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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 to upload
Aparat Saba Idea 2011 own TOS Yes >153[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 2005 own TOS Yes >36.9[6] ~60  France Yes Yes Yes No[7] Yes
EngageMedia EngageMedia 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 >7.76[9] Unknown  Brazil Yes No Unknown No Yes
Godtube Salem Media Group 2006 Unknown No >0.114[10] Unknown  United States Yes No No No Yes
Internet Archive Internet Archive 1996 own TOS No >10.2[11] Unknown  United States Unknown Unknown N/A Yes Yes
MetaCDN
  • Unimelb
  • Starfish Ventures
 2012 TOS No Unknown Unknown  Australia Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes
Niconico Kadokawa Dwango 2006 own TOS Yes >16.5[12] Unknown  Japan Yes Yes No No Yes
Odysee LBRY 2015 own TOS Yes >10[13] Unknown  United States Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PeerTube Framasoft 2018 Unknown No >0.494[14] Unknown  France No Yes No Yes Yes
QQ Video Tencent own TOS Yes >0.864[15] 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[16] >1.1  Russian Federation Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Tudou Alibaba Group 2005 own TOS Yes >0.035[17] 55[18]  China Yes Unknown Unknown Yes, with official tool only
Vimeo Vimeo Holdings 2004 own TOS, optional Creative Commons No >12.3[19] Unknown  United States Yes Yes[20] Unknown some videos downloadable [21] Yes
Youku Alibaba Group 2006 own TOS Yes >0.665[22] >150[23]  China Yes Unknown Unknown With official tool only
YouTube Alphabet 2005 own TOS, optional Creative Commons Yes (No for YouTube Premium users)[24] >4,100[25] 7,000[26]  United States Yes Yes Yes Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free.[27] Yes

Supported input file formats

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 Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V
BitChute[28] Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Does not appear [28]
Dailymotion Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Does not appear Does not appear ?
EngageMedia ? Does not appear Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Flickr[29] Yes Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes No .MKV support
Godtube Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Any
MetaCDN Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Yes Yes
Niconico Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear [30]
PeerTube[31] Does not appear Does not appear Yes Yes Yes Yes [32]
Rumble[33] Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Does not appear No .MKV support
RuTube Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear FLV
Tudou[31] ? ? Yes Yes Yes Does not appear FLV
Veoh ? ? ? ? Does not appear Does not appear
Vimeo[31] Yes Yes Yes Yes Does not appear Does not appear [34]
Youku[31] ? ? Yes Yes Does not appear Does not appear FLV
YouTube[31] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Does not appear [35]
Service MOD Real ASF QT WebM Audio Notes

Streaming video technical information

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[36] 720[37] 4K UHD ? 96~192 No
Facebook Watch ? 4 120[38] 4K UHD ? ? Yes
Flickr ? 1[39] 3[39] 1080p HD ? ? No
Godtube H.264 0.5[40] N/A 480p Wide SD variable 128 No
Internet Archive Ogg Theora/Vorbis N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ?
Newgrounds N/A 6.3 ? ? variable 320 No
Niconico H.264, On2 VP6 3[41] 360[41] 4K UHD unlimited[42] 64~192 ?
PeerTube H.264 8 N/A 4K UHD variable 384 No
Rumble H.264 / AAC LC 15 720 4K UHD variable, Live max:8000,[43] VOD max:9000[44][45] 128~224 No
RuTube H.264 10 300 4K UHD ? ? No
StreamShark H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP ? ? 4K UHD 4096 192 Yes
Vimeo[46] H.264,[47] AV1[48] 250[49] 24 4K UHD variable 320 Yes
Youku On2 VP6 1[50] unlimited ? ? ? ?
YouTube H.264, VP9, AV1 256[51] 15 (default), 720 (verified)[51] 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

