diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index e18826c1619..c7968104b53 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ ksp {
     arg("room.schemaLocation", "$projectDir/schemas")
 }
 
-
 // Custom dependency configuration for ktlint
 val ktlint by configurations.creating
 
@@ -256,6 +255,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // HTTP client
     implementation(libs.squareup.okhttp)
+    implementation(libs.squareup.okhttp.brotli)
 
     // Media player
     implementation(libs.google.exoplayer.core)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
index 74a2cab5176..41380bf0722 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.system.Os;
+import android.system.OsConstants;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -23,9 +25,12 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import okhttp3.CompressionInterceptor;
+import okhttp3.Gzip;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import okhttp3.RequestBody;
 import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
+import okhttp3.brotli.Brotli;
 
 public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
     public static final String USER_AGENT =
@@ -40,10 +45,20 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
     private final OkHttpClient client;
 
     private DownloaderImpl(final OkHttpClient.Builder builder) {
+        final CompressionInterceptor compressionInterceptor;
+        if (Os.sysconf(OsConstants._SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF) > 2) {
+            compressionInterceptor = new CompressionInterceptor(
+                    Brotli.INSTANCE,
+                    Gzip.INSTANCE);
+        } else {
+            compressionInterceptor = new CompressionInterceptor(
+                    Gzip.INSTANCE);
+        }
         this.client = builder
                 .readTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
 //                .cache(new Cache(new File(context.getExternalCacheDir(), "okhttp"),
 //                        16 * 1024 * 1024))
+                .addInterceptor(compressionInterceptor)
                 .build();
         this.mCookies = new HashMap<>();
     }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 73e9cad0815..ff63b2f8a0b 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ squareup-leakcanary-core = { module = "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-androi
 squareup-leakcanary-plumber = { module = "com.squareup.leakcanary:plumber-android", version.ref = "leakcanary" }
 squareup-leakcanary-watcher = { module = "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-object-watcher-android", version.ref = "leakcanary" }
 squareup-okhttp = { module = "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp", version.ref = "okhttp" }
+squareup-okhttp-brotli = { module = "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-brotli", version.ref = "okhttp" }
 zacsweers-autoservice-compiler = { module = "dev.zacsweers.autoservice:auto-service-ksp", version.ref = "autoservice-zacsweers" }
 
 [plugins]