YouTube Thumbnail Scraper

Extract all video thumbnails from the currently loaded YouTube page. Exports CSV and downloads thumbnails in selected quality.

YouTube Thumbnail Scraper extracts every video thumbnail visible on the YouTube page you're currently viewing — search results, channel uploads, playlists, home feed, trending, subscriptions, or hashtag pages. Export the thumbnails as JPG files and the metadata as a clean CSV. No API key. No login. No tracking. WHY YOU'D USE IT • Content creators studying competitor thumbnail design • Marketers running thumbnail A/B research • Designers building mood boards from top performers in a niche • Analysts pulling video metadata into spreadsheets • Anyone tired of right-click → save-image → repeat 100 times WHAT IT EXPORTS For every video on the page, you get: • Video ID • Title • Channel name • Duration • View count • Publish date • Direct video URL • Thumbnail URL (at your chosen quality) • Live thumbnail URL from the page THUMBNAIL QUALITY OPTIONS • Max resolution (1280×720) — for design work • SD (640×480) • HQ (480×360) — universal fallback • MQ (320×180) • Default (120×90) KEY FEATURES • One-click bulk JPG download — saves to a named folder under Downloads • CSV export for spreadsheet analysis • Auto-scroll to load every lazy-rendered video tile • Configurable scroll passes (1–100) for long channel feeds • Per-tab session memory — accidentally close the popup, reopen, results are still there • Auto-clear when you navigate to a new page (no stale data) • Manual Clear Cache button • Skips hidden tiles cached by YouTube's single-page-app routing • Works on Search, Channel, Playlist, Home, Trending, Subscriptions, Shorts, Hashtag pages • Works on www.youtube.com and m.youtube.com PRIVACY • No accounts, no signups, no analytics • No data leaves your browser except the direct download requests to i.ytimg.com (YouTube's public thumbnail CDN) • Open source — inspect every line of code • Permissions limited to youtube.com and the thumbnail CDN HOW IT WORKS 1. Open any YouTube page with videos 2. Click the extension icon 3. Choose thumbnail quality + scroll passes 4. Click "Scrape Page" 5. Click "Export CSV" or "Download Thumbnails" 6. Files land in ~/Downloads/<page-title>/ LIMITATIONS • Thumbnails come from YouTube's public CDN. If a video doesn't have a max-resolution version, the extension falls back to HQ automatically. • Chrome rate-limits batch downloads. For huge channels (500+ videos), download in chunks. • Respects YouTube — does not bypass private videos, paywalls, or age gates. Only sees what your browser already sees. This extension is for personal research and analysis. Respect copyright when reusing thumbnails.