Step by step instructions to download youtube thumbnail picture in standard size
Published: 2022-05-02 08:18:28

View and download youtube thumbnail image full size HD quality 1280x720: Youtube needs no introduction. You all know about Youtube. It is the world's leading video sharing platform where people can upload videos free of cost. People make their own channel on youtube and upload videos, get views, get many subscribers and also earn good amount of money from it. There are many people who opened a channel on Youtube, got many subscribers and made a career on Youtube. But here I am not going to talk about that. In this article, I will explain to you how you can view and download youtube thumbnail image full size of any youtube video available on youtube. You will get the answers of questions like "how to view youtube thumbnail image in full size (1280x720)", "how to download youtube thumbnail image in full size (1280x720) by following some very simple steps. So let's start!

What is a youtube thumbnail image?

Before telling you the steps to view and download Youtube thumbnail image full size, let me tell you briefly about what is a youtube thumbnail image.

Youtube thumbnail image is the image which you see as a cover on any youtube video. Whenever you open youtube, you will see many video recommendations. So the image which you see on any video before opening it is the youtube thumbnail image of the video. It looks very small in size but you can download it in bigger resolution like 1280x720.

Now let's see how to do it.

View and download youtube thumbnail image full size HD 1280x720

There are 2 ways to view and download Youtube thumbnail image in full-size or in HD 1280x720 resolution. One way is with tools or websites available on the internet and the other way is without using any third party websites.  Let's first discuss the manual method to view and download Youtube thumbnail image full size.

There are various different sizes of Youtube thumbnail images which you can view and download. And for obtaining different sizes, you will have to enter a specific URL for obtaining a specific size.

Here are the different URL structures for different Youtube thumbnail size.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/videoidhere/mqdefault.jpg for 320x180 size
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/videoidhere/hqdefault.jpg for 480x360 size
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/videoidhere/sddefault.jpg for 640x480
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/videoidhere/maxresdefault.jpg for 1280x720

The last one is the one that will provide you with the high-quality HD youtube thumbnail image. Here is how you will view and download Youtube thumbnail image full size using the above-mentioned URL's.

Open youtube and copy the URL of the video whose thumbnail you want to see or download.

From the URL, you need to copy the video ID of that video which looks something like this.

![youtube video thumbnail downloader](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/0q9vxp1kit6scf2tnqq9.jpg)

Now replace the "videoidhere" with the video ID you copied in the above step like this.https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9QJl-MfRqLk/maxresdefault.jpg
Now copy this new URL and paste it in the browser and hit enter.
You are done!

So, in order to view the thumbnail image in HD quality, just follow the above steps with the URL format mentioned for 1280x720 resolution image. If you want other low-resolution images, then use the URL format for lower resolution images.

Now for downloading the image

Right click on the image and click "save image as"
Choose a destination to save the image and click "save".

This was the manual method to view and download Youtube thumbnail image full size. But there is another method to obtain youtube thumbnail image which is easier than the above-mentioned method. That is by with the help of some websites which will give you the thumbnail image in just 2-3 clicks. Here are some of the good websites.

Sites to download high-quality Youtube thumbnail images

If you search "youtube thumbnail download" or "Youtube thumbnail grabber" in Google, then you will find many sites which you can use to download high-quality Youtube thumbnail image. But here I will list you some good websites which provide HD Youtube thumbnail.

Here are some best downloader tool on google: [view](https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+thumbnail+downloader&sxsrf=ALiCzsYQGSuqAiLO8jzRkjc-l6V15u-W9w%3A1651479618677&ei=QpRvYqn1KNKO9u8P1dWZgAM&oq=youtube&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMYADIECCMQJzIECCMQJzIECCMQJzITCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QMQ1AIQQzIFCAAQkQIyBwgAELEDEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBQgAEJECMgoIABCxAxCDARBDOhQILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARDRAxDUAjoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6DgguEIAEELEDEMcBENEDOgsILhCABBCxAxDUAjoKCC4QsQMQ1AIQQ0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWMYHYPMZaABwAHgAgAHtAYgBmAySAQMyLTeYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz)

In order to view and download thumbnail, just copy the video URL whose thumbnail you want to view or download and paste it in the field provided in these sites. You will get the thumbnail image of the video in various size. For example, here I use the 1st mentioned site to do this.


![Youtube Thumbnail Grabber](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/sjakz7s9oorysv7juokl.jpg)

It is one of the best website you can use to view and download youtube thumbnail image full size. If some of these sites don't work then you can always find several other Youtube thumbnail grabber sites. Just search "Youtube thumbnail downloader" or "youtube thumbnail grabber" or any such phrase. You will get many websites to view and download Youtube thumbnails.

I hope you are now able to view and download Youtube thumbnail full size. If you got help from this article then please share it with your friends or family. It motivates me to write such informative articles. If you have any question or suggestion then comment down below. I will try to answer