Comparison of video hosting services
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 |
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bitchute | Bit Chute Limited [1] | 2017 | own TOS | No | Unknown | ~0.8 [2] | ![]() |
Yes | No | Yes [3] | some videos downloadable | No |
Break.com | vi:Yeah1TV Yeah1 Network | 1998 | own TOS | Yes | >0.029[4] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
Dailymotion | Vivendi | March 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >94.2[5] | ~60 | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No[6] | Yes |
EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | >0.008[7] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes |
Flickr | SmugMug | 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >0.532[8] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Globo Video | Grupo Globo | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >2.71[9] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
Godtube | Salem Media Group | 2006 | Unknown | No | >0.223[10] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS | No | >4.567[11] | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Yes | Yes |
LiveLeak | LiveLeak | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >1.15[12] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
Metacafe | Metacafe | July 2003 | own TOS | Yes | >0.213[13] | 17 | ![]() |
Yes | Unknown | No | No | Yes |
MetaCDN |
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2012 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes |
Niconico | Kadokawa Dwango | December 12, 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >26.5[14] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
QQ Video | Tencent | own TOS | Yes | >13.5[15] | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ||
Rutube | Gazprom-Media | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >3.84[16] | >1.1 | ![]() |
Unknown | No | No | No | Yes |
SAPO Vídeos | Altice | Unknown | Yes | >0.883[17] | Unknown | ![]() |
No | No | No | No | ||
Tudou | Alibaba Group | April 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >1.05[18] | 55[19] | ![]() |
Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only | |
tune.pk | Integrated Units | December 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >3.41[20] | >0.5 | ![]() |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes[21] | |
Vimeo | IAC | November 2004 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes | >39.3[22] | 1 | ![]() |
Yes | Yes[23] | Unknown | some videos downloadable [24] | Yes |
Youku | Alibaba Group | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >8.02[25] | >150[26] | ![]() |
Yes | Unknown | Unknown | With official tool only | |
YouTube | Alphabet | February 15, 2005 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes[27] | >3,400[28] | 7,000[29] | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”.[30] | Yes |
Supported input file formats
Service | MPEG | MOV | WMV | AVI | MKV | MP4 | MOD | RA | RAM | ASF | Ogg | 3GP | QT | WebM | Audio | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BitChute[31] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | [31] |
Dailymotion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
EngageMedia | Yes[32] | Yes[32] | Yes[32] | Yes[32] | Yes | Yes[32] | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes[32] | Yes[32] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Flickr[33] | 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 |
LiveLeak.com | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [34] |
Metacafe[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | [36] | |
MetaCDN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Nico Nico Douga[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | [37] |
Putfile[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ASX, 3G2 | |
RuTube | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | FLV | |
Tudou[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FLV, M4V |
Veoh | Yes | Yes | Yes[35] | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | |
Viddler[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [38] |
Vimeo[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [38] |
Youku[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | FLV |
YouTube[35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [39] |
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 |
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BitChute | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264 | ? | ? | 640×480 | ? | ? | Yes | No | No |
Break.com | HTML5 video or Flash | On2 VP6 | 500 | ? | 464×352 | 340 kbit/s 30 frame/s | mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s | Yes | Yes (red-blue anaglyph only)[40] | ? |
Dailymotion | HTML5 video or Flash | Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec | 2,048[41] | 720[42] | 4,096×2160 | ? | 96~192 | Yes | ? | Yes |
EngageMedia | HTML5 video 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 video | ? | 4,096 | 120[43] | 1,280×720 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Flickr | HTML5 video or Flash | ? | 1,024[44] | 3[44] | 1,920×1080[45] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
Globo Video | HTML5 video or Flash | Sorenson codec, H.264 Download | unlimited | unlimited | 480×360 | 420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s | mp3 96 kbit/s | Yes | ? | ? |
Godtube | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264 | 500 | N/A | 854×480 | variable | 128 | Yes | No | No |
Internet Archive | HTML5 video or Flash | Ogg Theora/Vorbis | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Yes | ? | Yes |
LiveLeak.com | HTML5 video or Flash | ? | 2,000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Metacafe | HTML5 video or Flash | ? | ? | 10 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MetaCDN | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nico Nico Douga | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264, On2 VP6 | 100 | unlimited | 640×384 | unlimited[46] | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
RuTube | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264 | 300 | ? | 640×480 (4:3), 640×360 (16:9) | 1,000 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Viddler | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264, 3GP, WebM, MP4 | unlimited | unlimited | 1,280×720 | variable, average 1600, max 5000 | 128 | Yes | ? | ? |
Vimeo[47] | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264,[48] AV1[49] | 500 (Basic); higher with paid plans[50][51] | unlimited | 4,096×2160[47] | variable | 320 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Youku | HTML5 video or Flash | On2 VP6 | 1,024[52] | unlimited | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
YouTube | HTML5 video or Flash | H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8, VP9 | 128,000 for verified users [53] | 15 by default, 720 for verified users[53] | 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
Service | Alexa Site Rank |
Quantcast Site Rank |
Monthly Unique Visitors (USA) |
---|---|---|---|
bitchute | 2,318 | ||
Break.com | 63,776 | 465,116 | 8,162,650 |
Dailymotion | 173 | 179 | 17,300,000 |
flickr | 451 | 311 | |
Internet Archive | 184 | 284 | 1,600,000 |
LiveLeak.com | 2375 | 305 | 7,500,000 |
Metacafe | 18,519 | 5,159 | 9,192,447 |
Nico Nico Douga | 126 | 7,286 | 51,795 |
Putfile | 12,971,187 | 314,912 | 772,083 |
RuTube | 1,235 | 19,151 | 4,000,000 |
Tudou | 84 | 57,470 | 266,022 |
Vimeo | 152 | 2,465 | 15,000,000 |
Youku | 243 | 10,108 | |
YouTube | 2[54] | 4 | 52,436,820 |
Tune.pk | 6,328 | 6,420 |
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References
- "*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:break.com/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:dailymotion.com/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- "* site:engagemedia.org/members/*/videos/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Search: video". SmugMug. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:globoplay.globo.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". Internet Archive. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:liveleak.com/view?t=". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:metacafe.com/watch/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:v.qq.com/x/page/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:rutube.ru/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:videos.sapo.pt/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
- "* site:tune.pk/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- No possibility to opt-out downloading .
- "* site:vimeo.com/*". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- English, Spanish, French, German
- can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
- "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- 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 November 10, 2018.
- "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes. Forbes.
- Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
- "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- converts to Flash, original available
- "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- WebM, rmvb, 3g2, MPG, swf, asx
- converts to Flash
- MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
- DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
- 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
- H.263, H.264, FLV
- "Break 3D - Break.com". break.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- "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.
- "Difference between free and ad free accounts". Yahoo / Flickr Help. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- "HD Videos on Flickr". Yahoo/Flickr Help. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
- "Compression Guidelines on Vimeo". vimeo.com.
- since May 2009, phasing out VP6
- since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
- Plus allows up to 5 GB (5,120 MB) of uploads per week. Pro allows up to 20 GB (20,480 MB) per week, while Pro Unlimited and Premium have no weekly upload limit.
- "Help Center". vimeo.zendesk.com.
- 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
- "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
- "youtube.com Site Overview". alexa.com.
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