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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |