How to Download YouTube Videos on Android & iOS

作为第二大搜索引擎，YouTube拥有大量信息。从产品评论到糕点课程，您几乎可以在YouTube上找到所有内容。

Want to learn how to play your favorite tune on guitar? Just watch a guitar lesson? Too lazy to learn guitar, but want to unwind to music that suits the moment? Check out YouTube Music.

你得到图片。

Though, if there were an issue with YouTube’s videos, it would be that you need to have an internet connection (and a reliable one). In life, that’s not always the case. Plus, sometimes the most opportune time to catch up on YouTube content is when you’re commuting.

The solution – downloading video files to your devices. This way you can get all the benefits offered and upskill without necessarily having to be bound to the office.

在本文中，我们看看为什么要获得YouTube Premium是个好主意。有关下载YouTube视频的逐步指南，请继续阅读。

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How to Download YouTube Videos on Android and iOS (and What to Download):

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下载YouTube视频是合法的吗？

首先，让我们摆脱较不有趣的法律巨型巨型。从技术上讲，YouTube的服务条款禁止用户下载视频。这就是它的服务条款（您很可能在不阅读单词的情况下同意的那页）说：

以下限制适用于您对服务的使用。您不允许：

如果您想使用该平台，则需要遵守该法规。也是如此下载Tiktok视频.

Also, you’ll need to keep in mind the specific copyright laws of your country too. For example, in the US, it’s illegal to download copyrighted material like movies or sporting moments. That said, it’s not a criminal act to download Creative Commons content, public domain videos, and videos to which the rights to distribute and modify have been granted. However, downloading this type of content remains against YouTube’s Terms of Service.

Before you think that you’re wasting your time and stop reading, there’s a legal “loophole” – YouTube Premium.

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What’s YouTube Premium?

YouTube Premium（以前称为YouTube Red）是YouTube的付费订阅服务。它的功能之一是，它允许您下载并将视频保存到移动设备中，以便您在离线时可以在以后的阶段收听它们。但是，可悲的是，笔记本电脑或台式机上没有此功能。您只能通过YouTube移动应用程序进行操作。

For only $11.99 per month, it also offers ad-free listening and in the background play. So, you can watch videos without that “you-can-skip-the-ad-in-5-seconds” button from spoiling your listening experience and continue using other apps while the videos continue to play in the background. These two features alone are good enough reason to sign up for the paid subscription.

但是，您阅读本文的原因是要了解如何（合法地）下载YouTube视频，请回到此内容。

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Where is YouTube Premium Available?

Sadly, YouTube Premium and YouTube paid memberships aren’t available in all countries. It’s currently available in 95 countries. For example, it’s not available in China and North Korea.

That said, you’ll be able to access it from most countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, India, Russia, the United Kingdom, and a number of African countries.

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How to Download YouTube Videos With YouTube Premium

If you want to download videos (or playlists), here’s what you need to do:

Step 1: Sign in to your YouTube premium account.

步骤2：打开YouTube移动应用程序并开始观看视频。

步骤3：单击下载选项。这是箭头向下指向的图标。您会在视频播放器下方找到它。

Step 4: Select the download quality. Your options are:

• Full HD (1080p)
• High (720p)
• Medium (360p)
• 低（144p）

Note: You’ll only be given this option the first time that you download a video. If you want to change the download quality, you’ll need to go to Settings (you can scroll down to the Changing Video Download Quality section in our article for further instructions).

Step 5: Once the video has downloaded completely, you’ll see the Downloaded icon. It’s a tick mark. It will show up below the video player in the same place where you found the Download button.

Step 6: Go to your Library (you’ll see it right at the bottom of your screen in the right-hand corner) and select Downloads.

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Deleting Videos That You’ve Downloaded via YouTube Premium

If you want to delete a video that you’ve downloaded, you simply need to click on the Downloaded icon. Then, click on Delete.

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Changing Video Download Quality

If you want to change the default quality, here’s what you need to do:

Step 1: Open the YouTube app and click on your profile pic.

步骤2：点击设置。

步骤3：单击背景和下载。

Step 4: Click on Download quality and select from the options which quality you want moving forward.

Alternatively, you can select the option Ask each time. This is a good idea if you don’t necessarily want the same quality for all the videos. Also, not only do high-quality videos take longer to download but they also require more storage space. So, you could, for example, use the best quality only for shorter videos or those videos where quality really matters.

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Changing the Connection Type

Some mobile devices might require that you’re connected to a specific type of connection in order to be able to download videos. This is usually a Wi-Fi network by default.

If you want to enable downloads via a mobile network, you can do so by going to Settings.

Here’s how:

Step 1: Open the YouTube app and click on your profile pic.

Step 2: Select Settings.

步骤3：单击背景和下载。

步骤4:把开关禁用Download over Wi-Fi only.

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Possible Troubleshooting Steps

If the video that you’ve selected doesn’t want to download, remember to check how much storage space is available on your mobile device. According to YouTube Help, you’ll need more than 5% storage space available to download more videos. In this case, you’ll need to delete a few videos to free up more space.

If the video failed to download completely, it could be that you’ve lost connectivity. So, be sure to check that you’re still connected to the internet. Once connectivity has been restored, your download will automatically resume again.

Lastly, as mentioned earlier, some content like movies may not be available to be downloaded because of other copyright restrictions. So, if you have enough storage space and you double-checked that you’re still connected to Wi-Fi but can’t download a specific video, this might be the reason.

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Five YouTubers to Download

Now that you know that it’s in fact possible to download videos legally, the next question is what to download? Data and storage space aren’t always unlimited, so you might have to be selective. And, even if you had access to uncapped internet and had a Dropbox account with 5 terabyte, you have only 24 hours in a day and you don’t want to waste it on watching mediocre content.

The following are some of themost popular YouTubersto watch out for in the coming year(s):

5-Minute Crafts

With 74 million subscribers, the 5-Minute Crafts YouTube channel is one of the top channels by subscriber count. From DIY shirt designs to kitchen gadget hacks to upcycle ideas, you’ll find life hacks that you’ll want to save for when you need them. It describes itself as a channel where you can learn to “experience the joy of doing it yourself”. Considering that you’ve read this article to find out how to download YouTube videos yourself, it’s a safe bet to say that you’ll enjoy this channel.

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花花公子完美

与5分钟的手工艺频道不同，您可能无法完成自己的视频中的Dude Perfect船员分享的任何技巧。也就是说，虽然最初主要集中在骗局视频上的频道，但它已经越来越多，包括许多其他类型的内容，例如有趣的刻板印象和非正式产品评论。实际上，今天，他们是YouTube上付费最高的星星and their estimated earnings for 2021 alone was $20 million.

总而言之，他们的内容可以娱乐数小时。另外，您可能会发现自己多次“倒带”一些位，以弄清楚他们如何设法拍摄该镜头，使其成为下载脱机观看的理想视频。

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PewDiePie

If you want to start your own YouTube channel, you’ll want to study PewDiePie (more formally known as Felix Kjellberg). For many years, he was the most popular YouTuber across the world and in 2021 he also made the list of the highest paid stars on the platform with an estimated earnings of over $15 million.

That said, you don’t want to follow exactly in his footsteps as his career on the video-sharing platform had its fair share of controversy. Who knows what he would have achieved if it weren't for the inappropriate content at times.

如果您不一定有计划启动自己的频道，而只是想在稍后阶段离线时享受一些现场游戏，那么这是一个不错的起点。他是顶级游戏玩家之一，经常与其他知名YouTuber合作。

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Rosanna Pansino

Cooking shows is another genre that can make for great offline viewing. If you find a recipe or idea that you want to try out later, you can download the video for when you’re in the kitchen again.

例如，您可以查看Rosanna Pansino的YouTube频道。她是其中之一top female YouTubers喜欢烤甜食。为了让您了解她的受欢迎程度，她的视频与姐姐一起烤迪士尼公主蛋糕的景象超过2.24亿。

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Kayla Itsines

One of the great benefits of downloading videos is that it lets you create a library of resources that you can access whenever you’re on the go. To keep you going, why not download a couple of fitness classes? There are several great YouTubefitness influencers该共享灵活的程序可以由任何人遵循。

Kayla Itsines不仅被公认为是最重要的健身影响者之一，而且《泰晤士报》还将她确定为互联网上最具影响力的人之一。因此，通过关注她的视频，您可以在了解在线上需要的内容的同时了解更多信息。

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Wrapping Things Up

Sure, there are other ways to download YouTube videos too. However, many of these free online tools are associated with malware.

另外,考虑到YouTube的溢价成本$11.99 per month and offers other benefits as well, we believe that it’s the right way to go about it (and by right we don’t just mean in a legal sense). There are countless useful videos on YouTube that will help you to start an online business or become a (better) content creator and if you’re going to be spending hours on YouTube learning from others, you definitely don’t want those valuable lessons to get interrupted by ads.