r/youtubedl↗
Download what you want to keep
yt-dlp and its predecessor youtube-dl are command-line programs to download videos from YouTube, as well as many other media streaming websites. We are a community of enthusiasts helping each other with problems and usability issues.
62k subscribers147 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)131 authors / mosince 2016
r/youtubedl has 62k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 147 posts a month from 131 people. Top topics: Download Issues, Subtitle Solutions and YouTube Alternatives & Restrictions.
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Topics and brands on r/youtubedl
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Download Issues1.7%
- Subtitle Solutions1.3%
- YouTube Alternatives & Restrictions0.9%
- YouTube App Issues0.7%
- YouTube Ad Issues0.5%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- PyPI
- FFmpeg
- Deno
- TikTok
- How-To Geek
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