Many netizens like to express their thoughts and feelings through memes. Some YouTubers who like to create YouTube video collections also like to add memes to videos to make them look more interesting. This MiniTool Video Converter post will tell you how to add memes to a YouTube video.

What Are Memes

Memes refer to some interesting or funny items, such as pictures or videos with text attached. These pictures and videos are widely spread on social media, and people like to express their thoughts, status, mood, etc. to others by sending memes.

How to Add Memes to a YouTube Video

To put memes in YouTube videos, you need to download YouTube videos and memes from the site to your computer. Then use a video editor to add memes to the YouTube video. Here are the tools we recommend for downloading YouTube videos and editing videos.

Part 1. Download YouTube Videos

To download YouTube videos and create video collections, you need a video downloader. MiniTool Video Converter is your best choice. It supports downloading YouTube videos to MP4, MP3, WAV or WebM. This free YouTube downloader also allows you to download YouTube videos, music, playlists, and Shorts. With MiniTool Video Converter you can watch YouTube playlists without ads and watermarks.

Here are steps to download YouTube videos with MiniTool Video Converter:

Step 1. Install MiniTool Video Converter and launch it on your desktop.

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Step 2. Navigate to the Video Download tab.

Step 3. Paste the link of the YouTube video in the address bar and then click the green Download button next to the address bar.

Paste the video link into the address bar and click Download

Step 4. Select to download this video in MP4 or WebM in pop-up window. Then choose whether to download subtitles, and finally click the DOWNLOAD button.

Select MP4 or WebM, choose whether to download subtitles, and then click DOWNLOAD

Step 5. When the video download is complete, you can choose the Navigate to file icon to see the save location of the video and click the Play icon to preview this video.

Choose Navigate to file to see the save location of the downloaded video and click Play to preview the downloaded video

Part 2. Add Memes to YouTube Videos

Flexclip is an online video editing website. It lets you add video clips, photos, and audio to its online video editor. It is very suitable for making some simple video collections. If you want to put memes in YouTube videos, Flexclip is a good choice.

Here are steps to add memes to a YouTube video with Flexclip:

Step 1. Access to flexclip.com and click the Start from Scratch button.

Step 2. Then you will go to a video editing interface. Choose the Media tab, click Upload Files, and add the downloaded YouTube video and memes.

Step 3. Drag the video to the video track.

Step 4. Drag the meme at The Project to the video playback interface on the right.

Drag the meme at The Project to the video playback interface on the right

Step 5. You can click the buttons above the meme to change the property of it.

  1. Distribute: Change the position of the meme in the video
  2. Layer: Switch the layer position of the meme
  3. Lock: Fix the position of the meme
  4. Duplicate: Duplicate the meme into another movable layer
  5. Delete: Delete the meme
Click the buttons above the meme to change the property of it

Step 6. Select the meme above the video track to extend the time it stays in the video, and you can also select the meme segment and drag it to the specific video segment you want.

Drag the meme clip on the track to set its duration and the time it appears

Conclusion

This post gives you a great YouTube downloader – MiniTool Video Converter to download YouTube videos and tells you how to use FlexClip to add memes to a YouTube video. After reading this article, try the above methods to add memes to your videos.

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Mia
Mia

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Mia loves music and art, and likes to listen to music alone in her spare time. Now, Mia is the English editor of MiniTool. She is good at writing YouTube tips, video conversion, and video recording. She is committed to bringing more multimedia knowledge to readers.