Comparison of video hosting services
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of 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 |
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blip.tv | blip.tv | May 2005 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | No | Yes[1] | Yes[2] |
Break.com | Break.com | 1998 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes[3] | No | Unknown | No |
Citytv.com.co | El Tiempo Publishing | March 10, 2009 | TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | No | Unknown | No |
DaCast | DaCast | 2008 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Yes | N/A | No |
Dailymotion | Dailymotion | March 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >10,000,000 | ~60,000,000 | ![]() |
Yes[3] | Yes | Yes | No[4] |
EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes |
Flickr | Ludicorp | 2004 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
Globo Video | Globo.com | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >500,000 | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes[3] | No | Unknown | No |
imeem | imeem | October 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >500,000 | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Yes | No | |
Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Yes |
LiveLeak | LiveLeak | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes[3] | No | Unknown | No |
Metacafe | Metacafe | July 2003 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | 17,000,000 | ![]() |
Yes | Unknown | No | No |
MetaCDN | MetaCDN | 2012 | TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Yes | N/A | Yes |
MoboVivo | MoboVivo | June 2006 | Premium TOS | No | 2,500+ TV episodes | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Unknown | Paid Content Revenue Share | Yes |
MyVideo | MyVideo | April 2006 | Unknown | Yes | 5,400,000 | ~7,000,000 | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | Unknown | No |
Nico Nico Douga | Niwango | December 12, 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >3,200,000 | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
OneWorldTV | OneWorldTV | 2001 | own TOS | No | Unknown | 10,000 | ![]() |
Yes[5] | Unknown | N/A | Unknown |
Openfilm | Openfilm | June 2008 | own TOS | Opt-in | >10,000 | >10,000 | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Phanfare | Phanfare | November 2004 | own TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Unknown |
Pixorial | Pixorial | 2009 | own TOS | No | >1,000,000 | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | No | No | Yes |
Qik | Qik, Inc. | December 2007 | own TOS | No | >1,000,000 | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes |
Revver | Revver | November 2005 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes[3] | Yes[6] | Yes | Yes[7] |
Rutube | Rutube | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >3,000,000 | >1,100,000 | ![]() |
Unknown | No | No | No |
ScienceStage | Polarmedia UG | September 2008 | Creative Commons | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes[8] | Unknown | Yes |
sevenload | sevenload | April 2006 | Creative Commons | Yes | >500,000 | 1,500,000 | ![]() |
Yes[3] | Yes[9] | Yes | No |
Tudou | Tudou | April 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | 55,000,000[10] | ![]() |
Yes[3] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only |
Tune.pk | tune.pk | December 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >100,000 | >500,000 | ![]() |
Yes | No | Yes[1] | Yes[11] |
TV UOL | Universo Online | January 29, 1997 | Unknown | Yes | >3,000,000 | >6,000,000 | ![]() |
No | No | Yes | Yes |
U-verse | AT&T | 2010 | own TOS | Yes | 180,000 | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Veoh | Veoh Networks, Inc. | September 2005 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes |
Videolog | Videolog Inc | May 17, 2004 | own TOS | No | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes | No | N/A | No |
Vimeo | Connected Ventures | November 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ![]() |
Yes[3] | Yes[12] | Unknown | Not all videos allow download [13] |
vzaar | vzaar Limited | September 2007 | own TOS | No | >100,000 | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes[3] | Unknown | N/A | Yes |
Yahoo! Video | Yahoo! | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
Yes[3] | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Youku | Youku | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | Unknown | >150,000,000[14] | ![]() |
Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only |
YouTube | February 15, 2005 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes[15] | >461,000,000[16] | 1,200,000,000[17] | ![]() |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”.[18] | |
Supported input file formats
Service | MPEG | MOV | WMV | AVI | MKV | MP4 | MOD | RA | RAM | ASF | Ogg | 3GP | QT | .WebM | Audio | Images | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atom.com | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ||