Site traffic

Specifically dedicated video hosting websites

Similarweb traffic rank as of 17 July 2023:
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
* Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "* site:aparat.com/v/ - Google Search". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?q=*+site:aparat.com/v/. 
  2. ↑ Azali, MohammadReza (2016-02-06). "Aparat Is the Next Big Thing in Iran" (in en-US). http://techrasa.com/2016/02/06/aparat-is-the-next-big-thing-in-iran/. 
  3. ↑ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. https://support.bitchute.com/policy/contact/. 
  4. ↑ "*site:trackalytics.com". TRACKALYTICS. https://www.trackalytics.com/website/bitchute.com/. 
  5. ↑ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. https://www.bitchute.com/monetization/policy/. 
  6. ↑ "* site:dailymotion.com/video/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-us&q=*+site%3Adailymotion.com%2Fvideo%2F. 
  7. ↑ "Dailymotion legal terms". http://www.dailymotion.com/legal/terms. 
  8. ↑ "Search: video". SmugMug. 29 January 2010. https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=video&media=videos. 
  9. ↑ "* site:globoplay.globo.com/v/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-us&q=*+site%3Agloboplay.globo.com%2Fv%2F. 
  10. ↑ "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-us&q=*+site%3Agodtube.com%2Fwatch%2F%3Fv%3D. 
  11. ↑ "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". Internet Archive. https://archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3A%28movies%29. 
  12. ↑ "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-us&q=*+site%3Anicovideo.jp%2Fwatch%2F. 
  13. ↑ Bookman, Todd (19 April 2021). "From Cooking Videos to QAnon, N.H.-Based Video Platform Attracts Users Banned Elsewhere". https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2021-04-19/from-cooking-videos-to-qanon-n-h-based-video-platform-attracts-users-banned-elsewhere. 
  14. ↑ "* site:instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/". Framasoft. https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/stats. 
  15. ↑ "* site:v.qq.com/x/page/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=*+site%3Av.qq.com%2Fx%2Fpage%2F. 
  16. ↑ "* site:rutube.ru/video/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=*+site%3Arutube.ru%2Fvideo%2F. 
  17. ↑ "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=*+site%3Avideo.tudou.com%2Fv%2F. 
  18. ↑ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  19. ↑ "* site:vimeo.com/*". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=*+site%3Avimeo.com%2F*. 
  20. ↑ English, Spanish, French, German
  21. ↑ can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
  22. ↑ "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=*+site%3Av.youku.com%2Fv_show%2F. 
  23. ↑ For more info, see "About Youku"
  24. ↑ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
  25. ↑ "* site:youtube.com/watch?v=". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-us&q=*+site%3Ayoutube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D. 
  26. ↑ "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/edmundingham/2015/04/28/4-billion-vs-7-billion-can-facebook-overtake-youtube-as-no-1-for-video-views-and-advertisers/#133bcdb82969748d7dab2969. 
  27. ↑ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. https://support.bitchute.com/creators/how-to-upload-a-video. 
  29. ↑ "Supported video file formats in Flickr". March 6, 2014. http://help.yahoo.com/kb/flickr/SLN7693.html. 
  30. ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 "Uploading video's to VIXY (source guide)" (in en). https://help.vixyvideo.com/en/knowledge/uploading-videos-to-vixy-source-guide. 
  32. ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2
  33. ↑ "UPLOAD, SHARE AND LICENSE YOUR VIDEOS". March 2, 2021. https://rumble.com/upload.php. 
  34. ↑ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  35. ↑ H.263, H.264, FLV
  36. ↑ "Upload specifications and encoding settings". http://faq.dailymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/203790706-Upload-specifications-and-encoding-settings. 
  37. ↑ longer for MotionMaker users
  38. ↑ "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". http://www.facebook.com/help/154271141375595/. 
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 "Flickr upload requirements". February 28, 2023. https://www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404079649300-Flickr-upload-requirements. 
  40. ↑ "What is the maximum size/length that a video can be?". April 24, 2017. https://help.salemwebnetwork.com/support/solutions/articles/36234-what-is-the-maximum-size-length-that-a-video-can-be-. 
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 "ニコニコ動画の投稿仕様について". https://qa.nicovideo.jp/faq/show/5685. 
  42. ↑ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  43. ↑ "Recommended Encoding Settings For Live Streaming on Rumble". https://rumblefaq.groovehq.com/help/livestream-settings. 
  44. ↑ "VOD max video bitrate sample (Most Beautiful Horse 4K Ultra HD - horses beautiful animals (480p) #shorts #horse #beautiful)". March 31, 2023. https://rumble.com/v2frmm9-most-beautiful-horse-4k-ultra-hd-horses-beautiful-animals-480p-shorts-horse.html. 
  45. ↑ "Update Announcement". March 8, 2023. https://twitter.com/rumblevideo/status/1633165631984922638. 
  46. ↑ "Video and audio compression guidelines". https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426043233169-Video-and-audio-compression-guidelines. 
  47. ↑ since May 2009, phasing out VP6
  48. ↑ since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
  49. ↑ The Vimeo API has a limit of 250 GB and 24 hours per video file. This is applicable to all new plans, and to legacy Pro Unlimited, Business and Premium plans. Other legacy plans have different file size limits: 500 MB for Basic, 5 GB for Plus, and 20 GB for Pro.
  50. ↑ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/71673?hl=en. 



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