Generated from YT Video Thumbnail's audit data
YT Video Thumbnail scores 57/100 across 6 category checks, which tracks in the middle band, with 4 of 6 categories below the headline. Strengths: title optimization holds at 88/100, so the listing isn't fundamentally broken — the lift is in tightening specific weaknesses. Watch-items: categories & discoverability (17/100) and technical & support (42/100) drag the average down; lifting categories & discoverability is the single largest available lever. Per-category breakdown below.
This is an independent listing audit for YT Video Thumbnail on Canva. It scored 57/100 (grade C) on today's snapshot. Top strength: Title Optimization at 88/100. Biggest gap: Categories & Discoverability at 17/100. We re-audit every 24 hours from the canonical Canva listing.
Six weighted areas, pass / warning / fail per check, tiers at 85 / 65. Full methodology · Glossary
Last updated: July 11, 2026
YT Video Thumbnail's overall score of 57/100 is a mid-tier result — the listing is functional but multiple categories have headroom, computed as the weighted average of 6 category checks. The spread is highly polarized across categories — 2 categories score above the headline number and 4 score below. The strongest category is Title Optimization (88/100, +31 vs overall); the weakest is Categories & Discoverability (17/100), a 40-point gap below the headline score — the largest single lever. Top three by score: Title Optimization (88), Description & Content (81), Visual Assets (50).
Scoring criteria, category weightings, and the full rubric (identical across every Canva Apps listing AppRanks audits) are documented on the methodology page and the audit-score glossary entry. Disputes or data corrections: [email protected].
YT Video Thumbnail scored 57/100 in the AppRanks listing audit — a mid-tier result with room to improve. The score is the weighted average of 6 category checks: Title Optimization 88/100, Description & Content 81/100, Visual Assets 50/100, Categories & Discoverability 17/100, Technical & Support 42/100, Languages 50/100. Each category is scored against a fixed rubric that is identical for every app on the platform, so scores are directly comparable across Canva listings.
YT Video Thumbnail's strongest audit area is Title Optimization, scored at 88/100. Of the 4 checks AppRanks runs in this category, 3 pass cleanly, with the remainder in warning rather than failing state. This is the dimension a competing listing would need to match before YT Video Thumbnail loses its current edge in this category.
The weakest area in YT Video Thumbnail's audit is Categories & Discoverability, scored at 17/100. The failing checks are category count, feature tags, each with a concrete fix described below. Tightening this category is the highest-impact change available to the listing — its weight in the overall score makes it the lever most likely to move the headline number on the next refresh.