PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer

Preview your video thumbnail and title on YouTube home page or subscription feed.
What is PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer?
PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer is a utility tool innovatively designed for YouTubers, providing users the ability to preview their thumbnails and titles amidst other videos on the YouTube platform. Providing options such as randomized thumbnail placement and dark mode, it's an open-source extension that requires no login or credential submissions. Users can also benefit from the 'remember last submission' feature. Developed by Benjamin Code and designed by BastiUI, it aims to aid creators to optimize their thumbnails effectively.

Extension stats

Users: 4,000+
Rating: 4.88 (41)
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2022-11-15)
Creation date: 2021-04-09
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 66.44K

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Extension summary

YouTubers want to preview their new upcomming video on amongst the other one on the YouTube Homepage to see if their thumbnail is good or bad. They often screenshot the homepage, go in Photoshop and make the job themself. This extension just requires you to upload your thumbnail and type the title of your video and you're done! You also have pretty interesting options such as:

  • Placing your thumbnail randomly on the homepage so you have to try to find it yourself and see if it's efficient or not.
  • Dark mode
  • Does not requires you to login and give your credential
  • Remembering your last submission

This is an open source extension so you can go on the repository of the extension and contribute or ask for new features. This extension has been created and developed by YouTuber Benjamin Code during a live stream on Twitch. The design has been realised by BastiUI during a live stream on Twitch. Lot of differents contributors developed good features for the project. It's an open source project that we hope will help a lot of creators.

User reviews

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Pros
  • Super practical and intuitive
  • Open-source and available in French
  • Saves time for creators
  • Helps with thumbnail conformity on homepage
  • Great community support and development
Cons
  • Channel logo not showing in previews
  • Issues with launching the extension
Most mentioned
  • Practicality of the extension
  • Appreciation for the development team (especially Benjamin Code)
  • Time-saving features for thumbnail work
Recent reviews
I love the tool but my channel logo is not showing up on the preview, it just shows the one for the original video. How can i fix this? or is it a problem with the tool?
by KingKaleen, 2024-08-27

l'outil le plus pratique, rien de plus à dire.

by majed, 2024-03-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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