Similar Thumbnails For Shorts

Thumbnails matter for Shorts too. Even though most viewers discover Shorts through the feed, the thumbnail is still what YouTube uses to resurface your content in search, suggested, and the Shorts shelf. A strong thumbnail can give a Short a second life long after it's published. But short-form thumbnails follow different rules. They're vertical, they need to read at a smaller size, and the visual patterns that work are often nothing like what works in long-form. Similar Thumbnails for Shorts lets you click any Short and see every visually similar thumbnail across YouTube's short-form library. Spot the styles, compositions, and visual hooks that are driving performance in short-form right now. It's also a helpful way to find shorts based around similar topics or formats, as titles tend to be less descriptive.