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

General information

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

ServiceOwnerLaunchedContent licenseAds# videos (millions)Views per day (millions)Main server locationProhibits pornographyMultilingualAd revenue sharingVideo download-
able		Registration needed to upload
Aparat Saba Idea2011own TOS [1] Yes>153 [2] >6 [3] Flag of Iran.svg  Iran YesYes [4] YesYesYes
BitChute Bit Chute Limited [5] 2017own TOS [6] NoUn­known~0.8 [7] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom YesNoYes [8] some videos downloadableNo
Dailymotion Vivendi March 15, 2005own TOS [9] Yes>36.9 [10] ~60Flag of France.svg  France YesYesYesNo [11] Yes
EngageMedia EngageMediaMarch 2005 Creative Commons No>0.008Un­knownFlag of Germany.svg  Germany YesYes—YesYes
Flickr SmugMug 2004own TOS [12] Yes>1.2 [13] Un­knownFlag of the United States.svg  United States YesYesNoNoYes
Globo Video Grupo Globo 2002Un­knownYes>7.76 [14] Un­knownFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil YesNoUn­knownNoYes
Godtube Salem Media Group 2006Un­knownNo>0.114 [15] Un­knownFlag of the United States.svg  United States YesNoNoNoYes
Internet Archive Internet Archive1996own TOS [16] No>10.2 [17] Un­knownFlag of the United States.svg  United States Un­knownUn­known—YesYes
MetaCDN
2012TOS [18] NoUn­knownUn­knownFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia YesYes—YesYes
Niconico Kadokawa Dwango December 12, 2006own TOS [19] Yes>16.5 [20] Un­knownFlag of Japan.svg  Japan YesYesNoNoYes
Odysee LBRY 2015own TOS [21] Yes>10 [22] Un­knownFlag of the United States.svg  United States YesYesYesYesYes
PeerTube Framasoft 20187 licenses to choose from [23] Optional [24] >0.515 [25] >87 [25] Flag of France.svg  France Optional [26] YesYes [27] YesYes
QQ Video Tencent own TOS [28] Yes>0.864 [29] Un­knownFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China YesYesYesUn­known
Rumble Rumble Inc. 2013own TOS [30] YesUn­knownUn­knownFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada YesNoYesNoYes
Rutube Gazprom-Media 2006own TOS [31] Yes>5.82 [32] >1.1Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Federation YesNoYesYesYes
Tudou Alibaba Group April 15, 2005own TOS [33] Yes>0.035 [34] 55 [35] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China YesUn­knownUn­knownYes, with official tool only
Vimeo Vimeo HoldingsNovember 2004own TOS, [36] optional Creative Commons No>12.3 [37] Un­knownFlag of the United States.svg  United States YesYes [38] Un­knownsome videos downloadable [39] Yes
Youku Alibaba Group2006own TOS [40] Yes>0.665 [41] >150 [42] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China YesYes [43] Un­knownWith official tool only
YouTube Alphabet February 15, 2005own TOS, [44] optional Creative Commons Yes (No for YouTube Premium users) [45] >4,100 [46] 7,000 [47] Flag of the United States.svg  United States YesYesYesOfficially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free. [48] Yes

Supported input file formats

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
Aparat ????YesYes
Newgrounds Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearYesAudio PortalFLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V
BitChute [49] Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearYesDoes not appear [49]
Dailymotion Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearYesDoes not appearDoes not appear?
EngageMedia ?Does not appearYesYesYesYes?
Flickr [50] YesDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearYesNo .MKV support
Godtube Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appear
Internet Archive YesYesYesYesYesYesAny
MetaCDN Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearYesYesYes
Niconico Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appear [51]
PeerTube [52] Does not appearDoes not appearYesYesYesYes [53]
Rumble [54] Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearYesDoes not appearNo .MKV support
RuTube Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearFLV
Tudou [52] ??YesYesYesDoes not appearFLV
Vimeo [52] YesYesYesYesDoes not appearDoes not appear [55]
Youku [52] ??YesYesDoes not appearDoes not appearFLV
YouTube [52] YesYesYesYesYesDoes not appear [56]
Service MOD Real ASF QT WebM Audio Notes

Streaming video technical information

ServiceStreaming Video FormatMax size (GB)Max time (min)Resolution (max)Video bitrate (kbit/s)Audio bitrate (kbit/s)3D capable
BitChute H.264 2 ? 480p Wide SD < 50096No
Dailymotion Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec 2 [57] 720 [58] 4K UHD  ?96~192No
Facebook Watch  ?4120 [59] 4K UHD  ? ?Yes
Flickr  ?1 [60] 3 [60] 1080p HD  ? ?No
Godtube H.264 0.5 [61] — 480p Wide SD variable128No
Internet Archive Ogg Theora/Vorbis ————— ?
Newgrounds N/A6.3 ? ?variable320No
Niconico H.264, On2 VP6 3 [62] 360 [62] 4K UHD unlimited [63] 64~192 ?
PeerTube H.264 8— 4K UHD variable384No
Rumble H.264 / AAC LC 15720 4K UHD variable, Live max:8000, [64] VOD max:9000 [65] [66] 128~224No
RuTube H.264 10300 4K UHD  ? ?No
StreamShark H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP  ? ? 4K UHD 4096192Yes
Vimeo [67] H.264, [68] AV1 [69] 250 [70] 24 4K UHD 320Yes
Youku On2 VP6 1 [71] unlimited ? ? ? ?
YouTube H.264, VP9, AV1 256 [72] 15 (default), 720 (verified) [72] 8K UHD variable64~192Yes
ServiceStreaming Video FormatMax size (GB)Max time (min)ResolutionVideo bitrate (kbit/s)Audio bitrate (kbit/s)3D capable

Site traffic

Specifically dedicated video hosting websites

Similarweb traffic rank as of 17 July 2023:
NameLanguage Similarweb traffic rank
AcFun Mandarin4,675
Aparat Persian123
Bigo English16,743
Bilibili Mandarin30
BitChute English4,104
Dailymotion Multilingual357
DLive Multilingual27,887
Huya Live Mandarin1,625
Godtube English77,477
iQIYI Mandarin1,074
Niconico Japanese165
Odysee Multilingual3,355
Rumble English238
Rutube Russian542
SchoolTube English107,835
Tudou Mandarin54,394
Twitch*Multilingual49
VBOX7 Bulgarian19,783
Vimeo Multilingual645
Youku Mandarin1,433
YouNow Multilingual54,020
YouTube Multilingual2
*Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.

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