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Free Substack downloader

Substack Video Downloader

Save video and podcast episodes published on Substack as MP4 or MP3. Paste the link of a free, public post.

Paste a Substack link Ready when you are

Try it: https://haleynahman.substack.com/p/i-made-a-vlog?s=r

What you can save from Substack

  • Video posts as MP4, up to 1080p
  • Podcast episodes as MP3 or M4A
  • Paid posts through the extension, while you are subscribed and signed in

How to get the link

  • Copy the address bar of the post. Publications on their own domain work too.
  • If the post asks you to subscribe to watch, the website cannot see it. Use the extension in your signed-in browser.

About this Substack downloader

Substack writers publish video posts and podcast episodes next to their newsletters. Paste the address of a post on a Substack publication (name.substack.com/p/ or a custom domain) to list the video, in the qualities Substack serves up to 1080p, or the audio of a podcast episode. Posts for paid subscribers only are not visible to the website; open them in your own signed-in browser and use the extension, which saves what you can see as a subscriber.

Three moves, one file

Copy the link

Open the Substack video or post and copy its address.

Paste it up top

Press Download. We find the video and the pictures on that page.

Pick a quality

MP4 or MP3, a size, Download. The file lands in your Downloads folder.

One click instead of paste

The free Chrome extension finds the video on any Substack page by itself: open the page, click the icon, press Download. No hourly limit, no copying links, and it works on pages that refuse servers.

Add to Chrome

Questions about the Substack downloader

Do paid posts work?

Not on the website. The extension, in your own signed-in browser, saves what you are allowed to watch.

Can I save a podcast episode?

Yes. Choose Audio only (MP3) in the results.

Which quality do I get?

The qualities Substack streams, usually up to 1080p.