6 Fastest YouTube Downloaders 2024

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Part 1: Why Download YouTube Videos?

There is no doubt that YouTube is an important part for everyone's life. Users can find all the content of interest on YouTube. Therefore, YouTube has become the center of everyday entertainment for millions of people around the world. However, YouTube only provides online video streaming services for free. If you want to download YouTube videos, you have to pay for the premium subscription. For many people, the needs to download YouTube videos seem to be quite urgent. So why do people need to download YouTube videos? Generally, the reasons could be categorized into the following aspects:

1. To enhance viewing experiences. Just as mentioned above, if your Internet connection is poor, the viewing experience would be troublesome, which may directly drive you to be crazy. If the YouTube videos could be downloaded to your local disk, then what you only need to do is to open the video and enjoy it without being disturbed by the internet lagging.

2. To keep the videos permanently. Due to some special reasons, the videos you watch may not be available in the future. For example, videos may be deleted by their owners. But if you can download them, they could be kept forever in your storage device. Only making sure you have the enough capacity on your local disk.

3. To watch on the go. If you travel a lot by train or plane, or just commute to work everyday, it would be useful to download YouTube videos to your portable devices to watch them on the go. This would be useful especially your mobile plan only has limited data, so download videos from YouTube to your phone or tablet using your home Wi-Fi and watch them on the move without risking going over your data allocation.

Part 2: Top 6 Fastest YouTube Downloaders

If you have any of the above needs, or other needs to download YouTube videos, then you may need a YouTube Downloader urgently. But when you Google YouTube downloader, you will find that most downloaders bring a bad experience. Fortunately, the following are 6 best and fastest YouTube downloaders for your reference.

△ 1. CleverGet

The first fastest YouTube downloader here will be introduced is CleverGet. Actually, desktop software is still the best way to download videos of all sorts, because with ads-free interface and GPU acceleration, it offers the best video downloading experience. Also as an 8K video downloader, CleverGet can help you download videos up to 8K resolution not only from YouTube, but also from other 1000+ websites, including Twitter, TikTok, Vimeo, Netflix, HBO, etc. In addition, it can also download live stream videos from various sites via direct live video URL iput, or detect and get M3U8 links of target live video. The latest GPU hardware acceleration technology is what makes CleverGet the fastest YouTube downloader, which is capable of downloading YouTube videos 6x faster.

△ 2. Leawo Screen Recorder

Strictly speaking, Leawo Screen Recorder can't be regarded as a YouTube downloader. But because of its excellent screen recording performance - record any activities that are happening on the screen, it can be also recommended in this list. Just imagine, if your internet is not stable, or the downloader you choose can't download the YouTube videos properly, then the only way you can rely on is a screen recorder. Its download time is only the duration of video playback, so from a certain perspective, it can also be called the fastest YouTube downloader. Because it can record computer screen with audio, it can also be used to download videos from any sites. Furthermore, if you want to add annotation, real-time drawing, mouse animation, or other stunning effects, this fastest YouTube downloader can help you do the trick. In addition, apart from being a screen recorder, it is a webcam recorder, audio recorder and screen capture, which means that it can download music from YouTube for free.

△ 3. YouTube Premium

YouTube Premium is the official YouTube downloader. It is a membership service provided by YouTube, formerly called YouTube Red. The main functions of YouTube Premium include removing ads, downloading videos for offline playback, playing background playbacks, and viewing original episodes for free. Users can choose to join Premium members. YouTube Premium members can enjoy offline caching and background playback when using the YouTube mobile client. The videos downloaded via YouTube Premium are naturally encrypted and can only be opened using YouTube, and the image quality is also limited to 720P. Another feature of Premium is YouTube music. It can play Spotify and Apple Music music with official copyrights. Also, in the YouTube music APP, you can choose to only listen to the sound without watching the video.

△ 4. Freemake Video Downloader

Freemake Video Downloader is one of the fastest free YouTube downloaders. It can help users to download videos from various sites. For example, you can use it to download videos from popular video sharing sites like Youtube, Veoh, Dailymotion, etc. It supports many video portals including Facebook, Google Video, MetaCafe, Vimeo, etc. Moreover, the program also supports HD, 4K, MP4, FLV, 3GP and other more video formats. At the same time, it contains a one-click download mode. That is, no need to troubleshoot settings, just open the one-click mode and paste website on it, and then it would download videos from YouTube automatically. Another feature of this program is that it can help you to directly convert videos to WMV, MP4, 3GP, DVD, MP3, AVI and other popular video and audio formats after downloading.

△ 5. 4K Video Downloader

4K Video Downloader is another powerful 4K video download tool you can turn to. 4K Video Downloader is designed to help users quickly download from various popular video and music sites. It supports high-quality downloading of videos, playlists, channels and subtitles from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo and other video sites. All of the downloaded videos can be saved as MP4, MKV, MP3, OGG, M4A and other common formats. With this fastest free YouTube downloader, you can download YouTube videos in batch. What's more, it supports to capture video with subtitles and annotations. The most importantly, it is also very simple to use, what you need to do is to just copy any YouTube video, playlist or channel link, and then click the paste link to quickly start downloading.

