YouTube thumbnails are one of the most important things to have on your YouTube channel. The images are the small preview images used to represent videos.
Good YouTube thumbnails grab attention and people are more likely to click and watch a video. It gives you a professional look and brings value to your brand.
For any sports channel, it is important to have match highlights. It is something that you can create weekly and your fans, players, and coaches love to see it.
When uploading your match highlights it is important to create an awesome YouTube Thumbnail.
To get an idea of what YouTube thumbnails for your match highlights can look like, we researched the Top 50 Sports Clubs and Leagues in the world.
In this article you will have a chance to see how they did it.
After going through this list you will get a sense of how you can create the perfect YouTube thumbnail for your sports club.
FC AJAX Thumbnail
ARGENTINA SAF LEAGUE Thumbnail
FC ARSENAL Thumbnail
Australia A League Thumbnail
Blackburn Thumbnail
AFC Bournemouth Thumbnail
Brighton Thumbnail
Bristol Thumbnail
Cardiff Thumbnail
Chelsea Thumbnail
Crystal Palace Thumbnail
FA Cup Thumbnail
Feyenoord Thumbnail
Bundesliga Thumbnail
Huddersfield Thumbnail
Hull City Thumbnail
La Liga Thumbnail
Los Angeles Thumbnail
Leeds United Thumbnail
Leon Thumbnail
France Ligue 1 Thumbnail
Mexico League Thumbnail
Liverpool Thumbnail
Manchester United Thumbnail
Manchester City Thumbnail
MLS Thumbnail
Newcastle Thumbnail
Norwich Thumbnail
Nottingham Forest Thumbnail
Poland League Thumbnail
Portugal League Thumbnail
Preston Thumbnail
PSV Thumbnail
QPR Thumbnail
Reading City Thumbnail
Real Madrid Thumbnail
Russia Premier League Thumbnail
Scotland Thumbnail
Serie A Thumbnail
Tottenham Thumbnail
Swansea Thumbnail
VVV Venlo Thumbnail
Watford Thumbnail
West Ham Thumbnail
Willeim II Thumbnail
Wolves Thumbnail
World Cup Thumbnail
After going through this list of YouTube Thumbnails you can see what makes a YouTube thumbnail for match highlights great. It consists of:
Background
This background is made out of the club's patterns and colors.
Action Image
During a match they take a photo and the most interesting one is part of the YouTube thumbnail
Logos of Clubs
This is self evident. They take the club's logos and put them on the thumbnail.
Results
They put the results on their YouTube thumbnail so people can know what they can expect to see in the video.
Sponsor
You noticed that on some thumbnails some clubs put their logos of sponsors. This is a great way to boost your relationship with your sponsors
League Logo
On some thumbnails you can notice that they also put League logo that they are currently playing.
Creating an awesome YouTube thumbnail is incredibly important for your YouTube channel.
These things are not hard to make.
Once you make them you can use the same design over and over again. It is a one time job.
Hope you enjoyed this research.
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