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 | Views per day | Location of main server | Censorship | Multilingual | Ad revenue sharing | Video downloadable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Break.com | Break.com | 1998 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |  United States |
Yes[1] | No | Unknown | No |
| Citytv.com.co | El Tiempo Publishing | March 10, 2009 | TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |  Colombia |
Unknown | No | Unknown | No |
| DaCast | DaCast | 2008 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | United States |
Unknown | No | N/A | No |
| Dailymotion | Vivendi | March 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >10,000,000 | ~60,000,000 |  France |
Yes[1] | Yes | Yes | No[2] |
| EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | Unknown | Unknown |  Germany |
Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes |
| Flickr | Ludicorp | 2004 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | United States |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Globo Video | Globo.com | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >500,000 | Unknown |  Brazil |
Yes[1] | No | Unknown | No |
| Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | United States |
Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Yes |
| LiveLeak | LiveLeak | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | United States |
Yes[1] | No | Unknown | No |
| Metacafe | Metacafe | July 2003 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | 17,000,000 | United States |
Yes | Unknown | No | No |
| MetaCDN | MetaCDN | 2012 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | United States |
Unknown | Yes | N/A | Yes |
| MoboVivo | MoboVivo | June 2006 | Premium TOS | No | 2,500+ TV episodes | Unknown | United States |
Yes | Unknown | Paid Content Revenue Share | Yes |
| MyVideo | MyVideo | April 2006 | Unknown | Yes | 5,400,000 | ~7,000,000 | Germany |
Yes | Yes | Unknown | No |
| Nico Nico Douga | Niwango | December 12, 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >3,200,000 | Unknown |  Japan |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
| OneWorldTV | OneWorldTV | 2001 | own TOS | No | Unknown | 10,000 | United States |
Yes[3] | Unknown | N/A | Unknown |
| Pixorial | Pixorial | 2009 | own TOS | No | >1,000,000 | Unknown | United States |
Unknown | No | No | Yes |
| QQ Video | Tencent | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |  China |
Yes[1] | Yes | Yes | Unknown | |
| Rutube | Rutube | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >3,000,000 | >1,100,000 |  Russian Federation |
Unknown | No | No | No |
| SAPO Vídeos | SAPO | Unknown | Yes | Unknown |  Portugal |
No | No | No | No | ||
| ScienceStage | Polarmedia UG | September 2008 | Creative Commons | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Germany |
Yes | Yes[4] | Unknown | Yes |
| Tudou | Tudou | April 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | 55,000,000[5] | China |
Yes[1] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only |
| Tune.pk | tune.pk | December 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >100,000 | >500,000 |  Pakistan |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes[6] |
| U-verse | AT&T | 2010 | own TOS | Yes | 180,000 | Unknown | United States |
Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vimeo | Connected Ventures | November 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | United States |
Yes[1] | Yes[7] | Unknown | Not all videos allow download [8] |
| vzaar | vzaar Limited | September 2007 | own TOS | No | >100,000 | Unknown | United States |
Yes[1] | Unknown | N/A | Yes |
| Youku | Youku | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | >150,000,000[9] | China |
Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only |
| YouTube | February 15, 2005 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes[10] | >461,000,000[11] | 7,000,000,000[12] | United States |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”.[13] | |
Supported input file formats
| Service | MPEG | MOV | WMV | AVI | MKV | MP4 | MOD | RA | RAM | ASF | Ogg | 3GP | QT | WebM | Audio | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blip.tv | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[15] | Yes[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [17] | |
| Citytv.com.co | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [18] |
| Dailymotion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
| EngageMedia | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes | Yes[14] | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes[14] | Yes[14] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Flickr[19] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? |
| iFilm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | [20] | |
| Internet Archive | 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 | [21] |
| Metacafe[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | [22] | |
| MetaCDN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Nico Nico Douga[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | [23] |
| OneWorldTV | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Putfile[16] | 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 | |
| ScienceStage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Tudou[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FLV, M4V |
| Veoh | Yes | Yes | Yes[16] | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | |
| Viddler[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [24] |
| Vimeo[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [24] |
| vzaar[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Youku[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | FLV |
