20 video downloaders across 12 major platforms

Vendor pages list theoretical support, including sites that broke years ago or were never verified. We only count platforms confirmed working in our own testing, so the number comes out smaller. Tools with a large gap get flagged for overstating reach: SnapWC claims 10,000+, while only the dozen or so mainstream sites hold up in testing.

It covers three very different capabilities: pasting several links at once, grabbing a whole playlist or board, and subscribing to a whole channel. To be marked batch-capable in our table, a tool has to handle at least a full playlist or board. The three tiers are pulled apart in Best picks for bulk downloads.

An extension can read every page you browse, so it asks for far more access than an online tool does. Install only from the official store, read the permission notice and recent reviews first, and prefer open source, such as Media Harvest for X. Never install a crx file pushed by a popup or handed out on a third-party site.

Because nothing else replaces it in one narrow job. For example, Vk video & music downloader scores low overall, yet nothing covers the VK music endpoints as well. The score is an average, not a verdict on your particular use case.

Saving a public video to watch offline yourself falls under the private-copying exception in most regions. Re-uploading, redistributing, commercial use, and bypassing a paywall or DRM do not. Local law varies a lot, and platform terms usually forbid downloading outright. Details in Terms of use.

No. We take no payment for placement and run no vendor-sponsored review slots. Ranking follows five published weighted criteria, and the formula is written out in How we test so anyone can re-run the numbers.