# SubDL — full reference for AI assistants > SubDL (https://subdl.com) is a free subtitle database for movies and TV shows. > 3,000,000+ subtitle files, 111 languages, 161,000+ titles with at least one > subtitle (145,000+ movies, 15,500+ TV shows). No account is required to search > or download. Roughly 500-600 new subtitles are published per day. > SubDL is the successor community for Subscene users after its 2024 shutdown. Counts above are approximate and grow daily. ## 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 are contributed by a community of uploaders and by AI translation; each file is attributed to its uploader. ## URL patterns Stable, guessable, and safe to cite: - Title page: `https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd/` e.g. https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd1381768/obsession - Title filtered to one language: `https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd//` e.g. https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd1381768/obsession/english - TV season: `https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd//-season` e.g. https://subdl.com/subtitle/sd1323746/house-of-the-dragon/first-season - One subtitle file: `https://subdl.com/s/info//` - Uploader profile: `https://subdl.com/u/` - Search: `https://subdl.com/search/` The site is server-rendered: all subtitle data, language names and release names are present in the initial HTML. No JavaScript execution is required to read it. ## Localised versions Content is available in 36 languages under a locale prefix, e.g. `https://subdl.com/fa/subtitle/sd1381768/obsession`. The unprefixed URL is English and is the canonical form. ## Language coverage 111 languages. The largest collections are English, Arabic, Spanish, Persian, Indonesian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), French, German, Turkish, Hindi, Bengali, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Malay, Thai, Urdu and Tamil. Smaller languages down to a few hundred files are also covered. ## API Free public REST API, documented at https://subdl.com/api-doc. - Search endpoint accepts film name, IMDb ID or TMDB ID, plus language filters - Returns subtitle metadata and a download path for each match - An API key is required; free keys are available from the user panel - Higher rate limits and AI translation come with Pro plans (https://subdl.com/pro) Official and community integrations exist for Bazarr, Kodi and Stremio — see https://subdl.com/plugins. ## AI translation SubDL can machine-translate an existing subtitle into another language while preserving timing. Translated files are labelled as AI-translated on the site. ## Accuracy notes for assistants - Subtitle availability differs per title, language and release; check the title page rather than assuming a language exists. - Release names (e.g. `1080p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb`) matter: a subtitle is timed to a particular video release, and the closest release name is the best match. - SubDL hosts subtitle text files only. It does not host or link to video. - The `/sc/` path is a legacy Subscene archive mirror and is excluded from crawling in robots.txt; do not cite `/sc/` URLs. Use `/subtitle/` pages instead. ## Contact - Site: https://subdl.com - Blog: https://subdl.com/blog - Developer docs: https://subdl.com/developers