Paste any YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X or Vimeo link and we'll pull the thumbnail the platform already generated — in every size it's available in.
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No video to wait on, no software to install. Works on any device in any browser.
Open the video, Short, Reel or post you want and copy its URL from the address bar or the Share button.
Works with public links from any of the 7 supported platforms
Drop the link into the box and press Get thumbnail. The platform is detected automatically — no format to choose.
Most lookups return a result in under a second
Every available resolution shows up as a card. Click download on the one that fits your use case.
YouTube usually offers up to five different sizes
A focused tool that does one thing well — fast, private, and genuinely free.
No encoding to wait on — we fetch the image the platform already generated, ready in under a second.
From a small preview to full HD, we list every resolution the platform actually publishes for that post.
Pulled straight from the platform’s CDN — never a re-compressed screenshot of the video frame.
Phone, tablet or desktop, any browser — paste a link and the image saves straight to your device.
We don’t keep a copy of your links or the images you download. Every request is processed, then forgotten.
No account, no watermark, no daily cap. Grab as many thumbnails as your project needs.
We never generate a new image from the video — only the file the platform already published.
| Platform | Source | Typical max size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | Official thumbnail CDN | Up to 1280×720 | Always available, multiple sizes |
| TikTok | oEmbed cover image | Up to 720×1280 | Cover frame chosen by the creator |
| Vimeo | oEmbed thumbnail | Up to 1280×720 | Always available |
| Dailymotion | oEmbed thumbnail | Up to 1280×720 | Always available |
| Open Graph preview | Varies by post | Public posts only | |
| Open Graph preview | Varies by post | Public videos only | |
| X / Twitter | Open Graph preview | Varies by post | Public posts only |
Full video, HD, MP4 & MP3
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Everything you need to know about grabbing video thumbnails for free.
No. We only fetch the thumbnail image the platform already generated for the video or post. Your device never downloads the video file itself, so it works in a fraction of a second.
Where the platform publishes one, yes. YouTube usually offers a 1280×720 max-resolution thumbnail; other platforms return whatever size they generated for that specific post.
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter), Vimeo and Dailymotion. Paste any public video or post link from these and the platform is detected automatically.
No. We can only read thumbnails the platform makes publicly available, so private, restricted or deleted content will not return a result.
Most thumbnails download as JPG. Some platforms serve PNG or WebP instead, and we pass those through unchanged rather than force-converting them.
Yes, completely free. No account, no watermark, and no limit on how many thumbnails you download.
The thumbnail belongs to the original creator or platform, the same as the video itself. Check the platform’s terms before reusing it outside personal or fair-use purposes.
Facebook, Instagram and X occasionally block automated requests or require a login to view a post. If a link fails, try again shortly or confirm the post is public.
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