Is Douyin the same as TikTok?
Douyin (抖音) is ByteDance's short-video app for mainland China, and TikTok is its international sister app. They look almost identical, but they are separate services with separate accounts, separate creators and separate videos. A Douyin video doesn't appear on TikTok unless the creator uploads it there too, which is why so many people outside China look for a way to save Douyin clips they've seen shared on Weibo, WeChat, Xiaohongshu or YouTube compilations.
Douyin is also home to a lot of content you won't find elsewhere: Chinese cooking and street food, livestream-shopping highlights, dance trends that reach TikTok weeks later, and C-drama clips.
How do I copy a Douyin video link?
When you tap 分享 (Share) and then 复制链接 (Copy link) in the Douyin app, it copies a block of Chinese text with a short link such as v.douyin.com/AbCdEf/ in the middle. You don't need to clean it up: paste the whole thing into the box above and we find the link inside.
Links from the Douyin website (www.douyin.com/video/…) and from iesdouyin.com work too. If you only have a video ID or a screenshot, open the video on douyin.com first and copy the address bar.
Do Douyin downloads have a watermark, and what quality are they?
No. Like TikTok, Douyin stamps its logo and the creator's Douyin ID onto videos saved from the app, but it also stores an unbranded copy for playback. That's the file we download, so there's no logo to crop or blur.
Douyin generally keeps higher-quality files than TikTok. Many recent videos are available in 1080p, and some in 2K or even 4K when the creator uploaded at that size. We ask for the best version Douyin stores for each video. If there's a choice of sizes in the results, the top one is the sharpest and a lower one saves space.
Can I download Douyin videos from outside China?
You don't need a Chinese phone number, a Douyin account or a VPN to use this page. We fetch the public video the way a logged-out visitor in a browser would. Most public Douyin videos work from anywhere.
What won't work: videos from private accounts, videos the creator has limited to friends, deleted videos, and live streams. Douyin also blocks a small number of videos outside mainland China, usually for music licensing. Those show an error rather than a file.
Translating and reusing Douyin videos
Most Douyin videos have Chinese captions burned into the picture, so they can't be removed. Tools such as Google Translate's camera mode or Google Lens can translate them from a paused frame on your screen.
If you're collecting clips for a compilation or reaction channel, remember they're still the creators' work. Many Douyin creators also post on TikTok, YouTube or Bilibili; crediting them by name and linking their account is both fair and the best protection against copyright claims.