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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable video hosts. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

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[edit] General information

Basic general information about the hosts: creator/company, license/price etc.

Service Creator Launched Cost (USD) Content License Ads Videos Views Watched Per Day Censorship Multilingual Video Codec Ad Revenue Sharing Video Downloadable
blip.tv blip.tv 02005-05 May 2005 Free[1] own TOS Opt-in ? ? ? No Flash (On2 VP6) Yes[2] Yes[3]
Break.com Break.com 01998 1998 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? No Flash (On2 VP6) ? Yes
Broadcaster.com Broadcaster.com 02006-11-22 22 November 2006 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? No Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
ClickCaster ClickCaster 02005 2005 Free/Pay Options own TOS No Yes Yes Optional No iPod (H.264) & Flash (Sorenson) No Yes
Dailymotion Dailymotion 02005-03-15 15 March 2005 Free own TOS ? ? &0000000026000000.00000026,000,000 Yes[4] Yes[5] Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
Google Video Google 02005 2005 Free own TOS Text &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","2,500,000 ? Yes[4] Yes[6] Flash (Sorenson) ? Yes
GoFish GoFish 02005-05 May 2005 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? Flash (On2 VP6) ? ?
iFilm acquired by MTV Networks 02000-05 May 2000 Free own TOS Yes ? &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000 ? ? Flash (On2 VP6) ? ?
imeem imeem 02004-10 October 2004 Free own TOS Yes >500,000 ? Yes[4] ? Flash (Sorenson) / H264 Yes No
Internet Archive Internet Archive 01996 1996 Free own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Metacafe Metacafe 02003-07 July 2003 Free own TOS Yes ? 17,000,000 No ? Flash (On2 VP6) Yes No
Multiply Multiply, Inc. 02003-12 December 2003 Free own TOS Text ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OneWorldTV OneWorldTV 02001 2001 Free own TOS No ? 10,000 Yes[7] ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia Ourmedia 02005-03-21 21 March 2005 Free own TOS Text &0000000000120000.000000120,000 ? ? ? Any excluding DRM No [8]
Phanfare Phanfare 02004-11 November 2004 Free[9] own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile Putfile Ltd. 02004-01 January 2004 Free ? Text ? ? Yes ? Windows Media (WMV9) ? ?
Revver Revver 02005-11 November 2005 Free own TOS Text/Video ? ? Yes[4] Yes[10] Apple Quicktime & Flash (On2 VP6) Yes Yes[11]
RuTube RuTube 2006 Free own TOS ? ? >1,100,000 ? No Flash ? ?
sevenload sevenload 02005 2005 Free Creative Commons Yes >250,000 1,500,000 Yes[4] Yes[12] Flash (Sorenson) scheduled ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX, Inc. 02006 2006 Free own TOS Yes ? ? No No DivX & Xvid No Yes
Tudou Tudou 02005 2005 Free own TOS Yes ? 55,000,000[13] Yes[4] ? Flash ? Yes
Twango Twango 02006-10-11 11 October 2006 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
Veoh Veoh Networks, Inc. 02005-09 September 2005 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? Yes Flash (On2 VP6) ? Yes
Vimeo Connected Ventures 02004-11 November 2004 Free own TOS Text (For logged out users) >520,000 ? Yes[4] ? Flash (On2 VP6) ? Yes
vMix MP3.com alumni 02005-10-13 13 October 2005 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
Yahoo Video Yahoo 02006 2006 Free own TOS Yes ? ? Yes[4] Yes Flash ? ?
YouAreTV YouAreTV 02006-01-10 10 January 2006 Free own TOS No ? ? ? ? Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
YouTube three ex-PayPal employees; Currently acquired by Google 02005-02-15 15 February 2005 Free own TOS Yes >64,000,000[14] &0000000100000000.000000100,000,000[15] Yes Yes Flash (Sorenson) Yes[16] Yes[17]

[edit] Files

Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT Audio[18] Images[19] Other
blip.tv Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[22] Yes Yes Yes No No [23]
Break.com ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Broadcaster.com[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes [24]
ClickCaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No No [25]
Dailymotion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Google Video[26] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No No -
GoFish[27] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No -
iFilm Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? Yes ? No No [28]
imeem[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [29]
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Any
Metacafe[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No ? Yes Yes No No [30]
Multiply Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes[22] ? Yes Yes No Yes [31]
OneWorldTV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Phanfare ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pornotube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ASX, 3G2
Revver[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? No No [33]
RuTube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes ? ? Yes Yes [35]
Stage6 (closed) No No No Yes[36] No No No No No ? ? ? No Yes *.Divx
Tudou Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Twango Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No [37]
Veoh Yes Yes Yes[22] Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Vimeo[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No [38]
vMix[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes ? No No [39]
Yahoo Video ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
YouAreTV[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes ? No No [40]
YouPorn.com No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Flv
YouTube[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? No No [41]

