Comparison of video hosting services

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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. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date.

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General information [edit]

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

Service Creator Launched Content License Ads # Videos Views Per Day Censorship Multilingual Ad Revenue Sharing Video Downloadable
blip.tv blip.tv 02005-05-01May 2005 own TOS Opt-in Unknown Unknown Yes No Yes[1] Yes[2]
Break.com Break.com 01998-01-011998 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown Yes[3] No Unknown No
Citytv.com.co El Tiempo Publishing 02009-03-10March 10, 2009 TOS Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown No
DaCast DaCast 02008-01-012008 TOS Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes No
Dailymotion Dailymotion 02005-03-15March 15, 2005 own TOS Yes 7007100000000000000>10,000,000 7007600000000000000~60,000,000 Yes[3] Yes Yes No[4]
EngageMedia EngageMedia 02005-03-01March 2005 Creative Commons No Unknown Unknown No Yes No Yes
Flickr Ludicorp 02004-01-012004 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes No No
Globo Video Globo.com 02002-01-012002 Unknown Yes 7005500000000000000>500,000 Unknown Yes[3] No Unknown No
iFilm acquired by MTV Networks 02000-05-01May 2000 own TOS Yes Unknown 70062000000000000002,000,000 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
imeem imeem 02004-10-01October 2004 own TOS Yes 7005500000000000000>500,000 Unknown Unknown Yes No
Internet Archive Internet Archive 01996-01-011996 own TOS No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes
Metacafe Metacafe 02003-07-01July 2003 own TOS Yes Unknown 700717000000000000017,000,000 Yes Unknown No No
MoboVivo MoboVivo 02006-06-01June 2006 Premium TOS No 70032500000000000002,500+ TV episodes Unknown Yes Unknown Paid Content Revenue Share Yes
Multiply Multiply, Inc. 02003-12-01December 2003 own TOS Text Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
MyVideo MyVideo 02006-04-01April 2006 Unknown Yes 70065400000000000005,400,000 7006700000000000000~7,000,000 Yes Yes Unknown No
Nico Nico Douga Niwango 02006-12-12December 12, 2006 own TOS Yes 7006320000000000000>3,200,000 Unknown Yes Yes No No
OneWorldTV OneWorldTV 02001-01-012001 own TOS No Unknown 700410000000000000010,000 Yes[5] Unknown Unknown Unknown
Openfilm Openfilm 02008-06-01June 2008 own TOS Opt-in 7004100000000000000>10,000 7004100000000000000>10,000 Yes Yes Yes No
Ourmedia Ourmedia 02005-03-21March 21, 2005 own TOS Text 7005120000000000000120,000 Unknown Yes Unknown No [6]
Phanfare Phanfare 02004-11-01November 2004 own TOS No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Putfile Putfile Ltd. 02004-01-01January 2004 Unknown Text Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
Qik Qik, Inc. 02007-12-01December 2007 own TOS No 7006100000000000000>1,000,000 Unknown Yes Yes No Yes
Revver Revver 02005-11-01November 2005 own TOS Text/Video Unknown Unknown Yes[3] Yes[7] Yes Yes[8]
RuTube RuTube 02006-01-012006 own TOS Unknown Unknown 7006110000000000000>1,100,000 Unknown No Unknown Unknown
ScienceStage Polarmedia UG 02008-09-01September 2008 Creative Commons Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes[9] Unknown Yes
sevenload sevenload 02006-04-01April 2006 Creative Commons Yes 7005500000000000000>500,000 70061500000000000001,500,000 Yes[3] Yes[10] Yes No
Tudou Tudou 02005-04-15April 15, 2005 own TOS Yes Unknown 700755000000000000055,000,000[11] Yes[3] Unknown Unknown Yes, with official tool only
Twango Twango 02006-10-11October 11, 2006 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
U-verse AT&T 02010-01-012010 own TOS Yes 7005180000000000000180,000 Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Unknown
Veoh Veoh Networks, Inc. 02005-09-01September 2005 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Yes
Videolog Videolog Inc 02004-05-17May 17, 2004 own TOS No Unknown Unknown Yes No No No
Vimeo Connected Ventures 02004-11-01November 2004 own TOS Yes 7006100000000000000>1,000,000 70061000000000000001,000,000 Yes[3] English and Spanish Unknown Not all videos allow download [12]
vzaar vzaar Limited 02007-09-01September 2007 own TOS No 7005100000000000000>100,000 Unknown Yes[3] Unknown No Yes
Yahoo! Video Yahoo! 02006-01-012006 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown Yes[3] Yes Unknown Unknown
Youku Youku 02006-01-012006 own TOS Yes Unknown >150,000,000[13] Yes Unknown Unknown Yes, with official tool only
YouTube three ex-PayPal employees; acquired by Google 02005-02-15February 15, 2005 own TOS, optional Creative Commons Yes[14] 7008461000000000000>461,000,000[15] 70091200000000000001,200,000,000[16] Yes Yes Partners and larger videos only[17] Officially “Selected Videos Only”.[18]
Service Creator Launched Content License Ads # Videos Views Per Day Censorship Multilingual Ad Revenue Sharing Video Downloadable

