15 Best YouTube Video Downloader Software for PC [2020]

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Watching YouTube videos on your PC is probably one of the favorite things to do for many people as it has many HD videos which deliver wonderful visual experiences. But how to save YouTube videos offline remains a problem as YouTube does not provide a straightforward download passage. So here in this article, I have handpicked 15 best YouTube video downloader software, both free and paid tools are included. If you are ready, let’s talk about them one by one.

Part 1: Top 15 YouTube Video Downloader for PC in 2020

Here is the list of 15 best YouTube video download software that still working in 2020.

• 1. Gihosoft TubeGet
• 2. Freemake Video Downloader
• 3. 4K Video Downloader
• 4. YTD Video Downloader
• 5. Kastor All Video Downloader
• 6. Winx YouTube Downloader
• 7. aTube Catcher
• 8. Airy
• 9. ClipGrab
• 10. Clip Converter
• 11. VideoProc
• 12. YouTube By Click
• 13. MassTube
• 14. Softorino YouTube Converter 2
• 15. YouTube Downloader Pro

1. Gihosoft TubeGet

Gihosoft TubeGet is a portable YouTube download software aiming to download videos from YouTube and other hot video streaming websites, simple is the best must be the main developing purpose of the software. Brief and clean as it may be, it has almost everything a video downloader needs. Another amazing feature about this YouTube to mp4 video downloader is that it supports download HD & UHD videos from YouTube, such as 720P, 1080P, 2K, 4K & 8K resolution.

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It has both Windows and Mac versions, and it’s also integrated with many practical functions, such as download all the videos on a YouTube playlist. With a featured one-click-download mode, now you can use this app as one of your best YouTube video download tools to save YouTube videos to your Windows XP/7/8/10/Vista & Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 platform or other hard disk device like memory card or USB flash drive with just one click.

TubeGet has both free & pro version, the free version allows users to download 5 videos per day. The algorithm of YouTube changes regularly, so Gihosoft TubeGet will upgrade the code accordingly, along with fixing bugs and adding new features. And now it supports to download YouTube 1080P videos losslessly, and has the ability to download 48/60fps & age-restricted videos. If it shows “failed” when you are parsing a video, update to the latest version as soon as possible.

Pros:

1. Support varieties of video websites, such as YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Vimeo, Niconico & Bilibili etc..
2. Download any content in SD and HD format from YouTube, and extract MP3 directly from a YouTube video.
3. Download multiple videos simultaneouslyat a fast speed with a multi-thread accelerator.
4. Support to download YouTube built-in, auto-generated & auto-translated subtitle, and the thumbnail can also be grabbed.

2. Freemake Video Downloader

Freemake Video Downloader is born to a video downloader specialist for Windows users , as it’s an all-in-one tool which consists of many useful functions. While downloading, you can also limit the downloading speed to the range you can accept. Moreover, it can transfer videos in the YouTube to the cloud once you set Dropbox or Google Drive as your default destination, protecting your information from lost to the greatest extent, and make sure that you can watch these videos whatever your platform is, like Windows, Mac, Android & IOS.

Freemake Video Downloader free version has limits, the download speed is limited to 4 MBps, and there is also a watermark at the beginning and the end of the video. The logo will go away and the speed will be unlimited if you pay for the premium version. Freemake Video Downloader also develops an one-click download feature, just tap the toggle to set the mode on. The operation is quite self-explanatory, when you paste the video link into the program, choose your ideal video resolution, and the video will soon be downloaded on your Windows computer without any quality loss.

Note: Freemake claims that it supports to download 4K quality video clips, but in my test, it would only allow a max of 1080P HD when I paste the 4K & 8K video links. And it doesn’t support high frame rate videos, when testing a 60fps video, it would only download it as 30fps.

Pros:

1. Brief and good-looking interface, meets the basic needs of saving videos from YouTube.
2. Provide an one-click downloading mode.
3. Support Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista/Server platforms in both 32-bit and 64-bit.

