AI thumbnail concepts

Not sure what your thumbnail
should look like?

Type your title. Get 4 distinct concepts in seconds.

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Past generations

Video Topic

e.g. 10 habits that changed my life

Hook Text

e.g. I tried this for 30 days...

Reference Image

reference imagestyle or subject

Face Match2 credits

face matchcomposite your face

Style

clean

bold

dramatic

Generate 4 concepts — 2 credits

~15 seconds

How it works

From title to thumbnail in three steps

Paste your video title

Add your title, hook text, and optionally a reference photo or face to include.

AI generates 4 concepts

Four distinct thumbnail directions, generated in seconds — ready to compare side by side.

Download, refine or add elements

Download the ones you like, refine with a follow-up prompt, or open the editor to add text, arrows and shapes.

T Add text

Save

TText

→Arrow

▭Shape

Example outputs

See what creators are making

Real concepts generated for real video titles.

$1 restaurant vs $1000 restaurant

Food · Contrast

Convincing my friend to rob a bank

Finance · Dramatic

I tried making Gordon Ramsay's hardest recipe

Food · Object

and many more...

Why Thumbcept

Numbers that speak

Creators using Thumbcept

Thumbnails generated

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Average CTR improvement

Time to first concept

3 free credits — no card required

Your next viral thumbnail is one prompt away

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Not sure what your thumbnailshould look like?