r/youtubedl
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youtube-dl, and yt-dlp are a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com, as well as many other media streaming websites. We are a community of enthusiasts helping each other with problems and usability issues.
Members
38,113
as of February 2025
Last post
Unknown
Posts (30 days)
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Created
2016
August 13, 2016
Total posts
18.0K
archived
Total comments
117.2K
archived
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How many members does r/youtubedl have?
r/youtubedl had 38,113 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
When was r/youtubedl created?
r/youtubedl was created on August 13, 2016.
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