[edit] Video quality and limits

Service Max size (MB) Max time (min) Resolution Video bitrate (kbit) Audio bitrate (kbit) Stereo sound
blip.tv &0000000000001024.0000001,024 ? ? ? ? ?
Break.com &0000000000000060.00000060 ? ? ? ? ?
Broadcaster.com &0000000000000150.000000150 ? ? ? ? ?
ClickCaster &0000000000000100.000000100[42] ? ? ? ? ?
Dailymotion &0000000000000150.000000150 &0000000000000020.00000020 &0000000000001280.0000001,280x720 ? ? Yes
Google Video unlimited[43] unlimited &0000000000000320.000000320x240 ? ? ?
GoFish &0000000000000050.00000050 ? ? ? ? ?
iFilm &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
imeem unlimited unlimited &0000000000000768.000000768x576 &0000000000000768.000000768 &0000000000000096.00000096 Yes
Internet Archive unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes
Metacafe &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? Yes
Multiply &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
OneWorldTV &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia unlimited unlimited ? ? ? ?
Phanfare &0000000000002048.0000002,048 &0000000000000010.00000010 ? ? ? ?
PornoTube &0000000000000100.000000100 &0000000000000005.0000005 ? ? ? ?
Putfile &0000000000000025.00000025 ? ? ? ? ?
Revver &0000000000000100.000000100 unlimited ? ? ? ?
RuTube ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload &0000000000000200.000000200 ? ? ? ? ?
Stage6 (closed) &0000000000002048.0000002,048 unlimited &0000000000001920.0000001,920x1080 ? ? ?
Tudou ? ? ? ? ? ?
Twango &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh unlimited If a video is longer than 30 minutes, only a 5 minute preview is shown for web-only viewing. To see the full video the user has to install the VeohTV client. &0000000000000540.000000540x304 &0000000000000512.000000512 &0000000000000064.00000064 No
Vimeo &0000000000000500.000000500 unlimited &0000000000001280.0000001,280x720 &0000000000005000.0000005,000 &0000000000000128.000000128 Yes
vMix &0000000000000200.000000200 ? ? ? ? ?
Yahoo Video &0000000000000150.000000150 ? ? ? ? ?
YouAreTV ? ? ? ? ? ?
YouPorn unlimited ? ? ? ? ?
YouTube &0000000000001024.0000001,024[43] &0000000000000010.00000010 &0000000000000480.000000480x360 &0000000000000900.000000900 &0000000000000096.00000096 No

[edit] Site Traffic

Service Alexa Site Rank Quantcast Site Rank Monthly Unique Visitor (US)
blip.tv 3,923 812 2,209,322
Break.com 433 120 8,162,650
Broadcaster.com 15,415
ClickCaster 174,200 183,990 7,397
Dailymotion 29 147 7,047,041
Google Video 3[44] 296 4,800,000
GoFish 2,287 2,286 985,040
iFilm 4,018 1,437 1,600,000
imeem 146 107 9,115,420
Internet Archive 372 1,582 1,600,000
Metacafe 182 104 9,192,447
Multiply 106 3,794 694,738
OneWorldTV 36,595[44] 1,332,511 < 2,000
Ourmedia 75,830 98,644 16,253
Phanfare 26,269 8,025 322,164
PornoTube 212 2,645 921,290
Putfile 2,266 3,452 772,083
Revver 3,861 4,210 606,734
RuTube 1,261 ? 4,000,000
sevenload 1,923 12,798 192,022
Stage6 (CLOSED) 133 1,547 1,400,000
Tudou 174 6,553 266,022
Twango 29,462 34,129 66,381
Veoh 77 233 5,429,576
Vimeo 5,963 7,237 351,665
vMix 85,339 52,751 25,798
Yahoo Video 1[44] 760 2,400,000
YouAreTV 219,208 1,330,711 < 2,000
YouPorn.com 31 52 2,353,653
YouTube 2 4 52,436,820

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ pro forthcoming
  2. ^ publishers who opt-in get 50% share
  3. ^ No possibility to opt-out downloding [1].
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h No Porn
  5. ^ see DailyMotion#International
  6. ^ Google Video#Availability of service
  7. ^ No sexual content or bad language
  8. ^ Depends on codec and OS
  9. ^ Up to 1GB of storage
  10. ^ English preferred
  11. ^ Quicktime Only
  12. ^ English, German, Turkish
  13. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  14. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
  15. ^ "YouTube serves up 100 million videos a day online", USA TODAY, Gannett Company, Inc, 2006-07-16. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. 
  16. ^ "YouTube revenue sharing program", Google, Inc, Google, Inc, 2007-12-10. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  17. ^ FLV
  18. ^ Sites which allow users to upload audio files
  19. ^ Sites which allow users to upload images
  20. ^ a b c d e converts to Flash, original available
  21. ^ a b c no conversion
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p converts to Flash
  23. ^ 3G2, DIVX
  24. ^ DV, and FLV
  25. ^ Any file type can be uploaded (including text, images, documents, videos and programs)
  26. ^ converts to Google Video
  27. ^ converts to GoFlash
  28. ^ GVI, FLV
  29. ^ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
  30. ^ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
  31. ^ FLV MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
  32. ^ Converts to Embedded Flash and QT
  33. ^ H.264, 3GP, MV4
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h i Converts to Embedded Flash
  35. ^ ZIP, RAR, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF, JP2, PSD, WMF, EPS
  36. ^ (Divx or Xvid, original Available)
  37. ^ FLV, M4V, 3G2
  38. ^ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  39. ^ 3G2
  40. ^ M4V
  41. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
  42. ^ for best performance
  43. ^ a b 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
  44. ^ a b c ranking of parent domain

[edit] See also

Types of Internet hosting service