These 16 YouTube title formats print in any niche๐งต
1/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
How the Most {Entity/Object} (Achieved desirable outcome)
The key part is adding a descriptive, EXTREME word before the entity. This amplifies curiosity, driving clicks.
2/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
The {Descriptive word} Truth About [Product/Company]
Works best for video essays
3/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
[Entity] Has A Serious Problem
4/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
Stop {Common Action or Belief}. Do This Instead.
If you make the second part of the title more specific, even better!
Works across all kinds of niches
5/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
*NEVER* do THIS when [Action]!
The best thing is that the action doesnโt have to be very extreme or hard to execute.
The โNEVERโ part is enough to pique curiosity.
6/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
{Trusted Entity} breaks down [Trending Event]
The key part is using a trending event, like a celebrity legal case or a viral song
7/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
[#] of Things I Wish I Knew When I Started {Activity}
It appeals to a beginner audience, which is the largest audience for any activity.
And, itโs easy to execute AND works across a ton of niches.
8/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
I Made [Famous Method] Work For An Average Person (myself)
It works because it appeals to a large audience who want to use popular but difficult-to-implement strategies/methods.
9/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
This Stupid TRICK Helped Me [Achieve Goal]
The key part is choosing a goal which your audience genuinely wants to achieve. It canโt be anything random.
10/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
You are a better {profession} than AI. (Yes, you.
Everyone's into AI nowadays, so videos will automatically get a ton of views
11/ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐:
I Learned {Activity} in [Specific time frame]
It works because it appeals to a large % of the market, AND the time frame creates curiosity, because hey, everyone wants to learn stuff as fast as possible.
Works great in education niches
12/ Take an object, strip it down, and voila, youโve got an attention-grabbing thumbnail and title.
๐ฎ. ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐
โ Think red on white, yellow on black, etc.
โ The further away 2 colors are on the color wheel, the more they contrast
I created a viral Youtube thumbnail without copying anyone.
This is how you can do the same:๐งต
If youโve been on Youtube Twitter long enough, youโve heard about the โcopying outliersโ strategy.
Heck, Iโve been one of its biggest fans!
BUTโฆ
2025 Youtube is different.
Now, ORIGINALITY is king.
So when Daniel, our client, wanted a comparison thumbnail for the title: โI Copied A YouTube Channel That Makes $100k/Mo (it worked)โ, we knew we had to do something different.
This is one of those thumbnails that you just have to click on.
Why? Curiosity.
Iโll be covering the top 4 ways in this mini thread!
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There are 4 main ways you can build curiosity:
๐ฃ The Question
๐ฃ The Wow Factor
๐ฃThe Cliffhanger
๐ฃThe Knowledge
What are they? How can we use them?
I'll answer all of them.
1๏ธโฃThe question: The title is a direct question your audience wants an answer to (as well as a number of other questions that arise from seeing this thumbnail).
Answer the pre-existing questions in their head and you'll have a click.