r/youtubedl
ActiveDownload what you want to keep
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
today
September 27, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2016
August 13, 2016
Total posts
17.4K
archived
Total comments
114.7K
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.
Is r/youtubedl dead?
No. r/youtubedl is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/youtubedl created?
r/youtubedl was created on August 13, 2016.
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