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.

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
Aparat Saba Idea 2011 own TOS Yes >48[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 >65[6] ~60  France Yes Yes Yes No[7] Yes
EngageMedia EngageMedia March 2005 Creative Commons No >0.008 Un­known  Germany Yes Yes N/A 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 >5.1[9] Un­known  Brazil Yes No Un­known No Yes
Godtube Salem Media Group 2006 Un­known No >0.223[10] Un­known  United States Yes No No No Yes
Internet Archive Internet Archive 1996 own TOS No >6.4[11] Un­known  United States Un­known Un­known N/A Yes Yes
MetaCDN
2012 TOS No Un­known Un­known  Australia Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes
Niconico Kadokawa Dwango December 12, 2006 own TOS Yes >17.5[12] Un­known  Japan Yes Yes No No Yes
PeerTube Framasoft 2018 Un­known No >0.380[13] Un­known  France No Yes No Yes Yes
QQ Video Tencent own TOS Yes >17.1[14] Un­known  China Yes Yes Yes Un­known
Rumble (website) Rumble Inc. 2013 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  Canada Yes No Yes No Yes
Rutube Gazprom-Media 2006 own TOS Yes >1.49[15] >1.1  Russian Federation Yes No Yes Yes Yes
SAPO Vídeos Altice Un­known Yes >0.883[16] Un­known  Portugal Yes No No No
Tudou Alibaba Group April 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >0.0129[17] 55[18]  China Yes Un­known Un­known Yes, with official tool only
tune.pk Integrated Units December 2006 own TOS Yes >0.256[19] >0.5  Pakistan Yes No Yes Yes[20]
Vimeo Vimeo Holdings November 2004 own TOS, optional Creative Commons No >18.2[21] Un­known  United States Yes Yes[22] Un­known some videos downloadable [23] Yes
Youku Alibaba Group 2006 own TOS Yes >9.08[24] >150[25]  China Yes Un­known Un­known With official tool only
YouTube Alphabet February 15, 2005 own TOS, optional Creative Commons Yes[26] >8,530[27] 7,000[28]  United States Yes Yes Yes Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free.[29] No

Supported input file formats[]

Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT WebM Audio Other
Aparat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
BitChute[30] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes [30]
Dailymotion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No ?
EngageMedia Yes[31] Yes[31] Yes[31] Yes[31] Yes Yes[31] ? No No Yes Yes[31] Yes[31] Yes Yes Yes ?
Flickr[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No Yes ?
Godtube Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Any
MetaCDN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Niconico[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No [34]
PeerTube[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [35]
Putfile[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ASX, 3G2
Rumble[36] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes ? M4V, ASX
RuTube Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No FLV
Tudou[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No FLV, M4V
Veoh Yes Yes Yes[33] Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Viddler[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [37]
Vimeo[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [37]
Youku[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No No FLV
YouTube[33] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No [38]
Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT WebM Audio Other

Streaming video technical information[]

Service Video Player Streaming Video Format Max size (MB) Max time (min) Resolution (max) Video bitrate (kbit) Audio bitrate (kbit) Stereo sound 3D capable 60 FPS support
BitChute HTML5 H.264 ? ? 854×480 ? ? Yes No Yes
Dailymotion HTML5[39] Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec 2,048[40] 720[41] 4,096×2160 ? 96~192 Yes ? Yes
EngageMedia HTML5 or Flash H.264 unlimited unlimited 400×320 260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec No ? ?
Facebook Live HTML5 ? 4,096 120[42] 1,280×720 ? ? ? ? Yes
Flickr HTML5 or Flash ? 1,024[43] 3[43] 1,920×1080[44] ? ? Yes ? ?
Globo Video HTML5 or Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited unlimited 480×360 420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s mp3 96 kbit/s Yes ? ?
Godtube HTML5 or Flash H.264 500 N/A 854×480 variable 128 Yes No No
Internet Archive HTML5 or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ? Yes
MetaCDN HTML5 or Flash H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes Yes Yes
Niconico HTML5[45] H.264, On2 VP6 3,000[46] 360[46] 4,096×2160[46] unlimited[47] 64~192 kbit/s[46] Yes ? Yes[46]
PeerTube HTML5 H.264 8,000, can be changed by admins unlimited 4,096×2160 variable 384 kbit/s Yes No Yes
Rumble HTML5 ? 15,000 ? 4,096×2160 ? ? ? ? ?
RuTube HTML5 or Flash H.264 10,000 ? 640×480 (4:3), 640×360 (16:9) 1,000 ? ? ? ?
Viddler HTML5 or Flash H.264, 3GP, WebM, MP4 unlimited unlimited 1,280×720 variable, average 1600, max 5000 128 Yes ? ?
Vimeo[48] HTML5[49] H.264,[50] AV1[51] 500 (Basic)
Higher with paid plans[52] 		unlimited 4,096×2160[48] variable 320 Yes Yes Yes
Youku HTML5 or Flash On2 VP6 1,024[53] unlimited ? ? ? Yes ? ?
YouTube HTML5 H.264, VP9, AV1 128,000 for verified users [54] 15 (default), 720 (verified)[54] 7,680×4320 variable 64~192 Yes Yes Yes
Service Video Player Streaming Video Format Max size (MB) Max time (min) Resolution Video bitrate (kbit) Audio bitrate (kbit) Stereo sound 3D capable 60 FPS support

