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.

## Contents

* 1 General information
* 2 Supported input file formats
* 3 Streaming video technical information
* 4 Site traffic
* 4.1 Specifically dedicated video hosting websites
* 5 See also
* 6 References

## 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-
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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:

* Moving Picture Experts Group (.MPG/MPEG-1)
* QuickTime File Format (.MOV)
* Windows Media Video (.WMV)
* Audio Video Interleave (.AVI)
* H.264 MPEG-4/AVC (.MP4)

Unless otherwise indicated, they also support the following input file formats:

* Matroska Multimedia Container (.MKV)
* Theora (.OGV)
* 3rd Generation Partnership Project (.3GP)

Service  | MOD | Real | ASF | QT | WebM | Audio | Notes

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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

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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

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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.

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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:dailymotion.com/video/.
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:globoplay.globo.com/v/.
10. ↑ "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-us&q=*+site:godtube.com/watch/?v=.
11. ↑ "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". Internet Archive. https://archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype:(movies).
12. ↑ "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-us&q=*+site:nicovideo.jp/watch/.
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:v.qq.com/x/page/.
16. ↑ "* site:rutube.ru/video/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=*+site:rutube.ru/video/.
17. ↑ "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=*+site:video.tudou.com/v/.
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:vimeo.com/*.
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:v.youku.com/v_show/.
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:youtube.com/watch?v=.
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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