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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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[edit] General information

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
Atom.com AtomFilms 01998 1998 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes No Yes No
blip.tv blip.tv 02005-05-012005 May own TOS Opt-in ? ? Yes No Yes[1] Yes, including the original file[2]
Break.com Break.com 01998 1998 own TOS Yes ? ? ? No ? No
Citytv.com.co El Tiempo Publishing 0Error: invalid time2009 March 10 TOS Yes ? ? ? No ? No
HD share HD share 0Error: invalid time2008 July 1 TOS No ? ? ? No ? Yes
DaCast DaCast 02008 2008 TOS Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes No
Dailymotion Dailymotion 0Error: invalid time2005 March 15 own TOS Yes &10000000010000000000000>10,000,000 &10000000060000000000000~60,000,000 Yes[3] Yes No No[4]
EngageMedia EngageMedia 02005-03-012005 March Creative Commons No ? ? No Yes No Yes
Flickr Ludicorp 02004 2004 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes Yes No No
Globo Video Globo.com 02002 2002 ? Yes &10000000000500000000000>500,000 ? Yes[3] No ? No
iFilm acquired by MTV Networks 02000-05-012000 May own TOS Yes ? &100000000020000000000002,000,000 ? ? ? ?
imeem imeem 02004-10-012004 October own TOS Yes &10000000000500000000000>500,000 ? ? Yes No
Internet Archive Internet Archive 01996 1996 own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Metacafe Metacafe 02003-07-012003 July own TOS Yes ? &1000000001700000000000017,000,000 Yes ? No No
MoboVivo MoboVivo 02006-06-012006 June Premium TOS No &100000000000025000000002,500+ TV episodes ? Yes ? Paid Content Revenue Share Yes
Multiply Multiply, Inc. 02003-12-012003 December own TOS Text ? ? ? ? ? ?
MyVideo MyVideo 02006-04-012006 April ? Yes &100000000054000000000005,400,000 &10000000007000000000000~7,000,000 Yes Yes ? No
Nico Nico Douga Niwango 0Error: invalid time2006 December 12 own TOS Yes &10000000003200000000000>3,200,000 ? Yes Yes No No
OneWorldTV OneWorldTV 02001 2001 own TOS No ? &1000000000001000000000010,000 Yes[5] ? ? ?
Openfilm Openfilm 02008-06-012008 June own TOS Opt-in &10000000000010000000000>10,000 &10000000000010000000000>10,000 Yes Yes Yes No
Ourmedia Ourmedia 0Error: invalid time2005 March 21 own TOS Text &10000000000120000000000120,000 ? Yes ? No [6]
Phanfare Phanfare 02004-11-012004 November own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile Putfile Ltd. 02004-01-012004 January ? Text ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Qik Qik, Inc. 02007-12-012007 December own TOS No &10000000001000000000000>1,000,000 ? Yes Yes No Yes
Revver Revver 02005-11-012005 November own TOS Text/Video ? ? Yes[3] Yes[7] Yes Yes[8]
RuTube RuTube 2006 own TOS ? ? &10000000001100000000000>1,100,000 ? No ? ?
ScienceStage Polarmedia UG September, 2008 Creative Commons Yes ? ? Yes Yes[9] ? Yes
sevenload sevenload 02006-04-012006 April Creative Commons Yes &10000000000500000000000>500,000 &100000000015000000000001,500,000 Yes[3] Yes[10] Yes No
showmedo ShowMeDo 02005-12-012005 December ? No ? ? No Yes No Yes
Tudou Tudou 0Error: invalid time2005 April 15 own TOS Yes ? &1000000005500000000000055,000,000[11] Yes[3] ? ? Yes
Twango Twango 0Error: invalid time2006 October 11 own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh Veoh Networks, Inc. 02005-09-012005 September own TOS Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
Videolog Videolog Inc 0Error: invalid time2004 May 17 own TOS No ? ? Yes[3] No No No
Vimeo Connected Ventures 02004-11-012004 November own TOS Yes &10000000001000000000000>1,000,000 &100000000010000000000001,000,000 Yes[3] ? ? Yes
VReel VReel Media 0Error: invalid time2008 June 19 ? Yes ? &10000000000350000000000350,000 Yes No Yes[12] Yes
VXV.com VXV.com 0Error: invalid time1999 March 28 own TOS No ? ? Yes[3] No No No
vzaar vzaar Limited 02007-09-012007 September own TOS No &10000000000100000000000>100,000 ? Yes[3] ? No Yes
Yahoo Video Yahoo 02006 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes[3] Yes ? ?
Youku Youku 02006 2006 ? ? ? >150,000,000[13] Yes ? ? ?
YouTube three ex-PayPal employees; acquired by Google 0Error: invalid time2005 February 15 own TOS Yes[14] &10000000461000000000000>461,000,000[15] &100000012000000000000001,200,000,000[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

[edit] Supported Input file formats

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]
Showmedo -
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
VXV.com Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No FLV
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

