Comparison of video hosting services
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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.
This article needs to be updated. (August 2022) |
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[1] | Yes | >153[2] | >6[3] | Iran | Yes | Yes[4] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BitChute | Bit Chute Limited [5] | 2017 | own TOS[6] | No | Unknown | ~0.8 [7] | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes [8] | some videos downloadable | No |
Dailymotion | Vivendi | March 15, 2005 | own TOS[9] | Yes | >36.9[10] | ~60 | France | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[11] | Yes |
EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | >0.008 | Unknown | Germany | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
Flickr | SmugMug | 2004 | own TOS[12] | Yes | >1.2[13] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Globo Video | Grupo Globo | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >7.76[14] | Unknown | Brazil | Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
Godtube | Salem Media Group | 2006 | Unknown | No | >0.114[15] | Unknown | United States | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS[16] | No | >10.2[17] | Unknown | United States | Unknown | Unknown | — | Yes | Yes |
MetaCDN |
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2012 | TOS[18] | No | Unknown | Unknown | Australia | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
Niconico | Kadokawa Dwango | December 12, 2006 | own TOS[19] | Yes | >16.5[20] | Unknown | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Odysee | LBRY | 2015 | own TOS[21] | Yes | >10[22] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PeerTube | Framasoft | 2018 | 7 licenses to choose from[23] | Optional[24] | >0.515[25] | >87[25] | France | Optional[26] | Yes | Yes[27] | Yes | Yes |
QQ Video | Tencent | own TOS[28] | Yes | >0.864[29] | Unknown | China | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
Rumble | Rumble Inc. | 2013 | own TOS[30] | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Canada | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Rutube | Gazprom-Media | 2006 | own TOS[31] | Yes | >5.82[32] | >1.1 | Russian Federation | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tudou | Alibaba Group | April 15, 2005 | own TOS[33] | Yes | >0.035[34] | 55[35] | China | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only | |
Vimeo | Vimeo Holdings | November 2004 | own TOS,[36] optional Creative Commons | No | >12.3[37] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes[38] | Unknown | some videos downloadable [39] | Yes |
Youku | Alibaba Group | 2006 | own TOS[40] | Yes | >0.665[41] | >150[42] | China | Yes | Yes[43] | Unknown | With official tool only | |
YouTube | Alphabet | February 15, 2005 | own TOS,[44] optional Creative Commons | Yes (No for YouTube Premium users)[45] | >4,100[46] | 7,000[47] | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free.[48] | Yes |
All services support the following input file formats:
Unless otherwise indicated, they also support the following input file formats:
Service | MOD | Real | ASF | QT | WebM | Audio | Notes |
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Aparat | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | |
Newgrounds | Yes | Audio Portal | FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V | ||||
BitChute[49] | Yes | [49] | |||||
Dailymotion | Yes | ? | |||||
EngageMedia | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Flickr[50] | Yes | Yes | No .MKV support | ||||
Godtube | |||||||
Internet Archive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any |
MetaCDN | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Niconico | [51] | ||||||
PeerTube[52] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [53] | ||
Rumble[54] | Yes | No .MKV support | |||||
RuTube | FLV | ||||||
Tudou[52] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | FLV | |
Vimeo[52] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [55] | ||
Youku[52] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | FLV | ||
YouTube[52] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [56] | |
Service | MOD | Real | ASF | QT | WebM | Audio | Notes |
Service | Streaming Video Format | Max size (GB) | Max time (min) | Resolution (max) | Video bitrate (kbit/s) | Audio bitrate (kbit/s) | 3D capable |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitChute | H.264 | 2 | ? | 480p Wide SD | < 500 | 96 | No |
Dailymotion | Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec | 2[57] | 720[58] | 4K UHD | ? | 96~192 | No |
Facebook Watch | ? | 4 | 120[59] | 4K UHD | ? | ? | Yes |
Flickr | ? | 1[60] | 3[60] | 1080p HD | ? | ? | No |
Godtube | H.264 | 0.5[61] | — | 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[62] | 360[62] | 4K UHD | unlimited[63] | 64~192 | ? |
PeerTube | H.264 | 8 | — | 4K UHD | variable | 384 | No |
Rumble | H.264 / AAC LC | 15 | 720 | 4K UHD | variable, Live max:8000,[64] VOD max:9000[65][66] | 128~224 | No |
RuTube | H.264 | 10 | 300 | 4K UHD | ? | ? | No |
StreamShark | H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP | ? | ? | 4K UHD | 4096 | 192 | Yes |
Vimeo[67] | H.264,[68] AV1[69] | 250[70] | 24 | 4K UHD | variable | 320 | Yes |
Youku | On2 VP6 | 1[71] | unlimited | ? | ? | ? | ? |
YouTube | H.264, VP9, AV1 | 256[72] | 15 (default), 720 (verified)[72] | 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 |
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 |
Vimeo | Multilingual | 645 |
Youku | Mandarin | 1,433 |
YouNow | Multilingual | 54,020 |
YouTube | Multilingual | 2 |
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