The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of current, notable video hosting services. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
General information
Basic general information about the hosts: creator/company, license/price etc.
Service | Owner | Launched | Content license | Ads | # videos (millions) | Views per day (millions) | Main server location | Prohibits pornography | Multilingual | Ad revenue sharing | Video download- able |
Registration needed to upload |
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Aparat | Saba Idea | 2011 | own TOS | Yes | >153[1] | >6[2] | Iran | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BitChute | Bit Chute Limited [3] | 2017 | own TOS | No | Unknown | ~0.8 [4] | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes [5] | some videos downloadable | No |
Dailymotion | Vivendi | March 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >36.9[6] | ~60 | France | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[7] | Yes |
EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | >0.008 | Unknown | Germany | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
Flickr | SmugMug | 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >1.2[8] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Globo Video | Grupo Globo | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >7.76[9] | Unknown | Brazil | Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
Godtube | Salem Media Group | 2006 | Unknown | No | >0.114[10] | Unknown | United States | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS | No | >10.2[11] | Unknown | United States | Unknown | Unknown | — | Yes | Yes |
MetaCDN |
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2012 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | Australia | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
Niconico | Kadokawa Dwango | December 12, 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >16.5[12] | Unknown | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Odysee | LBRY | 2015 | own TOS | Yes | >10[13] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PeerTube | Framasoft | 2018 | Unknown | No | >0.494[14] | Unknown | France | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
QQ Video | Tencent | own TOS | Yes | >0.864[15] | Unknown | China | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
Rumble | Rumble Inc. | 2013 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Canada | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Rutube | Gazprom-Media | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >5.82[16] | >1.1 | Russian Federation | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tudou | Alibaba Group | April 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >0.035[17] | 55[18] | China | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only | |
Vimeo | Vimeo Holdings | November 2004 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | No | >12.3[19] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes[20] | Unknown | some videos downloadable [21] | Yes |
Youku | Alibaba Group | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >0.665[22] | >150[23] | China | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | With official tool only | |
YouTube | Alphabet | February 15, 2005 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes (No for YouTube Premium users)[24] | >4,100[25] | 7,000[26] | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free.[27] | Yes |
Supported input file formats
All services support the following input file formats:
- Moving Picture Experts Group (.MPG/MPEG-1)
- QuickTime File Format (.MOV)
- Windows Media Video (.WMV)
- Audio Video Interleave (.AVI)
- H.264 MPEG-4/AVC (.MP4)
Unless otherwise indicated, they also support the following input file formats:
- Matroska Multimedia Container (.MKV)
- Theora (.OGV)
- 3rd Generation Partnership Project (.3GP)
Service | MOD | Real | ASF | QT | WebM | Audio | Notes |
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Aparat | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | |
Newgrounds | Yes | Audio Portal | FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V | ||||
BitChute[28] | Yes | [28] | |||||
Dailymotion | Yes | ? | |||||
EngageMedia | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Flickr[29] | Yes | Yes | No .MKV support | ||||
Godtube | |||||||
Internet Archive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any |
MetaCDN | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Niconico | [30] | ||||||
PeerTube[31] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [32] | ||
Rumble[33] | Yes | No .MKV support | |||||
RuTube | FLV | ||||||
Tudou[31] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | FLV | |
Veoh | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
Vimeo[31] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [34] | ||
Youku[31] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | FLV | ||
YouTube[31] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [35] | |
Service | MOD | Real | ASF | QT | WebM | Audio | Notes |
Streaming video technical information
Service | Streaming Video Format | Max size (GB) | Max time (min) | Resolution (max) | Video bitrate (kbit/s) | Audio bitrate (kbit/s) | 3D capable |
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BitChute | H.264 | 2 | ? | 480p Wide SD | < 500 | 96 | No |
Dailymotion | Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec | 2[36] | 720[37] | 4K UHD | ? | 96~192 | No |
Facebook Watch | ? | 4 | 120[38] | 4K UHD | ? | ? | Yes |
Flickr | ? | 1[39] | 3[39] | 1080p HD | ? | ? | No |
Godtube | H.264 | 0.5[40] | — | 480p Wide SD | variable | 128 | No |
Internet Archive | Ogg Theora/Vorbis | — | — | — | — | — | ? |
Newgrounds | N/A | 6.3 | ? | ? | variable | 320 | No |
Niconico | H.264, On2 VP6 | 3[41] | 360[41] | 4K UHD | unlimited[42] | 64~192 | ? |
PeerTube | H.264 | 8 | — | 4K UHD | variable | 384 | No |
