Ted Video Downloader
Download videos from Ted instantly *
* Downloader lets you download videos from Ted quickly and easily.
How to Download videos from Ted
Downloading videos from Ted with Downloader is simple. Paste your link above or prepend our domain before any media URL:
downloader.org/https://www.ted.com/path/to/media
Get Ted videos in 3 quick steps
1. Copy the Ted Link
Find the video you want from Ted and copy its URL. See our tutorials for guidance.
2. Paste the Link
Paste the Ted URL into the search bar at the top of this page.
3. Download Instantly
Click the download button to save your video directly to your device.
Downloader.org Developer API
Pull videos, audio, and images from 1,000+ supported sites with a single API. One endpoint, hundreds of platforms, predictable JSON responses.
1,000+ supported sites
Single endpoint
Predictable JSON
Async job processing
Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.downloader.org/api/v1/submit/",
headers={"Authorization": "API_KEY"},
json={"url": "URL"},
)
for item in response.json()["items"]:
print(item["type"], item["url"])Ted Video Downloader – FAQ
Copy the URL of the Ted video you want, paste it into the box at the top of this page, and click Download. Your file is ready in a few seconds.
Yes — Ted videos download for free, no account needed. A Pro plan exists for users who hit our daily limit or want priority processing, but it isn't required.
Ted videos download as MP4 — the most widely-compatible video container. MP4 plays natively on every modern browser, iOS, Android, smart TV, and editing tool you might point it at.
Ted hosts long-form video — anything from a 3-minute clip to a multi-hour archive. video download time scales with file size, but server-side processing stays constant.
Any video you can view on Ted without logging in is fair game. Paste the URL — no Ted account or sign-in required on our side either.
There's nothing Ted-specific you need to do when grabbing a video. The standard paste-and-download flow handles it.
Yes. We deliver the file Ted serves — no re-encoding, no compression, no quality loss. The video you save matches the one playing in your browser.
No. Downloads happen on our infrastructure — Ted sees a normal page request, not your identity or your download action. The poster receives no notification.
Ted is used heavily by professionals for reference, citation, and offline review. Downloads keep the original metadata where the platform exposes it — useful when you need to cite the source later.
Yes. MP4 files play natively in the default Photos / Files / Music app on every modern phone. No third-party player required.
Pro accounts can paste a comma-separated list of Ted URLs to extract them in a batch. Free accounts handle one URL per request — paste, download, repeat.
Downloading videos from Ted that you have the right to save — your own uploads, openly-licensed work, public-domain material — is standard fair use in most jurisdictions. For anything else, respect copyright and Ted's terms.
Note, we store nothing, everything is piped to you, even the images are piped as base64 to your browser.
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