Best Websites for Downloading and Converting Video, Audio, and Text Files for Free in 2025

     What follows is a list of websites (as of 2025) which internet users can visit in order to download video, audio, and internet articles and text files, for free.

     Most of these websites require users to copy a URL link, and then paste it into a field.

     This list also contains links to sites that allow users to convert the file types of certain files.

     This list also contains links (under the heading "Websites for Torrenting Files") to sites that allow users to download music or videos, with use of a torrenting service (such as uTorrent), with or without using safe browsers such as the Tor Onion browser.

     You will need to download a torrenting program before using such sites.

     Readers should note that some of these websites are old, and therefore, may not still be operating. The torrent links (PirateBay proxies, etc.) have not been checked recently to make sure that they are still operating.
     Please make sure the website is still operating before attempting to use it.

     You may need to attempt several links in order to find one that works for the particular file that you are trying to download or convert. The best site for each task (if known) is usually listed at the top of each set of links.

Downloading Videos from YouTube and Other Sites
- http://ytmp3.cc/f79e/ (and click "mp4" if necessary)
- http://www.savethevideo.com/home
- http://www.y2mate.com/en820
- http://www.savido.net
- http://savevideo.me/us/

Downloading .MP3 Audio from YouTube Videos
- http://ytmp3.cc/f79e/
- http://10downloader.com/en/105

Downloading Videos (incl. Private Videos) from Facebook
- http://fsave.io/download-private-video
- http://fdownloader.net/en
- http://fdown.net

Downloading Videos from Rumble

- http://www.savethevideo.net
- http://savevideo.me/us/

Downloading Videos from TikTok

- http://ssstik.io/en

Downloading Videos and Images from Instagram
- http://snapinsta.app
- http://www.downloadgram.com
- http://www.downloadgram.app/keeppost/

- http://www.w3toys.com

Downloading Videos from X (formerly known as Twitter)
- http://twittervideodownloader.com
- http://savevideo.me/us/

Downloading Videos from Reddit
- http://rapidsave.com

Downloading Videos from Tubi
- http://www.keepv.id

Downloading Videos from BitChute
- http://getindevice.com
- http://keepoffline.com

Downloading Videos from DailyMotion.com and Other Sites
- http://www.pastedownload.com
- http://www.allinonedownloader.com

Downloading Entire YouTube Channels
- http://jdownloader.org/
- http://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2 (extension)

Online Video and Audio Converters

- http://www.zamzar.com
- http://online-audio-converter.com
- http://zipza.com/youtube-converter
- http://video.online-convert.com
- http://ymp4.download/en57/

Converting .WEBP files to .JPGs
- http://cloudconvert.com

Converting GIFs to mp4s, and Creating GIF Files
- http://ezgif.com
- http://ezgif.com/gif-2.mp4

Uploading Audio Files for Transcription to Text
- http://www.zamzar.com/tools/audio-to-text/
- http://restream.io/tools/transcribe-audio-to-text

Uploading Video Files for Transcriptions of Their Audio Components to Text
- http://www.canva.com/features/audio-to-text-converter/

Converting Articles and Web Pages to PDFs (incl. for Getting Free Articles from Pay News Sites)
- http://www.printfriendly.com (and install the PrintFriendly extension into your browser if necessary)
- http://pdfmyurl.com (not recommended; creates unnecessarily long documents)

Converting PDFs to .doc Files
- http://pdf2doc.com
- http://document.online-convert.com/convert-to-docx

Converting .JPG Files to PDFs
- http://imagetopdf.com/
- “JPG to PDF free with this tool” from pdf.co (Google Chrome extension)

Downloading Entire Blogs as PDFs or .Doc Files
- http://blogbooker.com (create account and subscribe for between $20 and $80)

Download Movies, Television Shows, Documents, etc.
- http://archive.org

Libraries / Academic Resources (including Encyclopedia, Periodicals, Scientific Documents, etc.)
- http://www.refseek.com
- http://www.worldcat.org
- http://link.springer.com
- http://www.bioline.org.br
- http://repec.org
- http://www.science.gov
- http://www.base-search.net

Alphabetize Lists Online
- http://alphabetizer.flap.tv

Creating Maps Online
- http://www.mapchart.net

Websites for Torrenting Files

- http://thepiratebay.org

- http://thepiratebay.org/index.html
- http://ahoyahoy.co
- http://freepirate.net
- http://freepirateproxy.org
- http://indiapirate.org
- http://lepiratebay.org
- http://officialpiratebay.com
- http://officialtpbproxy.com
- http://piratebayproxyz.com
- http://piratepiratebay.com
- http://pirateproxy3.com
- http://proxybay.pro
- http://proxybay.tech
- http://proxybay3.com
- http://proxymypirate.com
- http://proxyofpiratebays.com
- http://proxypiratebays.com
- http://thepirate-bay.org/home11/
- http://thepirate-bayproxy.com
- http://thepiratebay2.net
- http://thepiratebay11.org
- http://thepiratebay99.org
- http://thepiratebaya.com
- http://tpb.world
- http://tpb-proxy.net
- http://tpb4proxy.com
- http://ukpiratebay.net
- http://ukpiratebayproxy.org
- http://unblockpiratebay.net
- http://unlockpiratebay.net
- http://uspirateproxy.com

Downloading Videos from Adult Websites
- http://www.9xbuddy.com
- http://www.alltube.online

- http://www.badassdownloader.com

List Originally Published on February 8th, 2020,

under the title "Best Websites for Downloading and Converting Files for Free in 2020".

Original text written and added on September 6th, 2023.

Updated on February 15th, 2021; September 6th, 2023;
and March 27th and 31st, 2025.