| YouTube[16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [25] |
| 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 | Video bitrate (kbit) | Audio bitrate (kbit) | Stereo sound | 3D capable | 60 FPS support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blip.tv | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | On2 VP6 | 1,024 | unlimited | 1,280x720 | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Break.com | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | On2 VP6 | 500 | ? | 464x352 | 340 kbit/s 30 frame/s | mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s | Yes | Yes (red-blue anaglyph only)[26] | ? |
| Citytv.com.co | Flash | H.264, Sorenson codec | 2,048 | 11 | 1,280x720 | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| DaCast | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Yes | No | ? |
| Dailymotion | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec | 2,048[27] | 60[28] | 1,920x1080 | ? | 96~192 | Yes | ? | No |
| EngageMedia | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264 | unlimited | unlimited | 400x320 | 260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder | mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec | No | ? | ? |
| HTML 5 Open Web Video | ? | 4,096 | 120[29] | 1,280x720 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
| Flickr | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | ? | 1,024[30] | 3[30] | 1,920x1080[31] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Globo Video | Flash | Sorenson codec, H.264 Download | unlimited | unlimited | 480x360 | 420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s | mp3 96 kbit/s | Yes | ? | ? |
| iFilm | Flash | On2 VP6 | 100 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Internet Archive | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | Ogg Theora/Vorbis | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Yes | ? | ? |
| LiveLeak.com | Flash | ? | 2,000 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Metacafe | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | ? | ? | 10 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MetaCDN | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nico Nico Douga | Flash | H.264, On2 VP6 | 100 | unlimited | 640x384 | unlimited[32] | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| OneWorldTV | 100 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
| RuTube | Flash | H.264 | 300 | ? | 640x480 (4:3), 640x360 (16:9) | 1,000 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Viddler | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264, 3GP, WebM, MP4 | unlimited | unlimited | 1,280x720 | variable, average 1600, max 5000 | 128 | Yes | ? | ? |
| Vimeo[33] | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264[34] | 512[35] | unlimited | 1,920x1080p[36] | variable, average 2000, max 5000 | 320 | Yes | ? | Yes |
| vzaar | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264 | 2,000 | unlimited | ? | ? | 128 | Yes | ? | ? |
| Youku | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | On2 VP6 | 1,024[37] | unlimited | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| YouTube | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8, VP9 | 20,480; 131,072 for verified users [38] | 15; 660 for verified users[39] | 7680×4320 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| blip.tv | 2,919 | 812 | 2,209,322 |
| Break.com | 1,503 | 120 | 8,162,650 |
| Dailymotion | 94 | 59 | 17,300,000 |
| flickr | 33 | ||
| iFilm | 4,018 | 1,437 | 1,600,000 |
| Internet Archive | 372 | 1,582 | 1,600,000 |
| LiveLeak.com | 639 | 229 | 7,500,000 |
| Metacafe | 182 | 104 | 9,192,447 |
| Nico Nico Douga | 137 | 18,250 | 51,795 |
| OneWorldTV | 1,332,511 | 2,000 | |
| Putfile | 2,266 | 3,452 | 772,083 |
| RuTube | 1,261 | 4,000,000 | |
| Tudou | 84 | 6,553 | 266,022 |
| Vimeo | 108 | 61 | 15,000,000 |
| Youku | 49 | ||
| YouTube | 3[40] | 4 | 52,436,820 |
| Tune.pk | 7,709 | 47 | 15,000,000 |
See also
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Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 No pornography
- ↑ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ↑ No sexual content or bad language
- ↑ English, German, Spanish
- ↑ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
- ↑ No possibility to opt-out downloading .
- ↑ English, Spanish, French, German
- ↑ can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
- ↑ For more info, see "About Youku"
- ↑ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
- ↑ * - YouTube. youtube.com.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 converts to Flash, original available
- 1 2 3 no conversion
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 converts to Flash
- ↑ 3G2, DIVX
- ↑ H.263, H.264, FLV
- ↑ "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ↑ GVI, FLV
- ↑ WebM, rmvb, 3g2, MPG, swf, asx
- ↑ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
- ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
- 1 2 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
- ↑ H.263, H.264, FLV
- ↑ "Break 3D - Break.com". break.com.
- ↑ "Upload specifications and encoding settings". Dailymotion. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ longer for MotionMaker users
- ↑ "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- 1 2 "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 Vimeo
- ↑ since May 2009, phasing out VP6
- ↑ For basic members
- ↑ https://vimeo.com/help/compression
- ↑ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
- ↑ "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
- ↑ "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
- ↑ "youtube.com Site Overview". alexa.com.
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