Free Zhihu downloader

Zhihu Video Downloader

Save Zhihu videos as MP4 in the quality you choose. Paste the link of a zvideo page.

Paste a Zhihu link Ready when you are

Try it: https://www.zhihu.com/zvideo/1342930761977176064

What you can save from Zhihu

Videos in every quality Zhihu serves
Videos embedded in answers, from their zvideo link
Audio only, as MP3

How to get the link

Copy the address bar of the video page, or press Share and copy the link.
For a video inside an answer, open it in its own page first, then copy that address.

About this Zhihu downloader

Paste the address of a video on Zhihu (zhihu.com/zvideo followed by a number). Zhihu serves its videos in several qualities, and the results list each one, usually up to 1080p; the video is saved as MP4 with sound. Videos embedded in answers and articles are saved from the zvideo link that the player points to. Content that Zhihu shows only to signed-in members is not available to the website; the extension saves it from your own browser.

Three moves, one file

Copy the link

Open the Zhihu 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 Zhihu 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.

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Questions about the Zhihu downloader

Which qualities are offered?

The ones Zhihu streams, usually 360p to 1080p.

Do videos inside answers work?

Yes. Open the video in its own page and paste that address, or use the extension on the answer.

Why is a video not available?

It is members-only, or it was removed.

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