diff --git a/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py b/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py
index 0fb0825d..08faa358 100644
--- a/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ def resources_dir() -> Path:
 EXAMPLE_VIDEO_FILENAME = "example_video.mp4"
 EXAMPLE_MKV_VIDEO_FILENAME = "example_video.mkv"
 EXAMPLE_VIDEO_HD_FILENAME = "example_video_large.mp4"
+EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_EMBEDDED = "https://www.youtube.com/embed/XALBGkjkUPQ"
+EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_PARAMETER = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XALBGkjkUPQ"
+EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_SHORT = "https://youtu.be/watch?v=XALBGkjkUPQ"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py b/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py
index 8fbee5d4..6721a2e8 100644
--- a/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py
+++ b/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
     resource_copy,
 )
 
+from .. import test_utils
 from ..conftest import (
     EXAMPLE_MKV_VIDEO_FILENAME,
     EXAMPLE_VIDEO_FILENAME,
     EXAMPLE_VIDEO_HD_FILENAME,
+    EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_EMBEDDED,
+    EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_PARAMETER,
+    EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_SHORT,
 )
 
 #############################################################################
@@ -211,6 +215,10 @@ def test_hover_thumbnail_generator(
     os.remove(result)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not test_utils.internet_is_available(),
+    reason="No internet connection",
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "video_uri, expected",
     [
@@ -224,3 +232,29 @@ def test_convert_video_to_mp4(
 ) -> None:
     filepath = str(resources_dir / video_uri)
     assert file_utils.convert_video_to_mp4(filepath) == str(resources_dir / expected)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not test_utils.internet_is_available(),
+    reason="No internet connection",
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "youtube_uri, expected",
+    [
+        (EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_EMBEDDED, "XALBGkjkUPQ.mp4"),
+        (EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_PARAMETER, "XALBGkjkUPQ.mp4"),
+        (EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_SHORT, "XALBGkjkUPQ.mp4"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_youtube_downloader(
+    resources_dir: Path,
+    youtube_uri: str,
+    expected: str,
+) -> None:
+    actual_uri = file_utils.resource_copy(youtube_uri, resources_dir, True)
+    expected_uri = str(resources_dir / expected)
+    assert actual_uri == expected_uri
+    assert Path(actual_uri).exists()
+    assert Path(actual_uri).is_file()
+
+    os.remove(actual_uri)
diff --git a/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py b/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py
index 3c2e44cc..1f106380 100644
--- a/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import aiohttp
 import fsspec
 from fsspec.core import url_to_fs
+from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -90,7 +91,12 @@ def resource_copy(
     # Ensure dst doesn't exist
     dst = Path(dst).resolve()
     if dst.is_dir():
-        dst = dst / uri.split("/")[-1]
+        if "v=" in str(uri):
+            # Split by youtube video query parameter
+            dst = dst / uri.split("v=")[-1]
+        else:
+            # Split by the last "/"
+            dst = dst / uri.split("/")[-1]
 
     # Ensure filename is less than 255 chars
     # Otherwise this can raise an OSError for too long of a filename
@@ -105,6 +111,9 @@ def resource_copy(
     log.info(f"Beginning resource copy from: {uri}")
     # Get file system
     try:
+        if uri.find("youtube.com") >= 0 or uri.find("youtu.be") >= 0:
+            return youtube_copy(uri, dst, overwrite)
+
         kwargs = {}
 
         # Set custom timeout for http resources
@@ -126,6 +135,38 @@ def resource_copy(
         raise e
 
 
+def youtube_copy(uri: str, dst: Path, overwrite: bool = False) -> str:
+    """
+    Copy a video from YouTube to a local destination on the machine.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    uri: str
+        The url of the YouTube video to copy.
+    dst: str
+        The location of the file to download.
+    overwrite: bool
+        Boolean value indicating whether or not to overwrite a local video with
+        the same name if it already exists.
+
+    Returns
+    _______
+    dst: str
+        The location of the downloaded file.
+    """
+    # dst = Path(str(dst) + ".mp4")
+    dst = dst.with_suffix(".mp4")
+
+    # Ensure dest isn't a file
+    if dst.is_file() and not overwrite:
+        raise FileExistsError(dst)
+
+    ydl_opts = {"outtmpl": str(dst), "format": "mp4"}
+    with YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
+        ydl.download([uri])
+        return str(dst)
+
+
 def split_audio(
     video_read_path: str,
     audio_save_path: str,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8fe959f2..5a29d5be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "spacy~=3.0",
     "truecase~=0.0.12",
     "webvtt-py~=0.4.6",
+    "yt-dlp~=2022.2.4"
 ]
 
 test_requirements = [