blip.tv | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes[20] | Yes[20] | Yes[20] | Yes[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [22] | ||
Break.com | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Citytv.com.co | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [23] | |
Dailymotion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | |
EngageMedia | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes | Yes[19] | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes[19] | Yes[19] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Flickr[24] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? | |
Google Video[25] | 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 | [26] | ||
imeem[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [27] | ||
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 | [28] | |
Metacafe[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | [29] | ||
MetaCDN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Multiply | Yes[21] | Yes[21] | Yes[21] | Yes[21] | Yes[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[21] | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | [30] | ||
Nico Nico Douga[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | [31] | |
OneWorldTV | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Openfilm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | FLV, Mailing DVD | |
Phanfare | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Putfile[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ASX, 3G2 | ||
Qik[21] | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Revver[32] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | [33] | ||
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 | ||
sevenload | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes[34] | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | [35] | ||
Tudou[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FLV, M4V | |
Veoh | Yes | Yes | Yes[21] | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ||
Viddler[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [36] | |
Videolog | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | FLV, DV | |
Vimeo[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [36] | |
VReel[21] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Divx Xvid | |
vzaar[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Yahoo! Video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ||
Youku[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | FLV | |
YouTube[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | [37] | |
Service | MPEG | MOV | WMV | AVI | MKV | MP4 | MOD | RA | RAM | ASF | Ogg | 3GP | QT | Audio | Images | 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 |
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Atom.com (closed) | Flash | 1,000 | unlimited | 640x480 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
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)[38] | ? |
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 | 4,096 | 60[39] | 1,920x1080 | ? | mp3 CBR 96.0 kbit/s AAC LC VBR | Yes | ? | Yes |
EngageMedia | Flash | H.264 | unlimited | unlimited | 400x320 | 260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder | mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec | No | ? | ? |
? | ? | 1,024 | 20 | 1,280x720 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Flickr | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | ? | 1,024[40] | 3[40] | 1,920x1080[41] | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
Globo Video | Flash | Sorenson codec, H.264 Download | unlimited | unlimited | 480x360 | 420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s | mp3 96 kbit/s | Yes | ? | ? |
Google Video (closed) | Flash | Sorenson codec, H.264 Download | unlimited[42] | unlimited | 320x240 | variable (24.99frame/s) | AAC 124 kbit/s | Yes | ? | ? |
HD share (closed) | Flash | On2 VP6 | 4,096 | unlimited | 1,280x720 | ? | ? | 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 | Flash | ? | ? | 10 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MetaCDN | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | MPEG-4 and RTMP | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Yes | ? | Yes |
Multiply | 100 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Nico Nico Douga | Flash | H.264, On2 VP6 | 100 | unlimited | 640x384 | unlimited[43] | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
OneWorldTV | 100 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Openfilm | Flash | H.264, On2 VP6 | 2,048 | unlimited | 690x518 (min) | 700 kbs (min) | AAC 96 kbs (min) | Yes | ? | ? |
Phanfare | 2,048 | 10 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Qik (closed) | Flash | Sorenson codec | unlimited | unlimited | 640x480 | variable | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
Revver (closed) | Apple QuickTime & Flash | On2 VP6 | 100 | unlimited | 480x392 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RuTube | Flash | H.264 | 300 | ? | 640x480 (4:3), 640x360 (16:9) | 1,000 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
