Pinterest to MP3: download the audio of a video pin
To convert Pinterest to MP3, paste the link of a video pin: the MP3 row comes first, converted on our server at 128 kbps while it downloads to you. A minute of audio is about 1 MB. Pins without sound, images and GIFs have no audio to convert.
- MP3 128 kbps
- About 1 MB per minute
- pin.it links work
One video pin, one MP3
pinterest_<pin id>.mp4Video + AAC audio track
MP3 · 128 kbpsConverted once, while it downloadspinterest_
| Length | File size |
|---|---|
| 30 s | ≈0.5 MB |
| 1 min | ≈1 MB |
| 5 min | ≈4.8 MB |
| 30 min, the limit | ≈29 MB |
- 128 kbps
- What you get, about 1 MB per minute
- 320 kbps
- Same sound, file about 2.5 times bigger
Three taps from a video pin to an MP3
Copy the video pin
Open the pin that plays the video, tap Share and Copy link. A pin.it short link works, and so do links from pinterest.es, fr.pinterest.com or any other country site.
Paste the pin link, the MP3 row comes first
We follow the link to the pin, find its video and put the MP3 row first, above the MP4. A board or a profile link gives nothing: it has to be one pin.
Tap Download MP3
We convert the sound while it downloads, so the file starts after a moment. It is named pinterest_ plus the pin number, with .mp3, ready for any player or editor.
The Pinterest MP3: bitrate, size and limits
| Format | MP3, 128 kbps (LAME), converted once from the video's AAC audio |
|---|---|
| Size | About 1 MB per minute of audio |
| Links | pinterest.com/pin/..., pin.it/... and country domains such as pinterest.co.uk |
| Limits | 30 minutes per video, 200 MB per file |
| File name | pinterest_ plus the pin number, .mp3 |
| Not covered | Pins without sound, image and GIF pins, boards, profiles and secret boards |
What audio a Pinterest pin carries
Pinterest doesn't host audio files. The sound you hear lives inside the video of a video pin: the voice over a recipe, the steps of a tutorial, the music behind a workout. That track is what becomes your MP3.
Plenty of video pins carry no track at all, because they were uploaded silent. With nothing to convert, the MP3 fails with a message and you keep the MP4. Image pins and GIF pins never have sound, so they show no MP3 row.
Why 128 kbps and not 320
Your MP3 is made from the AAC audio inside the pin's video, decoded and encoded once at 128 kbps with LAME. Raising the bitrate can't bring back detail the original track doesn't have; it just makes the file bigger.
At 128 kbps the size is easy to predict: about 0.96 MB per minute. A 30 second clip is half a megabyte, five minutes is under 5 MB, and the longest video we accept, 30 minutes, gives roughly 29 MB.
How the pin number names your MP3
The share button in the Pinterest app copies a short pin.it link. We follow it to the full pin address, pinterest.com/pin/ and a number. That number names your file: pinterest_ plus the pin number, with .mp3.
The MP3 row uses a signed download link that expires after 15 minutes, so paste the pin again if you come back later. The MP4 below it is Pinterest's own file, unchanged.
Silent pins, 320 kbps and using the music
Why does the MP3 download fail on some pins?
Because many video pins are silent: there is no sound track to convert, so the MP3 stops with a message. The MP4 row still works for those pins.
Can I get the MP3 at 320 kbps?
No, and it wouldn't sound better. The audio comes from the AAC track inside the pin's video, and a higher bitrate only makes a bigger file. At 128 kbps a minute is about 1 MB.
Does it work on iPhone and Android without an app?
Yes. In Safari the MP3 goes to Files, in Downloads; on Android, Chrome saves it to the Download folder. Any music or podcast app can open it from there.
How long can the Pinterest video be?
Up to 30 minutes and 200 MB. Most video pins last a few seconds or a few minutes, so they convert in moments.
Can I use the music from a Pinterest video?
For personal listening, yes. The song still belongs to the people who made it, so reposting or putting it in your own videos needs their permission.
Do you keep the audio or the video?
No. The video sits in temporary memory only while it converts and is gone when the download ends. Each download link expires after 15 minutes.