Get YouTube thumbnail from URL

• November 05, 2025 at 17:46 IST
• hack
• tech

I discovered a quick way to grab a YouTube video's thumbnail. You just have to replace VIDEO_ID in the below URL with the YouTube video's ID, open the URL in your browser, and you'll get the video's thumbnail in the browser.

https://img.youtube.com/vi/VIDEO_ID/maxresdefault.jpg

I tested it on multiple videos and it does seem to be working correctly, so far.

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