How to download a YouTube playlist as MP3

If you have a YouTube playlist with your favorite songs, converting it to MP3 lets you listen to it on any player, offline and without ads interrupting. With PullVid you paste the playlist link, see all the songs, and download each one as MP3 from your browser, without installing anything. This guide focuses on music; if your playlist mixes video and audio, check the general guide on downloading a YouTube playlist first.

Why convert a music playlist to MP3?

MP3 is the most universal audio format: it plays on any phone, computer, car, speaker, or old player with no conversion needed. Converting your playlist to MP3 has clear advantages over relying on the YouTube app:

• Listen offline: save the songs on your device and play them without data or WiFi.
• Compatible with everything: MP3 works on any player, from your phone to your car's stereo.
• No video involved: just the audio, so it takes up far less space than the full video.
• Your library, your order: organize the songs into folders and local playlists however you prefer.

How to convert the playlist to MP3 step by step

The flow is the same as downloading video, but choosing MP3 for each song. Copy the playlist link (the one that includes "list="), open it in the playlist downloader, and, in each video's options, select MP3.

1. Copy the music playlist link from YouTube.
2. Open PullVid in your browser and paste the link.
3. Wait for the songs in the playlist to load.
4. For each song, open Options and choose the MP3 format.
5. Click Download to save each track to your device.

Just one song? Use the direct converter

If you don't want the whole playlist and are only interested in one specific song, it's faster to use the YouTube to MP3 converter: paste the link of the single video and download the audio directly, without going through the playlist view.

On mobile and on PC

Everything happens in the browser, so it works the same on any device. On Android, paste the link into Chrome and the MP3 files are saved to Downloads. On iPhone, paste it into Safari; the files appear in the Files app, from where you can move them to your music app. On PC it's the most convenient for a long playlist: paste the link once and keep downloading each song as MP3 to the Downloads folder.

What quality does the MP3 have?

The MP3 is generated from the best audio available on each video in the playlist. The final quality depends on how each song was uploaded to YouTube: not all tracks are the same quality, so the result varies from one to another. We don't promise a fixed kbps figure for all of them: you download the audio at the best quality each video offers.

Honest limits

Just like when downloading video, there are clear limits worth knowing before you start:

• First 50 videos: for very long playlists, only the first 50 songs are loaded.
• Public or unlisted playlists only: private playlists aren't accessible from outside your account.
• Song by song: you download each track with its own button; no ZIP is generated with the whole album.
• Unavailable tracks: if a song has been deleted or restricted, it's skipped and the rest keeps working.

Want to dig deeper into audio conversion in general? There's also the guide download YouTube music as MP3 for free and a guide on how to convert any video to MP3.