Site traffic[]

Notable examples[]

Specifically dedicated video hosting websites[]

Alexa global rankings as of 29th of December 2021:
Name Language Alexa traffic rank
AcFun Mandarin 7,625[55]
Afreeca TV* Korean 1,840[56]
Aparat Persian 56[57]
Bigo English 19,264[58]
Bilibili Mandarin 147[59]
BitChute English 1,466[60]
Dailymotion Multilingual 353[61]
DLive Multilingual 10,434[62]
Godtube English 44,364[63]
IQiyi Mandarin 536[64]
Niconico Japanese 425[65]
Odysee Multilingual 1,724[66]
Rumble English 905[67]
Rutube Russian 5,280[68]
SchoolTube English 209,362[69]
Trilulilu Romanian 140,139[70]
Tudou Mandarin 189[71]
Tune Multilingual 159,956[72]
Twitch* Multilingual 41[73]
VBOX7 Bulgarian 25,384[74]
Veoh Multilingual 31,201[75]
Vimeo Multilingual 164[76]
Youku Mandarin 1,030[77]
YouNow Multilingual 33,363[78]
YouTube Multilingual 2[79]
* Website predominately hosts live streaming video.

See also[]

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References[]

  1. ^ "* site:aparat.com/v/ - Google Search". www.google.com. Google Search. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. ^ Azali, MohammadReza (2016-02-06). "Aparat Is the Next Big Thing in Iran". TechRasa (in American English). Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  3. ^ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "*site:trackalytics.com". TRACKALYTICS. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "* site:dailymotion.com/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  8. ^ "Search: video". SmugMug. 29 January 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "* site:globoplay.globo.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  10. ^ "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  11. ^ "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". Internet Archive. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  12. ^ "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  13. ^ "* site:instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/". Framasoft. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  14. ^ "* site:v.qq.com/x/page/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  15. ^ "* site:rutube.ru/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  16. ^ "* site:videos.sapo.pt/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  17. ^ "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  18. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?" Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  19. ^ "* site:tune.pk/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  20. ^ No possibility to opt-out downloading .
  21. ^ "* site:vimeo.com/*". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  22. ^ English, Spanish, French, German
  23. ^ can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
  24. ^ "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  25. ^ For more info, see "About Youku"
  26. ^ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
  27. ^ "* site:youtube.com/watch?v=". Google Search. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  28. ^ "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes.
  29. ^ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  30. ^ a b "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  31. ^ a b c d e f g converts to Flash, original available
  32. ^ "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i converts to Flash
  34. ^ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  35. ^ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2
  36. ^ "UPLOAD, SHARE AND LICENSE YOUR VIDEOS". Rumble. March 2, 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  37. ^ a b 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  38. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
  39. ^ "Ad formats". DailyMotion Support. October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  40. ^ "Upload specifications and encoding settings". Dailymotion. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  41. ^ longer for MotionMaker users
  42. ^ "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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  44. ^ "HD Videos on Flickr". Yahoo/Flickr Help. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  45. ^ "【12/15更新】動画視聴ページFlash版の提供終了について【PC版ニコニコ動画】｜ニコニコインフォ". Niconico (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2021.
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  47. ^ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  48. ^ a b "Compression Guidelines on Vimeo". vimeo.com.
  49. ^ "Flash player deprecation". Vimeo Help Center. July 18, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  50. ^ since May 2009, phasing out VP6
  51. ^ since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
  52. ^ Vimeo Basic is limited to 500 MB per video, and 5 GB of total video storage. Plus allows up to 5 GB (5,120 MB) of uploads per week, while Pro allows up to 20 GB (20,480 MB) per week; neither plan has a total video storage limit. Pro Unlimited, Business and Premium have no weekly upload limit, but do implement a total video storage limit of 3 TB (terabytes), 5 TB and 7 TB, respectively.
  53. ^ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  54. ^ a b "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
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