[edit] 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
Atom.com Flash &100000000000010000000001,000 unlimited &10000000000000640000000640x480 ? ? ? ?
blip.tv HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash On2 VP6 &100000000000010240000001,024 unlimited &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? ? Yes ?
Break.com Flash On2 VP6 &10000000000000500000000500 ? &10000000000000464000000464x352 &10000000000000340000000340 kbit/s 30 frame/s &10000000000000064000000mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s Yes Yes (red-blue anaglyph only)[37]
Citytv.com.co Flash H.264, Sorenson codec &100000000000020480000002,048 &1000000000000001100000011 &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? ? Yes ?
Dailymotion HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec &100000000000020480000002,048 &1000000000000006000000060[38] &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? &10000000000000096000000mp3 CBR 96.0 kbit/s AAC LC VBR Yes ?
EngageMedia Flash H.264 unlimited unlimited &10000000000000400000000400x320 &10000000000000260000000260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder &10000000000000064000000mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec No ?
Flickr HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash ? &10000000000000150000000150 &100000000000000010000001.50 &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? ? ? ?
Globo Video Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited unlimited &10000000000000480000000480x360 &10000000000000420000000420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s &10000000000000096000000mp3 96 kbit/s Yes ?
Google Video
(closed for uploads)		 Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited[39] unlimited &10000000000000320000000320x240 variable (24.99frame/s) &10000000000000124000000AAC 124 kbit/s Yes ?
HD share (in public beta) Flash On2 VP6 &100000000000040960000004,096 unlimited &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? ? Yes ?
iFilm Flash On2 VP6 &10000000000000100000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Internet Archive HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ?
Multiply &10000000000000100000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nico Nico Douga Flash H.264, On2 VP6 &10000000000000100000000100 unlimited &10000000000000640000000640x384 unlimited[40] ? Yes ?
OneWorldTV &10000000000000100000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Openfilm Flash H.264, On2 VP6 &100000000000020480000002,048 unlimited &10000000000000690000000690x518 (min) &10000000000000700000000700 kbs (min) &10000000000000096000000AAC 96 kbs (min) Yes ?
Ourmedia unlimited unlimited ? ? ? ? ?
Phanfare &100000000000020480000002,048 &1000000000000001000000010 ? ? ? ? ?
Qik Flash Sorenson codec unlimited unlimited &10000000000000640000000640x480 variable ? Yes ?
Revver Apple Quicktime & Flash On2 VP6 &10000000000000100000000100 unlimited &10000000000000480000000480x392 ? ? ? ?
RuTube Flash h.264 &10000000000000300000000300 ? &10000000000000640000000640x480 (4:3), 640x360 (16:9) &100000000000010000000001,000 ? ? ?
sevenload Flash Sorenson codec &100000000000015000000001,500 ? &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? ? ? ?
showmedo Flash ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX Web Player DivX, XviD &100000000000020480000002,048 unlimited &100000000000019200000001,920x1080 ? ? ? ?
Twango Flash Sorenson codec &10000000000000100000000100 ? ? ? ? ? ?
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. &10000000000000540000000540x304 &10000000000000512000000512 &1000000000000006400000064 No ?
Viddler Flash H.264 &10000000000000500000000500 unlimited &100000000000012800000001,280x720 &10000000000001600000000variable, average 1600, max 5000 &10000000000000128000000128 Yes ?
Videolog Flash H.264 &10000000000000400000000400 &1000000000000002500000025 &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? ? ? ?
Vimeo HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264[41] &10000000000000500000000500 unlimited &100000000000012800000001,280x720 &10000000000001600000000variable, average 1600, max 5000 &10000000000000128000000128 Yes ?
VReel (closed) DivX Web Player & VReel Player H.264, DivX, XviD &100000000000085000000008,500[42] unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ?
VXV.com Flash H.264 &100000000000020480000002,048 unlimited &100000000000012800000001,280x720 ? ? ? ?
vzaar Flash H.263, Sorenson codec &100000000000020000000002,000 unlimited ? ? &10000000000000128000000128 Yes ?
Yahoo Video Flash &10000000000000150000000150 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Youku Flash On2 VP6 &100000000000010240000001,024[43] unlimited ? ? ? Yes ?
YouTube HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8 &1000000000002048000000020,480 unlimited[44] &100000000000040960000004,096x2,304 variable[45] &10000000000000192000000192 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

[edit] Site Traffic

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
FC2 Video 34 ? ?
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
showmedo 74,919 ? ?
Tudou 84 6,553 266,022
Veoh 77 233 5,429,576
Videolog 12,404 ? ?
Vimeo 108 61 15,000,000
VXV.com 34,864 ? ?
Yahoo Video ? 760 2,400,000
Youku 49 ? ?
YouTube 3[46] 4 52,436,820

[edit] See also

Types of Internet hosting service
Full-featured hosting
Virtual private server · Dedicated hosting · Colocation centre · Cloud hosting
Web hosting
Free hosting · Shared · Clustered · Reseller
Application-specific web hosting
Blog (comments) · Guild hosting · Image · Video · Wiki farms · Application · Social network
By content format
File · Image · Video  · Music
Other types
Remote backup · Game server · DNS · E-mail

[edit] Notes

  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 j No Porn
  4. ^ "Dailymotion legal terms". http://www.dailymotion.com/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. ^ VReel Revenue Share scheme VReel-Eoin at 29 December 2008
  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. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/12/youtubes-revenue-sharing-program.html. 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. ^ since May 2009 [2], phasing out VP6
  42. ^ When not being a premium member it's &100000000000010240000001,024 MB
  43. ^ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  44. ^ "Up, Up and Away - Long videos for more users". YouTube Inc. (YouTube Inc.). 2010-12-09. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/12/up-up-and-away-long-videos-for-more.html. Retrieved 2011-08-19. 
  45. ^ unlimited for 4K videos
  46. ^ Youtube.com - Reviews, Site Info, Traffic Stats and Related Links from Alexa
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