3. 4K Video Downloader

In terms of 4K Video Downloader, it’s a quite concise and intuitive application without any superfluous function except downloading videos. To be a best minimalist, 4k Video Downloader has a smart mode, once you set the smart mode done, you can download a video without only one click, that’s the truth, only one click, guess it will save you a lot of time. Another intriguing feature is that 4K video downloader is multilingual and cross-platform, as it has Windows, Mac & Linux versions, and supports languages like simplified & traditional Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and many more.

YouTube now stores video/audio track separately for 1080P & higher resolution videos in order to save costs. 4K Video Downloader solves this problem by downloading both the video & audio track and synthesizing them into one, which lets users have access to download 1080P, 4K & 8K YouTube videos in a simple way without any obstruction. When the content is downloaded in full HD 1080P, you can enjoy the lossless MP4 video on your computer cozily.

Most people will consider 4K Video Downloader as a freeware, but it has paid features actually. The paid version allows users to download a YouTube playlist which contains more than 25 videos at a time, or you can subscribe to a YouTube channel to instantly download the latest when the YouTuber upload a new video. But to most people, the free version covers most of what you need. Just like Gihosoft TubeGet, you have to install the latest package, or you will have problems in downloading videos from YouTube.

Pros:

1. The simplest software I have ever seen, makes you concentrate on downloading.
2. A smart mode lets users download videos with just one click.
3. Support downloading videos in multi-thread.
4. Support download YouTube videos as MP4, MKV, MP3, M4A & OGG etc.

4. YTD Video Downloader

As the pool of YouTube videos are increasing constantly, more and more people want to have their fingers in the pie, so they all have to creating more appealing content, that will result in the chance of making a splash becomes more difficult. Although this will make the YouTubers feel the burn, on the other hand, it will be a good news for the audiences, as they will enjoy more daring & novel videos. To download this videos on you PC, YTD Video Downloader is another choice.

Once you have YTD Video Downloader opened, you will see both the basic version and pro version, and a vivid comparison of them. For the free version, the videos can’t be downloaded at the same time, so you have to sit and wait for a video to be finished until you can do the next one. It’s absolutely a waste of time, but you get what you pay for. You should keep in mind that if there’s no 1080P option, it means that the highest resolution of the video is lower, and 1080P quality is unavailable for this video. But when it comes to downloading videos in full 1080P HD on PC, YTD can get its job done pretty well – with no extra clicks or any quality loss.

Pros:

1. Free to save any video from many hot web sharing sites
2. Nice interface and everyone can learn to use it in a few minutes

5. Kastor All Video Downloader

Kastor All Video Downloader must be the most powerful YouTube video download software for Windows 7/8/10 I’ve ever seen, as it has a built-in search engine. You can search for and download any video you like through the tool without even opening the browser. Apart from this, you can preview the video directly before downloading, and it will impress you by its high speed, because it’s no limit.

More than 190 standard websites are available by this software. Besides, Kastor Video Downloader is also compatible with all many adult websites, so it will be a boon for those who want to download and save hot HD videos to MP4 on their own devices. That’s not all, this virus-free application also has a support for plugin, which is totally versatile.

Pros:

1. A versatile application with many practical functions combined in it.
2. Built-in search engine allows users to search and download directly.
3. Preview before download.

6. WinX YouTube Downloader

Speaking of the best YouTube downloader for PC laptop & desktop users, it largely depends on users’ preference indeed. To help you make a good decision, I have tested many reliable YouTube downloader, and WinX YouTube Downloader is one of the best options that can fully satisfy our needs.

WinX claims to allow users download videos from 300+ online hosting video sites – including adult sites. The software does what it advertises with simple interface & operation: just copy & paste a YouTube link manually, choose the download resolution and it starts to grab the videos offline.