sevenload (closed) | Flash | Sorenson codec | 1,500 | ? | 1,280x720 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Stage6 (closed) | DivX Web Player | MPEG-4 Part 2 | 2,048 | unlimited | 1,920x1080 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Veoh | Flash | On2 VP6 | unlimited; however, Veoh Web Player is required for publishing the large files (over 1GB) | unlimited | 540x304 | 512 | 64 | No | ? | ? |
Viddler | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264, 3GP, WebM, MP4 | unlimited | unlimited | 1,280x720 | variable, average 1600, max 5000 | 128 | Yes | ? | ? |
Videolog (closed) | Flash | H.264 | 400 | 25 | 1,280x720 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Vimeo[44] | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264[45] | 512[46] | unlimited | 1,920x720p[47] | variable, average 2000, max 5000 | 320 | Yes | ? | No |
VReel (closed) | DivX Web Player & VReel Player | H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2 | 8,500[48] | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Yes | ? | ? |
vzaar | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264 | 2,000 | unlimited | ? | ? | 128 | Yes | ? | ? |
Yahoo! Video | Flash | 150 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Youku | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | On2 VP6 | 1,024[49] | unlimited | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
YouTube | HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash | H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8, VP9 | 20,480; 131,072 for verified users [50] | 15; 660 for verified users[51] | 3,840×2160p[52] | variable[53] | 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 | 1503 | 120 | 8,162,650 |
Dailymotion | 94 | 59 | 17,300,000 |
flickr | 33 | ||
Google Video | 296 | 4,800,000 | |
iFilm | 4,018 | 1,437 | 1,600,000 |
imeem | 146 | 107 | 9,115,420 |
Internet Archive | 372 | 1,582 | 1,600,000 |
LiveLeak.com | 639 | 229 | 7,500,000 |
Metacafe | 182 | 104 | 9,192,447 |
Multiply | 106 | 3,794 | 694,738 |
Nico Nico Douga | 137 | 18,250 | 51,795 |
OneWorldTV | 1,332,511 | 2,000 | |
Openfilm | 86,316 | 15,109 | 113,100 |
Phanfare | 26,269 | 8,025 | 322,164 |
Putfile | 2,266 | 3,452 | 772,083 |
Qik | 14,857 | 26,931 | 505,000 |
Revver | 3,861 | 4,210 | 606,734 |
RuTube | 1,261 | 4,000,000 | |
sevenload | 1,923 | 12,798 | 192,022 |
Tudou | 84 | 6,553 | 266,022 |
Veoh | 77 | 233 | 5,429,576 |
Videolog | 12,404 | ||
Vimeo | 108 | 61 | 15,000,000 |
Yahoo! Video | 760 | 2,400,000 | |
Youku | 49 | ||
YouTube | 3[54] | 4 | 52,436,820 |
Tune.pk | 7,709 | 47 | 15,000,000 |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 publishers who opt-in get 50% share
- ↑ No possibility to opt-out downloading .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 No pornography
- ↑ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ↑ No sexual content or bad language
- ↑ English preferred
- ↑ QuickTime Only
- ↑ English, German, Spanish
- ↑ English, German, Turkish, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian
- ↑ 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? on Vimeo
- ↑ 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 - Broadcast Yourself
- ↑ "YouTube Video Streams Top 1.2 Billion/Day". Techcrunch (Techcrunch).
- ↑ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 converts to Flash, original available
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 no conversion
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 21.9 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13 21.14 21.15 21.16 21.17 21.18 21.19 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.
- ↑ converts to Google Video
- ↑ GVI, FLV
- ↑ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
- ↑ WebM, rmvb, 3g2, MPG, swf, asx
- ↑ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
- ↑ FLV MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
- ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
- ↑ Converts to Embedded Flash and QT
- ↑ H.264, 3GP, MV4
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.7 34.8 Converts to Embedded Flash
- ↑ ZIP, RAR, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF, JP2, PSD, WMF, EPS
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
- ↑ H.263, H.264, FLV, WebM
- ↑ http://info.break.com/break/html/break-3d/break-3d.html
- ↑ longer for MotionMaker users
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 "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.
- ↑ 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
- ↑ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
- ↑ Compression Guidelines Vimeo
- ↑ since May 2009 , phasing out VP6
- ↑ For basic members
- ↑ Only 1 HD video upload per week for basic members
- ↑ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
- ↑ Help article
- ↑ Help article
- ↑ "Advanced encoding settings - YouTube Help". Google. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ↑ unlimited for 4K videos
- ↑ Youtube.com - Reviews, Site Info, Traffic Stats and Related Links from Alexa