Articles tagged "Shorts"

How to change a YouTube Shorts thumbnail (desktop + mobile)

Yes, you can set a custom thumbnail on a YouTube Short. Here's how on Studio and mobile, what size to use, and how to fix a cropped or wrong-ratio cover.

Shorts pull people in. Long-form makes them stay.

If you're stuck at a subscriber plateau, the fix is almost always the same thing: pair consistent short-form with long-form that makes people feel something. Here's how the two formats actually work together.

YouTube Shorts thumbnail size: 1080 × 1920, and how to actually set one

Shorts get custom thumbnails now. The right size is 1080 × 1920 (9:16), not the 16:9 you use for long-form. Here's why that matters and how to add one.