Updated: 4 November 2026

Generate video titles and thumbnail text

This prompt generates twenty title ideas for a video topic in your niche, mixing curiosity, how-to, list and result-driven formats and keeping titles short enough not to be cut off.

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Generate 20 YouTube title ideas for a video about [TOPIC].

Channel niche: [NICHE]
Viewer: [WHO]

Mix curiosity, how-to, list and result-driven formats. Keep titles under 60 characters and avoid misleading clickbait. For your top 5, add a 3-word thumbnail text idea that adds to the title, not repeats it.

Edit in the builder Copy & open ChatGPT ↗Copy & open Gemini ↗Copy & open Claude ↗

Check the top results for your keyword and make yours different.

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What you will get

Twenty titles under 60 characters mixing curiosity, how-to, list and result formats, with no misleading clickbait, and a three-word thumbnail text for the top five that adds to the title rather than repeating it.

Common mistake

Titles promise something the video does not deliver.

Fix: Paste a short summary of what the video actually shows, so every title stays true to it.

Also watch for

Thumbnail text repeats the title. Ask for thumbnail words that show the result or emotion, like “3x faster”, while the title explains the topic.
The keyword is missing from most titles. Give the search phrase you want to rank for and ask that it appears near the start of at least half the titles.

Try a variation: write for Shorts

Ask for 10 titles under 40 characters for a short vertical version of the same video, built around one surprising fact.

Still not right? Reply with this

These are the top titles for my keyword right now: [TITLES]. Rework my favourite, [TITLE], so it stands out from them.