How to Download Songs or other Audio from Tumblr

Tumblr is world’s #30 most accessed website (according to Alexa) and is being used by a variety of people. While some use it to share their views and ideas, others make use of Tumblr to showcase their talent in front of others. A lot of times we come across some nice songs or audio notes which are directly uploaded to Tumblr with no download link available. If you’re looking to download any such audio file off Tumblr blogs, this post is for you.

Download Music from Tumblr Using Chrome or Firefox

Downloading audio from Tumblr is an easy job if we make use of the Developer Options built into modern browsers. If you’re using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox on your PC, just follow the steps below to download the required audio from Tumblr and play it offline whenever you want.

1. Open Chrome or Firefox and browse the Tumblr blog page where the audio is uploaded and wait for the page to fully load.
2. Click the Play button
3. Right click on the Audio Player and Choose Inspect Element.
4. Look for HTML section looking like  <audio preload=”auto”>. In our example, the exact HTML section was:

   <audio preload="auto">
   <source class="audio-source" src="https://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/yuurivoice/157290960110/tumblr_olfsqarl0a1vj40wf?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio">
   </audio>

5. Click on it to expand and then copy the contents in the src block. From our example above, the code to copy will be:

   

   Tip – Double click on the code in the src block to select it. Then press Ctrl + C on Windows to copy it.

   https://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/yuurivoice/157290960110/tumblr_olfsqarl0a1vj40wf?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio

6. Paste the copied source URL in a new browser window or tab and click on go.
7. The file should start downloading automatically. If it does not and instead starts playing within the browser, right click on the Player and choose Save video as.. (Chrome) or Save Audio As.. (Firefox).
8. That’s all you were needed to do. Enjoy your audio offline.

Facing an issue? Or has Tumblr changed its coding? Let us know in the comments below 🙂

The Alternate Way (Easier, but might not work everytime)

1. Open Chrome or Firefox and browse the Tumblr blog page where the audio is uploaded and wait for the page to fully load.
2. Open Developer Console by pressing the F12 key on your keyboard or by Right clicking anywhere on the page and choosing Inspect Element.
3. Switch to the Network tab and if there are requests still loading, wait for a while for all of them to finish loading.
4. Click on the Play button on the Tumblr webpage and notice the new URL for audio file appearing in the Network tab.

   

5. Right-click on it and choose Open Link in New tab.
6. Switch to the newly opened tab and right click on the audio player and choose Save video as.. (Chrome) or Save Audio As.. (Firefox).
7. Wait for the download to finish and enjoy your audio offline.

Are you able to download audio from Tumblr using the tutorial above? Do let us know your experience in the comments 🙂