Different from Gihosoft TubeGet & 4K Video Downloader, WinX has a dynamic analyzer, which helps the software to update the latest code without installing a new package when YouTube algorithm changes. The disadvantage of WinX is that it doesn’t support multi-stream downloads, and can’t save subtitles at the same time.

Pros:

1. Support download HD & UHD videos as MP4 even in the free version
2. Compatible with many popular video streaming sites
3. Simple operation that doesn’t suck

7. aTube Catcher

Watching YouTube videos is really a relax for many people, but taking them offline is another thing. Although you have many reasons to download YouTube videos offline, especially when you are on the go and out of range of WiFi hotspots, YouTube won’t make it easy for you to do that cause it will take the ads money out of its pocket. But with the right software, you can easily bypass the restriction and have access to the videos you like, and aTube Catcher is one of them. With its powerful features, one can turn the whole downloading process into a quite breezy thing.

Speaking of aTube Catcher, it’s a virus-free versatile software that can do a lot of things. Apart from downloading online videos, it can also convert videos to any other popular format you like. Besides, there is a built-in screen recorder in it, with which you can breezily record whatever is happening on your screen. With so many functions integrated in one software, I bet you can’t live without it once you try it.

Pros:

1. Support batch download
2. Nice screen recorder feature

8. Airy

Airy is one of the safest YouTube video downloader for Windows XP/7/8/10 when it comes to save YouTube HD & UHD videos. The aim of this software is to make video downloading become a super easy thing. All you need to do is copying and pasting the link on the address bar, selecting the ideal video resolution and output location, and you will get the video on your device before long. Airy has both Windows and Mac versions, for more YouTube video downloader for Mac, you can refer to this article: Top 15 YouTube Video Downloader for Mac that Work.

Airy must be a strong advocate of minimalist, as you can tell from its interface. This is an interface without any fluff except the indispensable functions a downloader must have. The bad news about Airy is that the free version can only allow users to download 2 videos to test if it satisfies their needs. If you like it, then you can pay for it, and it gives you the ability to download multiple videos on batch, or download all the videos in a playlist at a time. Anyway, you get what you pay for.

Pros:

1. Super simple and intuitive layout
2. Not contain any virus, malware, even a faint whiff in the air
3. Support save playlist videos
4. Resume downloads right from where you left it.

9. ClipGrab

Another safe YouTube downloader I’d like to recommend is ClipGrab. ClipGrab is a free software, we repeat, this tool is for free. Although it’s a free meal, you have to be careful when installing this app, because it has adware such as Opera browser, try to avoid this. Except this adware, ClipGrab is one of the best video downloader which provides comprehensive YouTube downloading capabilities.

You can directly download YouTube videos with a link copied from YouTube, or you can search for the videos through keywords as it has a built-in browser. And it also has a proxy setting, just input the IP and port, the proxy will be successfully configured. ClipGrab makes it really easy to download not only videos, but also extracts audio from a YouTube video and saves it as MP3 file on your computer.

Pros:

1. Allow you to search for YouTube videos from its built-in search bar
2. Contain proxy server
3. Batch download multiple videos and even resume interrupted downloads

10. Clip Converter

Do you really have to install a desktop software on your computer in order to download YouTube videos? No, an online website would suffice. And Clip Converter is one of them. It’s a web-based application specially built for users to keep videos from online video-sharing sites so you can play them offline. As a web-based site, you can feel free to utilize it no matter if you are a Windows, Mac, Linux, Android or iOS user.

Clip Converter does exactly what it’s called. It can deal with multiple video resolutions, from 480P, 720P, 1080P to 2K, 4K & 8K, and it doesn’t require any registration. One thing about Clip Converter is very clear- it performs perfectly on the online video sites it focuses. More online YouTube video downloader, you can refer to this article: 12 Best Online YouTube Downloader to Save HD Videos Free.