Rumble | H.264 / AAC LC | 15 | 720 | 4K UHD | variable, Live max:8000,[43] VOD max:9000[44][45] | 128~224 | No |
RuTube | H.264 | 10 | 300 | 4K UHD | ? | ? | No |
StreamShark | H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP | ? | ? | 4K UHD | 4096 | 192 | Yes |
Vimeo[46] | H.264,[47] AV1[48] | 250[49] | 24 | 4K UHD | variable | 320 | Yes |
Youku | On2 VP6 | 1[50] | unlimited | ? | ? | ? | ? |
YouTube | H.264, VP9, AV1 | 256[51] | 15 (default), 720 (verified)[51] | 8K UHD | variable | 64~192 | Yes |
Service | Streaming Video Format | Max size (GB) | Max time (min) | Resolution | Video bitrate (kbit/s) | Audio bitrate (kbit/s) | 3D capable |
Site traffic
Specifically dedicated video hosting websites
Name | Language | Similarweb traffic rank |
---|---|---|
AcFun | Mandarin | 4,675 |
Aparat | Persian | 123 |
Bigo | English | 16,743 |
Bilibili | Mandarin | 30 |
BitChute | English | 4,104 |
Dailymotion | Multilingual | 357 |
DLive | Multilingual | 27,887 |
Huya Live | Mandarin | 1,625 |
Godtube | English | 77,477 |
iQIYI | Mandarin | 1,074 |
Niconico | Japanese | 165 |
Odysee | Multilingual | 3,355 |
Rumble | English | 238 |
Rutube | Russian | 542 |
SchoolTube | English | 107,835 |
Tudou | Mandarin | 54,394 |
Twitch* | Multilingual | 49 |
VBOX7 | Bulgarian | 19,783 |
Veoh | Multilingual | 48,423 |
Vimeo | Multilingual | 645 |
Youku | Mandarin | 1,433 |
YouNow | Multilingual | 54,020 |
YouTube | Multilingual | 2 |
- * Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.
See also
Part of a series on |
Internet hosting service |
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Full-featured hosting |
Web hosting |
Application-specific web hosting |
By content format |
Other types |
- Comparison of streaming media software
- Content delivery network
- Streaming television
- Internet Protocol television
- Comparison of music streaming services
- List of streaming media systems
- List of online video platforms
- Multicast
- One-click hosting
- P2PTV
- Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty
- Push technology
- Streaming media
- Video on demand
- Webcast
References
- ↑ "* site:aparat.com/v/ - Google Search". www.google.com. Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ Azali, MohammadReza (2016-02-06). "Aparat Is the Next Big Thing in Iran". TechRasa. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
- ↑ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "*site:trackalytics.com". TRACKALYTICS. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "* site:dailymotion.com/video/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ↑ "Search: video". SmugMug. 29 January 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ↑ "* site:globoplay.globo.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". Internet Archive. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ↑ "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ Bookman, Todd (19 April 2021). "From Cooking Videos to QAnon, N.H.-Based Video Platform Attracts Users Banned Elsewhere". NHPR. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022.
- ↑ "* site:instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/". Framasoft. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ↑ "* site:v.qq.com/x/page/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ "* site:rutube.ru/video/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?" Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
- ↑ "* site:vimeo.com/*". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ English, Spanish, French, German
- ↑ can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
- ↑ "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ For more info, see "About Youku"
- ↑ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
- ↑ "* site:youtube.com/watch?v=". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ↑ "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes.
- ↑ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
- 1 2 "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Uploading video's to VIXY (source guide)". help.vixyvideo.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2
- ↑ "UPLOAD, SHARE AND LICENSE YOUR VIDEOS". Rumble. March 2, 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
- ↑ H.263, H.264, FLV
- ↑ "Upload specifications and encoding settings". Dailymotion. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ longer for MotionMaker users
- ↑ "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Flickr upload requirements". Flickr Help Center. February 28, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ↑ "What is the maximum size/length that a video can be?". Salem Web Network Help & Support. April 24, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- 1 2 "ニコニコ動画の投稿仕様について". qa.nicovideo.jp.
- ↑ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
- ↑ "Recommended Encoding Settings For Live Streaming on Rumble". Rumble Faq. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ↑ "VOD max video bitrate sample (Most Beautiful Horse 4K Ultra HD - horses beautiful animals (480p) #shorts #horse #beautiful)". Rumble Astro Universe - Relaxing Music. March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Update Announcement". Rumble Official Twitter Account(@rumblevideo). March 8, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Video and audio compression guidelines". Vimeo Help Center. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ↑ since May 2009, phasing out VP6
- ↑ since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
- ↑ The Vimeo API has a limit of 250 GB and 24 hours per video file. This is applicable to all new plans, and to legacy Pro Unlimited, Business and Premium plans. Other legacy plans have different file size limits: 500 MB for Basic, 5 GB for Plus, and 20 GB for Pro.
- ↑ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
- 1 2 "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
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