at the URL of the video and replace "watch?v=" with "v/".
  3. Add "maxresdefault.jpg" to the end of the URL.
  4. Open the URL in your browser to view the full-size thumbnail.
  5. Right-click on the thumbnail and select "Save Image As" to download it.

Example:

For a YouTube video with the URL "youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", the URL for the full-size thumbnail would be "i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg".

Methods II

There are several websites that allow you to download YouTube thumbnails, some of them are:

YoutubeThumbnailDownloaderOnline - https://www.youtubethumbnaildownloaderonline.com

YouTube thumbnail downloader online hd

Note: It is important to respect copyright laws and the terms of service of YouTube and the websites you use to download thumbnails.

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