Clip Converter can’t download videos which contain music, especially those videos which have Vevo label, and it doesn’t support to download YouTube 60fps videos in resolution above 1080P. When I try to download 8K video with 60fps, the size is far smaller than the same video downloaded by Gihosoft TubeGet. The flaws do not detract from the jade’s essential beauty, Clip Converter is still one of the best YouTube downloader for Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista in my list.

Pros:

1. Compatible with all popular browsers
2. Support download YouTube videos in a variety of qualities up to 8K

11.  VideoProc

Another piece of safe video downloader for Windows I’d like to introduce is VideoProc, without it the list would be incomplete. As the increased competition of software industry, all-in-one tool has become a trend. As the name implies, an all-in-one software means it combines with many features in one app, to make it more powerful, more time-saving, and more competitive. And VideoProc is definitely a perfect example in the all-in-one software group.

VideoProc comes with 4 main features: video editor, DVD conversion & backup, video downloader, screen recorder. The editing features allows users to cut, crop, merge, add subtitle, apply effects and filters, and convert your videos to other formats. The screen recording features gives users the ability to capture videos from your computer desktop screen or from the webcam, or record both at the same time in picture-in-picture mode, this makes it a must-have tool for gamer/sports lover, educators and live enthusiasts.

Here is the point, equipped with a powerful video downloader engine, VideoProc has the capability to batch download movies, music, 60fps videos, playlists, closed caption from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and many other popular video hosting sites, and the resolution can up to 1080P/4K/8K without any hassle.

Pros:

1. Easy-to-use yet powerful video downloader for many online video sites.
2. Support to download private videos, 4K & 8K videos from YouTube.
3. Compatible with all Windows OS such as Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista/Server 2003.

12. YouTube By Click

We know that almost every software updates or upgrades regularly to provide bug fixes, new features, or functionality & user interface changes. However, if you are still hanging onto Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003, you’ve probably noticed that many software only support Windows 7, 8 & 10, and are dropping support for the archaic operating system. If you need to download YouTube videos on your old Windows computer, it’s important to find the best YouTube video download software that compatible with it, and YouTube By Click is one you can’t miss.

YouTube By Click is a Windows only application developed by By Click Inc. This software works in both 32-bit and 64-bit platform, it can help you to download videos from a plethora of video sites, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Dailymotion etc.. As its name suggests, it can download the entire YouTube playlist & channel videos in bulk with just one click at a very fast speed, without the need to choose videos one by one.

The application is available in two versions: A free, feature-limited version and a premium version. The paid version has the ability to download unlimited videos, supports download very long HD & UHD videos (even longer than 1 hour), and extract the subtitles as well if available. Besides, it also has some other features, such as download dozens of videos at the same time, grab the private YouTube & Facebook videos etc..

Pros:

1. Support to download entire Instagram pages all at once within 1 click
2. Download videos from YouTube in 1080P, 4K and 8K.
3. Release a new version regularly to keep it up-to-date

13. MassTube

When you enter into YouTube, you will see recommended videos in the most conspicuous place. It offers videos which covers an array of topics, such as Animation, Pets, Talk Shows, Electronic Music, Smartphones etc., and one of YouTube’s jobs is to provide video contents according to user preferences using machine algorithm. The more time people spend watching, the more ad slots YouTube can sell, and that help YouTube keep the most watched online video site for years.

They are so many videos on YouTube, it’s no surprise that some of those videos may help you a great deal, and you want to take them offline so you can watch without restriction. To download YouTube videos, You can try MassTube without regret. MassTube is a lightweight but powerful HD YouTube downloader software, which can quickly rip videos from YouTube. It supports to download YouTube videos in HD 720P, Full HD 1080P, UHD 4K & 8K resolutions, and the video formats can be MP4, WebM, OGG etc.. It’s designed for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 & 10 users, and it’s also Integrated with a history manager.