Supported Input file formats [edit]

Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT 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 Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No Yes ?
Google Video[24] 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 [25]
imeem[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [26]
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Any
Metacafe[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No ? Yes Yes No No [27]
Multiply Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes[21] ? Yes Yes No Yes [28]
Nico Nico Douga[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No [29]
OneWorldTV Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Openfilm Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No FLV, Mailing DVD
Ourmedia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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[30] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? No No [31]
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[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes ? ? Yes Yes [33]
Tudou[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No FLV, M4V
Twango Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No [34]
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 [35]
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 [35]
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 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [36]
Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT Audio Images Other

Streaming Video Technical Information [edit]

Service Video Player Streaming Video Format Max size (MB) Max time (min) Resolution Video bitrate (kbit) Audio bitrate (kbit) Stereo sound 3D capable
Atom.com Flash 70031000000000000001,000 unlimited 7002640000000000000640x480 ? ? ? ?
blip.tv HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash On2 VP6 70031024000000000001,024 unlimited 70031280000000000001,280x720 ? ? Yes ?
Break.com Flash On2 VP6 7002500000000000000500 ? 7002464000000000000464x352 7002340000000000000340 kbit/s 30 frame/s 7001640000000000000mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s Yes Yes (red-blue anaglyph only)[37]
Citytv.com.co Flash H.264, Sorenson codec 70032048000000000002,048 700111000000000000011 70031280000000000001,280x720 ? ? Yes ?
Dailymotion HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec 70032048000000000002,048 700160000000000000060[38] 70031280000000000001,280x720 ? 7001960000000000000mp3 CBR 96.0 kbit/s AAC LC VBR Yes ?
EngageMedia Flash H.264 unlimited unlimited 7002400000000000000400x320 7002260000000000000260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder 7001640000000000000mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec No ?
Flickr HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash ? 7002150000000000000150 70001000000000000001.50 70031280000000000001,280x720 ? ? ? ?
Globo Video Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited unlimited 7002480000000000000480x360 7002420000000000000420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s 7001960000000000000mp3 96 kbit/s Yes ?
Google Video
(closed for uploads)		 Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited[39] unlimited 7002320000000000000320x240 variable (24.99frame/s) 7002124000000000000AAC 124 kbit/s Yes ?
HD share (closed) Flash On2 VP6 70034096000000000004,096 unlimited 70031280000000000001,280x720 ? ? Yes ?
iFilm Flash On2 VP6 7002100000000000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Internet Archive HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ?
Multiply 7002100000000000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nico Nico Douga Flash H.264, On2 VP6 7002100000000000000100 unlimited 7002640000000000000640x384 unlimited[40] ? Yes ?
OneWorldTV 7002100000000000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Openfilm Flash H.264, On2 VP6 70032048000000000002,048 unlimited 7002690000000000000690x518 (min) 7002700000000000000700 kbs (min) 7001960000000000000AAC 96 kbs (min) Yes ?
Ourmedia unlimited unlimited ? ? ? ? ?
Phanfare 70032048000000000002,048 700110000000000000010 ? ? ? ? ?
Qik Flash Sorenson codec unlimited unlimited 7002640000000000000640x480 variable ? Yes ?
Revver Apple QuickTime & Flash On2 VP6 7002100000000000000100 unlimited 7002480000000000000480x392 ? ? ? ?
RuTube Flash H.264 7002300000000000000300 ? 7002640000000000000640x480 (4:3), 640x360 (16:9) 70031000000000000001,000 ? ? ?
sevenload Flash Sorenson codec 70031500000000000001,500 ? 70031280000000000001,280x720 ? ? ? ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX Web Player DivX, XviD 70032048000000000002,048 unlimited 70031920000000000001,920x1080 ? ? ? ?
Twango Flash Sorenson codec 7002100000000000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh Flash On2 VP6 unlimited If video is longer than 30 minutes, only a 5 minute preview is shown. To see the full video the user has to install the VeohTV client. 7002540000000000000540x304 7002512000000000000512 700164000000000000064 No ?
Viddler Flash H.264 unlimited unlimited 70031280000000000001,280x720 7003160000000000000variable, average 1600, max 5000 7002128000000000000128 Yes ?
Videolog Flash H.264 7002400000000000000400 700125000000000000025 70031280000000000001,280x720 ? ? ? ?
Vimeo[41] HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264[42] 70035120000000000005,120[43] unlimited 70031920000000000001,920x1080[44] 7003200000000000000variable, average 2000, max 5000 7002320000000000000320 Yes ?
VReel (closed) DivX Web Player & VReel Player H.264, DivX, XviD 70038500000000000008,500[45] unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ?
vzaar Flash H.263, Sorenson codec 70032000000000000002,000 unlimited ? ? 7002128000000000000128 Yes ?
Yahoo! Video Flash 7002150000000000000150 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Youku HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash On2 VP6 70031024000000000001,024[46] unlimited ? ? ? Yes ?
YouTube HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8 700420480000000000020,480 unlimited[47] 70032048000000000002,048x1,536 variable[48] 7002192000000000000192 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

