Free tool
Thumbnail Safe Zone Preview
Drop in a thumbnail and preview the duration badge, progress bar, and title overlay that YouTube paints on top of it.
1. Add your thumbnail
The image never leaves your browser — it is read locally with an object URL and is gone when you close the tab.
2. Toggle the overlays
Preview at 16:9
Upload an image above to see what the YouTube interface covers.
Safe zone
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This Is Where Your Video Title Sits On Mobile
Your Channel · 84K views · 2 days ago
Positions match YouTube's browse and watch surfaces: the duration badge sits in the bottom-right corner, the watched-progress bar runs along the very bottom edge, and on mobile the title gradient eats into the lower third. Keep faces and headline text inside the dashed safe zone.