So what's the secret to a good YouTube thumbnail? That's a question that we answer on today's

episode of the show. Then we highlight two videos from two different creators that we think are

pushing YouTube forward. We also talk about how we take care of our mental health as creators.

Also, are we running out of ads to fund the creator economy? Are there too many creators and not

enough ads? That is another question that we get to in this episode. So

welcome to creator support, the show where we answer your questions about the business of being

a creator. If you make it to the deep end, let us know. So lots to talk about on today's

creator support. We have probably more questions than we've ever had, so we're going to see how

many we can get to. And if we don't get to them, we'll push them to next, so we're going to see how many we can get to.

And if we don't get to them, we'll push them to next week, or we're trying to answer them across social.

We also have some videos that we wanted to react to Mac from ARAX team, Mac Hopkins, released a video in the last week that has kind of taken YouTube by Storm.

Another video by a creator named Colt Kerwin that we're going to react

to as well. Some really fun YouTube stuff this week. I feel like YouTube's entering a new era.

A lot of good energy. A lot of good energy on YouTube right now. So we're going to start with this.

This comes from the subreddit S underscore MCD1. How can I learn to make better thumbnails?

With most everything else in the video creation process, it just clicks with me. Nice. I can write a

full script in about an hour when I'm editing. I can just tell where the cuts should be, the effects on

screen, and so on. But when it comes to thumbnails, I absolutely blink. All the other stuff comes so naturally

and thumbnails just don't. I look through tons of thumbnails in similar genres and I cannot for the

life of me think of something original for mine and often end up closely replicating someone else's,

which feels icky. How can I learn to create thumbnails so that it clicks like the other stuff that I do?

Yeah, I mean, we have not figured this out by any means. It is something that actually a part of

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