△ 6. Y2Mate

Asides from the independent downloader applications, some online fastest YouTube downloaders are also useful to you. Here, what you should not miss is Y2Mate.com. As one of the best YouTube downloader online fastest sites, Y2Mate could easily allow users to download HD videos from various video platforms, including YouTube and so on. The compatible formats include MP4, 3GP, WEBM etc. If you would like to download YouTube videos, what you need to do is copy the YouTube link and then paste the link in the search bar on the main interface of Y2Mate to search the download link. Furthermore, Y2Mate also has the capability to convert YouTube to MP4 and MP3 formats.

Part 3: Comparison Between 6 Fastest YouTube Downloaders

The above listed tools can be used to download YouTube videos immediately. But among them, Leawo Video Downloader is more outstanding on the downloaded video quality, which supports resolutions of 720p and 1080p. Moreover, asides from the basic function of downloading YouTube videos, Leawo Video Downloader can be used as the media player which can directly play the downloaded YouTube videos immediately, while other programs only focus on the function of downloading videos. On the other hand, for those who need to add effects like mouse click animation, real-time drawing, and annotation to their downloads, Leawo Screen Recorder is the only choice. For further information, the below table can be referred to.

Features	CleverGet	Leawo Screen Recorder	YouTube Premium	Freemake Video Downloader	4K Video Downloader	Y2Mate Online YouTube Downloader
Supported sites	1000+ sites	All sites	Only YouTube	50+ sites	50+ sites	10+ sites
Encrypt downloads	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Output formats	Various	Various	Limited	Various	Various	Limited
Resolution support	Up to 8K UHD resolution	Depend on the size of recording frame	720p and 1080p	720p	720p and 1080p	720p
Download speed	6x higher	Depend on video duration	Average	Low	Low	Low
Multi-task processing	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Download scheduler	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Interface	User-friendly	User-friendly	User-friendly	Complex	Complex	Simple
Built-in player	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Download YouTube music	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Hardware acceleration	Yes	No	No	No	No	No

Part 4: How to Download YouTube Videos with the Fastest YouTube Downloader?

After comparison, we can know that CleverGet is the fastest Youtube downloader, because even 8K videos can be downloaded at 6x highe speed. In addition, with a built-in browser and media player, you can easily search what you want to download and play downloaded videos in one box. The following are the step-by-step guidance to download YouTube videos with CleverGet.

Step 1: Download and install CleverGet

First you need to download this fastest YouTube video downloader on your computer. Then, follow the onscreen instruction to install and launch it.

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• CleverGet

  - Download videos up to 8K resolution
  - Support 1000+ sites
  - Support live video M3U8 link downloading
  - Multi-task and playlist download
  - Built-in browser and player
  - Advanced hardware acceleration
  - Easy-to-use interface

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Step 2: Visit the source YouTube page

Before downloading the YouTube video, you can first check and set output directory by clicking the three-dot icon > Settings > Save Video To > Save. Then, on the main interface, click the YouTube icon to enter its official page and search for what you want to download. Alternatively, you can copy and paste the target URL to the address bar to directly visit the source YouTube page.

Step 3: Download YouTube videos

The program will detect all downloadable videos quickly and list them in the pop-up Download window. You can choose what you want to download according to the format, bitrate, size, etc. Plus, you can check the downloading and downloaded process under the Library sidebar.

Part 5: How to Record YouTube Videos with Leawo Screen Recorder?

As an outlier in the list, the steps of Leawo Screen Recorder are also worth introducing. With this fastest YouTube downloader, you can freely download videos from any sites. In addition, you can freely add various effects to your recordings, such as real-time drawing, annotation, webcam, and more. Below steps will show you how to record YouTube video with Leawo Screen Recorder in detail.

Step 1: Download Leawo Screen Recorder

Click the button below to download and install Leawo Screen Recorder on your computer.

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• Leawo Screen Recorder

  - Record all activities on your computer screen as HD screencast.
  - Record video from your webcam.
  - Record any audio from your computer an/or microphone.
  - Capture anything on your computer screen as screenshot.
  - Add drawing, annotations, watermark, mouse animation, and BGM to recordings.
  - Output in high quality with multiple formats selectable.

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Step 2: Set output parameters

Before YouTube video recording, you can first set output parameters like output directory, format, quality, frame rate, etc. Click the three-bar icon on the top menu bar and choose Settings in the drop-down menu. Then, in the Preferences panel, click Output tab in the left column to set output preferences.

Step 3: Select recording region and recording devices

After setting, return to the main interface and click the screen record button. In the drop-down menu, you can select the recording area from full screen, hand-drawn area, fixed area, and recently used size. In the secondary menu of Screen Recorder, you can select other recording devices, such as system sound, microphone and webcam.

Step 4: Start to record YouTube video

Click the REC button to start recording the YouTube video. Then, on the recording widget, you can click the clock icon to set recording schedule, click the camera icon to take screenshot during the screen recording process, and click the palette button to draw and annotate on the recording.

Click the red square button to stop recording. Then, on the Record History panel, you can view and manage you recordings without effort.