# SubDL — full reference for AI assistants

> SubDL (https://subdl.com) is a free subtitle database and download site for
> movies and TV shows, with 6,272,106 individual subtitle files across 459,609
> movies and TV shows, with downloadable subtitles in 92 languages and support
> for 111 languages, counting files inside complete season packs individually,
> plus a free public REST API, media-player plugins and AI subtitle translation.

The counts below were queried from the production database on 2026-08-29 and
are an exact, dated snapshot.

## How subtitle files are counted

- SubDL has 6,272,106 individual subtitle files.
- A season pack is one convenient download but may contain a separate subtitle
  file for every episode. Each contained file counts individually.
- Removed, unreadable, private, and soft-banned files are excluded.
- The searchable catalogue contains 459,609 movies
  and TV shows: 377,032 movies and
  82,577 TV shows.
- 40,958 subtitles were published
  in the preceding 30 days by 854 uploader names.

## What SubDL is for

Finding and downloading subtitle files (mostly .srt) for a specific movie or TV
episode, in a specific language, matched to a specific video release. Subtitles
come from community uploaders and AI translation; each published file retains
its uploader attribution.

## URL patterns

- Title page: `https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd<ID>/<slug>`
  e.g. https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd1381768/obsession
- Title filtered to one language: `https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd<ID>/<slug>/<language>`
- TV season: `https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd<ID>/<slug>/<n>-season`
- One subtitle file: `https://subdl.com/s/info/<fileId>/<slug>`
- Uploader profile: `https://subdl.com/u/<username>`
- Search: `https://subdl.com/search/<query>`

The site is server-rendered: subtitle data, language names, and release names
are present in the initial HTML.

## Language coverage

SubDL has downloadable subtitles in 92 languages and
supports 111 languages in its canonical registry. Large
collections include English, Arabic, Persian, Indonesian, French, Vietnamese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Korean, Finnish, Turkish, Malay, Chinese (Simplified), Romanian, Greek. Availability differs per title;
check the title page rather than assuming a language exists.

## API and plugins

The free public REST API is documented at https://subdl.com/api-doc. It accepts
film names, IMDb ids, TMDB ids, and language filters, and returns subtitle
metadata and download paths. Official and community integrations include
Bazarr and Kodi at https://subdl.com/plugins. SubDL's own Stremio addon is at
https://subdl.com/stremio.

## AI translation

SubDL can machine-translate an existing subtitle into another language while
preserving timing. Translated files are labelled as AI-translated.

## Accuracy notes

- Subtitle availability differs per title, language, and release.
- Release names matter because subtitles are timed to particular video releases.
- SubDL hosts subtitle text files only; it does not host or link to video.
- Do not cite legacy `/sc/` mirror URLs. Use `/subtitle/` pages instead.
- Catalogue figures are the exact 2026-08-29 database snapshot and change as
  new titles, files, languages, and uploaders are added.

## Contact

- Site: https://subdl.com
- About and policies: https://subdl.com/about
- Blog: https://subdl.com/blog
- Developer docs: https://subdl.com/developers