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
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[8]	Un­known	Germany	Yes	Yes	N/A	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	>5.1[10]	Un­known	Brazil	Yes	No	Un­known	No	Yes
Godtube	Salem Media Group	2006	Un­known	No	>0.223[11]	Un­known	United States	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Internet Archive	Internet Archive	1996	own TOS	No	>6.4[12]	Un­known	United States	Un­known	Un­known	N/A	Yes	Yes
LiveLeak	LiveLeak	2006	own TOS	Yes	>1.16[13]	Un­known	United States	Yes	No	Un­known	No	Yes
Metacafe	Metacafe	July 2003	own TOS	Yes	>0.213[14]	17	United States	Yes	Un­known	No	No	Yes
MetaCDN	Unimelb Starfish Ventures	2012	TOS	No	Un­known	Un­known	Australia	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes
Niconico	Kadokawa Dwango	December 12, 2006	own TOS	Yes	>17.5[15]	Un­known	Japan	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
PeerTube	Framasoft	2018	Un­known	No	>0.360[16]	Un­known	France	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
QQ Video	Tencent		own TOS	Yes	>17.1[17]	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[18]	>1.1	Russian Federation	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
SAPO Vídeos	Altice		Un­known	Yes	>0.883[19]	Un­known	Portugal	Yes	No	No	No
Tudou	Alibaba Group	April 15, 2005	own TOS	Yes	>0.0129[20]	55[21]	China	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Yes, with official tool only
tune.pk	Integrated Units	December 2006	own TOS	Yes	>0.256[22]	>0.5	Pakistan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes[23]
Vimeo	IAC	November 2004	own TOS, optional Creative Commons	Yes	>18.2[24]	Un­known	United States	Yes	Yes[25]	Un­known	some videos downloadable [26]	Yes
Youku	Alibaba Group	2006	own TOS	Yes	>9.08[27]	>150[28]	China	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	With official tool only
YouTube	Alphabet	February 15, 2005	own TOS, optional Creative Commons	Yes[29]	>3,080[30]	7,000[31]	United States	No	Yes	Yes	Officially “Selected Videos Only”.[32]	Yes

Supported input file formats

Service	MPEG	MOV	WMV	AVI	MKV	MP4	MOD	RA	RAM	ASF	Ogg	3GP	QT	WebM	Audio	Other
BitChute[33]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	[33]
Dailymotion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
EngageMedia	Yes[34]	Yes[34]	Yes[34]	Yes[34]	Yes	Yes[34]	?	No	No	Yes	Yes[34]	Yes[34]	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Flickr[35]	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	[36]
Metacafe[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	[38]
MetaCDN	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nico Nico Douga[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	[39]
PeerTube[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[40]
Putfile[37]	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[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	FLV, M4V
Veoh	Yes	Yes	Yes[37]	Yes		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	No	?
Viddler[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	[41]
Vimeo[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	[41]
Youku[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	FLV
YouTube[37]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[42]
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 video or Flash	H.264	?	?	640×480	?	?	Yes	No	Yes
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)[43]	?
Dailymotion	HTML5 video or Flash	Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec	2,048[44]	720[45]	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[46]	1,280×720	?	?	?	?	Yes
Flickr	HTML5 video or Flash	?	1,024[47]	3[47]	1,920×1080[48]	?	?	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[49]	?	Yes	?	?
PeerTube	HTML5 video	H.264	8,000, can be changed by admins	unlimited	4,096×2160	variable	384 kbit/s	Yes	No	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[50]	HTML5 video or Flash	H.264,[51] AV1[52]	500 (Basic); higher with paid plans[53][54]	unlimited	4,096×2160[50]	variable	320	Yes	Yes	Yes
Youku	HTML5 video or Flash	On2 VP6	1,024[55]	unlimited	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
YouTube	HTML5 video or Flash	H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8, VP9, AV1	128,000 for verified users [56]	15 by default, 720 for verified users[56]	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)
Aparat	48
bitchute	1,184
Dailymotion	270	179	17,300,000
flickr	810	311
Internet Archive	209	284	1,600,000
LiveLeak.com	6,581	305	7,500,000
Metacafe	5,047,088	5,159	9,192,447
Nico Nico Douga	281	7,286	51,795
RuTube	7,930	19,151	4,000,000
Tudou	366	57,470	266,022
Vimeo	162	2,465	15,000,000
Youku	573	10,108
YouTube	2[57]	4	52,436,820
Tune.pk	67,729	6,420

See also

• Comparison of streaming media systems
• Content delivery network
• Internet television
• IPTV
• List 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
• Web television
• Webcast

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. 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. "* site:engagemedia.org/members/*/videos/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
9. "Search: video". SmugMug. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
10. "* site:globoplay.globo.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
11. "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
12. "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". Internet Archive. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
13. "* site:liveleak.com/view?t=". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
14. "* site:metacafe.com/watch/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
15. "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
16. "* site:instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/". Framasoft. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
17. "* site:v.qq.com/x/page/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
18. "* site:rutube.ru/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
19. "* site:videos.sapo.pt/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
20. "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
21. For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
22. "* site:tune.pk/video/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
23. No possibility to opt-out downloading .
24. "* site:vimeo.com/*". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
25. English, Spanish, French, German
26. can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
27. "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
28. For more info, see "About Youku"
29. Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
30. "* site:youtube.com/watch?v=". Google Search. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
31. "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes. Forbes.
32. Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
33. "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
34. converts to Flash, original available
35. "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
36. WebM, rmvb, 3g2, MPG, swf, asx
37. converts to Flash
38. MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
39. DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
40. DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2
41. 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
42. H.263, H.264, FLV
43. "Break 3D - Break.com". break.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
44. "Upload specifications and encoding settings". Dailymotion. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
45. longer for MotionMaker users
46. "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
47. "Difference between free and ad free accounts". Yahoo / Flickr Help. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
48. "HD Videos on Flickr". Yahoo/Flickr Help. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
49. unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
50. "Compression Guidelines on Vimeo". vimeo.com.
51. since May 2009, phasing out VP6
52. since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
53. 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.
54. "Help Center". vimeo.zendesk.com.
55. 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
56. "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
57. "youtube.com Site Overview". alexa.com.