Site Traffic [edit]

Service Alexa Site Rank Quantcast Site Rank Monthly Unique Visitor (US)
blip.tv 2,919 812 2,209,322
Break.com 433 120 8,162,650
Dailymotion 97 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
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
Ourmedia 75,830 98,644 16,253
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[49] 4 52,436,820

See also [edit]

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Notes [edit]

  1. ^ publishers who opt-in get 50% share
  2. ^ No possibility to opt-out downloading [1].
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i No Porn
  4. ^ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24. 
  5. ^ No sexual content or bad language
  6. ^ Depends on codec and OS
  7. ^ English preferred
  8. ^ QuickTime Only
  9. ^ English, German, Spanish
  10. ^ English, German, Turkish, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian
  11. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  12. ^ can't find the "download video" button? on Vimeo
  13. ^ For more info, see "About Youku"
  14. ^ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
  15. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
  16. ^ "YouTube Video Streams Top 1.2 Billion/Day". Techcrunch (Techcrunch). 
  17. ^ "YouTube revenue sharing program". Google, Inc (Google, Inc). 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
  18. ^ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l converts to Flash, original available
  20. ^ a b c no conversion
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t converts to Flash
  22. ^ 3G2, DIVX
  23. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
  24. ^ converts to Google Video
  25. ^ GVI, FLV
  26. ^ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
  27. ^ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
  28. ^ FLV MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
  29. ^ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  30. ^ Converts to Embedded Flash and QT
  31. ^ H.264, 3GP, MV4
  32. ^ a b c d e f g h i Converts to Embedded Flash
  33. ^ ZIP, RAR, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF, JP2, PSD, WMF, EPS
  34. ^ FLV, M4V, 3G2
  35. ^ a b 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  36. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV, WebM
  37. ^ http://info.break.com/break/html/break-3d/break-3d.html
  38. ^ longer for MotionMaker users
  39. ^ 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
  40. ^ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  41. ^ [2] Compression Guidelines Vimeo
  42. ^ since May 2009 [3], phasing out VP6
  43. ^ Basic members are limited to 512MB.
  44. ^ Basic members are limited to 720p.
  45. ^ When not being a premium member it's 70031024000000000001,024 MB
  46. ^ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  47. ^ "Up, Up and Away - Long videos for more users". YouTube Inc. (YouTube Inc.). 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2011-08-19. 
  48. ^ unlimited for 4K videos
  49. ^ Youtube.com - Reviews, Site Info, Traffic Stats and Related Links from Alexa
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