How to Download a YouTube Podcast as MP3

To download a YouTube podcast as MP3, copy the episode link and paste it into the YouTube to MP3 converter: PullVid extracts the audio from the video and gives you an MP3 file you can listen to offline, in any player. It's ideal for podcasts, which tend to be long and where you don't need the picture: you take just the sound, taking up much less than the video.

Why download the podcast as audio and not video

A podcast episode on YouTube can run one or two hours. As video it would weigh hundreds of MB; as MP3 (audio only) it takes up a fraction and you listen to it like any track: in the car, with the screen off, on a speaker. Since you're not watching the picture, the audio is all you need. If you're worried about data usage when downloading it, we cover it in does downloading videos use mobile data.

How to download a YouTube podcast step by step

1. Open the episode on YouTube and copy its link with Share → Copy link (or the URL from the browser bar).
2. Paste the link into PullVid's YouTube to MP3 converter.
3. Choose MP3 as the output format.
4. Tap Download. You get the full episode as MP3, ready to listen to offline.

The audio quality of a podcast

The MP3 quality depends on the audio the creator uploaded to YouTube. For voice (which is what a podcast is), the result sounds perfectly fine even at moderate bitrates. Keep an honest principle in mind: you can't get more quality than the original audio has; be wary of any site that promises a "guaranteed" bitrate. We explain this in downloading high-quality audio (320 kbps) and in MP3 or M4A: which format to choose.

Several episodes or a playlist

If the podcast is organized into a YouTube playlist, you can download the episodes one by one; we explain this in downloading a YouTube playlist as MP3. Each episode is saved as a separate MP3.