 | This article needs to be updated.(August 2022) |
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) |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aparat | Saba Idea | 2011 | own TOS | Yes | >153 [1] | >6 [2] |  Iran | Yes | Yes [3] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BitChute | Bit Chute Limited [4] | 2017 | own TOS | No | Unknown | ~0.8 [5] |  United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes [6] | some videos downloadable | No |
| Dailymotion | Vivendi | March 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >36.9 [7] | ~60 |  France | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [8] | Yes |
| EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | >0.008 | Unknown |  Germany | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| Flickr | SmugMug | 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >1.2 [9] | Unknown |  United States | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Globo Video | Grupo Globo | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >7.76 [10] | Unknown |  Brazil | Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
| Godtube | Salem Media Group | 2006 | Unknown | No | >0.114 [11] | Unknown | United States | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS | No | >10.2 [12] | Unknown | United States | Unknown | Unknown | — | Yes | Yes |
| MetaCDN |
| 2012 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown |  Australia | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| Niconico | Kadokawa Dwango | December 12, 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >16.5 [13] | Unknown |  Japan | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Odysee | LBRY | 2015 | own TOS | Yes | >10 [14] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PeerTube | Framasoft | 2018 | 7 licenses to choose from [15] | Optional [16] | >0.515 [17] | >87 [17] | France | Optional [18] | Yes | Yes [19] | Yes | Yes |
| QQ Video | Tencent | own TOS | Yes | >0.864 [20] | 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 [21] | >1.1 |  Russian Federation | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tudou | Alibaba Group | April 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >0.035 [22] | 55 [23] | China | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only | |
| Vimeo | Vimeo Holdings | November 2004 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | No | >12.3 [24] | Unknown | United States | Yes | Yes [25] | Unknown | some videos downloadable [26] | Yes |
| Youku | Alibaba Group | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >0.665 [27] | >150 [28] | China | Yes | Yes [29] | Unknown | With official tool only | |
| YouTube | Alphabet | February 15, 2005 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes (No for YouTube Premium users) [30] | >4,100 [31] | 7,000 [32] | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free. [33] | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aparat | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | |
| Newgrounds | Yes | Audio Portal | FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V | ||||
| BitChute [34] | Yes | [34] | |||||
| Dailymotion | Yes | ? | |||||
| EngageMedia | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
| Flickr [35] | Yes | Yes | No .MKV support | ||||
| Godtube | |||||||
| Internet Archive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Any |
| MetaCDN | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Niconico | [36] | ||||||
| PeerTube [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [38] | ||
| Rumble [39] | Yes | No .MKV support | |||||
| RuTube | FLV | ||||||
| Tudou [37] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | FLV | |
| Veoh | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||
| Vimeo [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [40] | ||
| Youku [37] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | FLV | ||
| YouTube [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [41] | |
| 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 [42] | 720 [43] | 4K UHD | ? | 96~192 | No |
| Facebook Watch | ? | 4 | 120 [44] | 4K UHD | ? | ? | Yes |
| Flickr | ? | 1 [45] | 3 [45] | 1080p HD | ? | ? | No |
| Godtube | H.264 | 0.5 [46] | — | 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 [47] | 360 [47] | 4K UHD | unlimited [48] | 64~192 | ? |
| PeerTube | H.264 | 8 | — | 4K UHD | variable | 384 | No |
| Rumble | H.264 / AAC LC | 15 | 720 | 4K UHD | variable, Live max:8000, [49] VOD max:9000 [50] [51] | 128~224 | No |
| RuTube | H.264 | 10 | 300 | 4K UHD | ? | ? | No |
| StreamShark | H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP | ? | ? | 4K UHD | 4096 | 192 | Yes |
| Vimeo [52] | H.264, [53] AV1 [54] | 250 [55] | 24 | 4K UHD | variable | 320 | Yes |
| Youku | On2 VP6 | 1 [56] | unlimited | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| YouTube | H.264, VP9, AV1 | 256 [57] | 15 (default), 720 (verified) [57] | 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 |
| Veoh | Multilingual | 48,423 |
| Vimeo | Multilingual | 645 |
| Youku | Mandarin | 1,433 |
| YouNow | Multilingual | 54,020 |
| YouTube | Multilingual | 2 |
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