Pros:

1. Compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 platforms.
2. Support to download HD & UHD videos on laptop & desktop
3. Download YouTube age-restricted video without login

14. Softorino YouTube Converter 2

YouTube has been around for more than a decade, and now it completely dominates the online streaming video market for its billions of contents, from language lessons, product reviews, Vlogs, to funny videos & makeup tutorials etc.. Whatever you need, there are always something that can meet your requirements. With nearly five million videos watched on YouTube per day, it’s no surprise that it will attract more and more content makers to join in the video creating job.

With so many HD & compelling videos on YouTube, one must feel a sense of eagerness in heart to keep online YouTube videos offline for playback. To make this eagerness possible, you can try Softorino YouTube Converter 2, a HD portable video download software for Windows & Mac.

Softorino YouTube Converter 2 is an all-in-one software which you download YouTube content as video, audio & ringtone, and transfer them to any Apple device ever created, like MacBook, iPhone & iPad. Apart from YouTube, this tool also works with multiple different websites. Downloading YouTube videos using this application is the easiest task ever, just copy a URL, and you’re ready to download it in one click.

Pros:

1. Transfer downloaded videos to iPhone, iPod & iPad with a WiFi
2. Support to convert videos from YouTube into ringtones
3. Can download 4K/60FPS, subtitle, and playlist/channel from YouTube

15. YouTube Downloader Pro

We know that tons of hours of video clips are distributed to YouTube every minute, so it’s very hard for a video to be successful. In other way, if a video receives billions of views, that means it’s popular, as it stands out from the fierce competition. For YouTube, it will also uses a machine algorithm to recommend these popular videos, a nice way to save our time for finding the relevant videos by ourselves.

If a video on YouTube is popular and high-quality, then it deserves to be downloaded offline on desktop or laptop and saved for further use. To download a hot YouTube video, you needs a YouTube downloader, an app that can rip videos from YouTube to your computer, and the last YouTube video downloader for PC I’d like to introduce is YouTube Downloader Pro.

YouTube Downloader Pro is one of the best virus-free software around for quick, fuss-free online video downloads & conversions on PC. This tool is quite easy-to-use, with a multithreading accelerator, it can boost your download speeds by up to 500% faster. With a highly customizable feature, you can download UHD 8K & 4K, QHD 2K, FHD 1080P, HD 720P, 360 VR and 3D videos from YouTube if they are available.

Pros:

1. Download multiple videos at a time from YouTube in a batch
2. Increase download speeds by up to 500%
3. Integrate with Internet Explorer and Firefox

Part 2: How to Download YouTube Videos on Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista

All these 15 best YouTube video downloader for PC aforementioned can save videos from YouTube and other online video sites, and I’ve also showed their own unique features, pros and cons. There is no perfect app in the world, so you have to bear the downsides while you are enjoying their benefits. Now let’s come to next process: How do they work? Since all these desktop YouTube downloader for Windows 7, 8, 10, XP & Vista work in the same way, here I will take Gihosoft TubeGet as an example telling you how to download & save YouTube videos on your computer.

3 Easy Steps to Download YouTube Videos on PC 

1. Copy the URL of the video you want to download, open Gihosoft TubeGet and then click “+Paste URL”.
2. Shortly after the YouTube video is identified and loaded, you’ll then be prompted to choose the output format, resolution and saving directory. You can choose to save these videos to your desktop or SD card in MP4 or other video formats.
3. When you’re ready, hit “Download” and start your download journey.

Tips: Gihosoft TubeGet supports to resume downloads. When you pause a download, and it will freeze the download task status. Next time when you relaunch the tool, it continues downloading right from where you left it.

The Bottom Line

Now that I’ve showed you top 15 best YouTube video downloader for Windows in 2020, including both free & paid ones. Now I’d like to hear from you. What do you think of this list? Or maybe I missed a fast & high-quality tool. Or you’ve just find a perfect solution to save YouTube videos in an easy way. Either way, leave a comment below to let me know.

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