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.

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 appearYesYes [49]
Dailymotion Does not appearDoes not appearDoes not appearYesDoes not appearDoes not appear?
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] YesYesYesYesYesYes [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 27,887
FC2 Video
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 2
*Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.

See also

References

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  24. ↑ "FAQ". JoinPeerTube. Archived from the original on 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-03. we refuse to tie our code to a particular content funding method, that might not fit all communities and deter others. It's the reason why we encourage developers to use the PeerTube plugin API to create their own monetization system.
  25. 1 2 "* site:instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/". Framasoft. 2024-04-03. Archived from the original on 2024-04-03. Retrieved Apr 3, 2024. As of April 3rd, 2024, more than "87 M Views" per day, and more than "515 K Videos"
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  36. ↑ "Terms of Service on Vimeo". vimeo.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  37. ↑ "* site:vimeo.com/*". Google Search . Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  38. ↑ English, Spanish, French, German
  39. ↑ can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
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  41. ↑ "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". Google Search . Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  42. ↑ For more info, see "About Youku"
  43. ↑ Chinese, English with www.youku.tv Global edition
  44. ↑ "Terms of Service". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  45. ↑ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
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  47. ↑ "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes.
  48. ↑ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  49. 1 2 "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited . Retrieved August 8, 2020.
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  51. ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  52. 1 2 3 4 5 "Uploading video's to VIXY (source guide)". help.vixyvideo.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  53. ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2
  54. ↑ "UPLOAD, SHARE AND LICENSE YOUR VIDEOS". Rumble. March 2, 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  55. ↑ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  56. ↑ H.263, H.264, FLV
  57. ↑ "Upload specifications and encoding settings". Dailymotion. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  58. ↑ longer for MotionMaker users
  59. ↑ "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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  62. 1 2 "ニコニコ動画の投稿仕様について". qa.nicovideo.jp.
  63. ↑ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  64. ↑ "Recommended Encoding Settings For Live Streaming on Rumble". Rumble Faq. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  65. ↑ "VOD max video bitrate sample (Most Beautiful Horse 4K Ultra HD - horses beautiful animals (480p) #shorts #horse #beautiful)". Rumble Astro Universe - Relaxing Music. March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
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  67. ↑ "Video and audio compression guidelines". Vimeo Help Center. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  68. ↑ since May 2009, phasing out VP6
  69. ↑ since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
  70. ↑ The Vimeo API has a limit of 250 GB and 24 hours per video file. This is applicable to all new plans, and to legacy Pro Unlimited, Business and Premium plans. Other legacy plans have different file size limits: 500 MB for Basic, 5 GB for Plus, and 20 GB for Pro.
  71. ↑ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  72. 1 2 "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
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