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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable video hosts. 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 Watched Per Day Censorship Multilingual Ad Revenue Sharing Video Downloadable
Atom.com AtomFilms 02008-06 June 2008 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes No Yes No
BGVIP.TV StrategicFIRST 02008-05 May 2008 ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No
blip.tv blip.tv 01999 1999 own TOS Opt-in ? ? Yes No Yes[1] Yes[2]
Break.com Break.com 01998 1998 own TOS Yes ? ? ? No ? Yes
Broadcaster.com Broadcaster.com 02006-11-22 November 22, 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? ? No ? ?
ClickCaster ClickCaster 02005 2005 own TOS No ? ? No ? No Yes
Dailymotion Dailymotion 02005-03-15 March 15, 2005 own TOS Yes &Expression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operatorExpression error: Unexpected > operator.Expression error: Unexpected > operator>10,000,000 &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "~"~60,000,000 Yes[3] Yes[4] Yes No
EngageMedia EngageMedia 02005-03 March 2005 Creative Commons No ? ? Yes No No Yes
Flickr Ludicorp 02004 2004 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes Yes No No
Globo Video Globo.com 02002 2002 ? Yes >500,000 ? Yes[3] No ? No
Google Video (Closed to new uploads)[5] Google 02005 2005 own TOS Text &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","2,500,000 ? Yes[3] Yes[6] ? Yes
GoFish (closed) GoFish 02005-05 May 2005 own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
HD share HD share 02008-07 July 2008 own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
iFilm acquired by MTV Networks 02000-05 May 2000 own TOS Yes ? &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000 ? ? ? ?
imeem imeem 02004-10 October 2004 own TOS Yes >500,000 ? ? Yes No
Internet Archive Internet Archive 01996 1996 own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Metacafe Metacafe 02003-07 July 2003 own TOS Yes ? 17,000,000 No ? Yes No
Multiply Multiply, Inc. 02003-12 December 2003 own TOS Text ? ? ? ? ? ?
MyVideo MyVideo 02006-04 April 2006 ? Yes 5.400.000 ~7.000.000 Yes Yes ? No
OneWorldTV OneWorldTV 02001 2001 own TOS No ? 10,000 Yes[7] ? ? ?
Ourmedia Ourmedia 02005-03-21 March 21, 2005 own TOS Text &0000000000120000.000000120,000 ? ? ? No [8]
Phanfare Phanfare 02004-11 November 2004 own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile Putfile Ltd. 02004-01 January 2004 ? Text ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Revver Revver 02005-11 November 2005 own TOS Text/Video ? ? Yes[3] Yes[9] Yes Yes[10]
RuTube RuTube 2006 own TOS ? ? >1,100,000 ? No ? ?
sevenload sevenload 02005 2005 Creative Commons Yes >250,000 1,500,000 Yes[3] Yes[11] scheduled ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX, Inc. 02006 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? No No No Yes
showmedo ShowMeDo 02005-12 December 2005 ? No ? ? No Yes No Yes
Tudou Tudou 02005 2005 own TOS Yes ? 55,000,000[12] Yes[3] ? ? Yes
Twango Twango 02006-10-11 October 11, 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh Veoh Networks, Inc. 02005-09 September 2005 own TOS Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
Vimeo Connected Ventures 02004-11 November 2004 own TOS Yes >1,000,000 1,000,000 Yes[3] ? ? Yes
vMix MP3.com alumni 02005-10-13 October 13, 2005 own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
VReel VReel Media 02008-06-19 June 19, 2008 ? Yes ? 350,000 Yes No Yes[13] Yes
vzaar vzaar Limited 02007-Expression error: Unrecognised word "sept" 2007 own TOS No >25,000 ? No ? No No
Yahoo Video Yahoo 02006 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes[3] Yes ? ?
Youku Youku 02006 2006 ? ? ? >150,000,000[14] Yes ? ? ?
YouTube three ex-PayPal employees; Currently acquired by Google 02005-02-15 February 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >64,000,000[15] &0000000100000000.000000100,000,000[16] Yes Yes Yes, But Partners Only[17] Yes[18], Offically "Selected Videos Only".

[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 ?
BGVIP.TV Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[21] 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Broadcaster.com[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes [23]
ClickCaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No No [24]
Dailymotion Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No ?
EngageMedia Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[19] ? Yes[19] ? No No No Yes[19] Yes[19] ? Yes Yes ?
Flickr Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No Yes ?
Google Video[25] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No No -
GoFish[26] (closed) Yes Yes 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 [27]
imeem[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [28]
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 [29]
Multiply Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes[21] ? Yes Yes No Yes [30]
OneWorldTV Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Phanfare ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ASX, 3G2
Revver[31] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? No No [32]
RuTube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes[33] Yes ? ? Yes Yes [34]
Stage6 (closed) No No No Yes[35] No No No No No ? ? ? No Yes *.Divx
Showmedo -
Tudou Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Twango Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No [36]
Veoh Yes Yes Yes[21] Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Vimeo[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [37]
vMix[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes ? No No [38]
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 ? ? ?
YouTube[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [39]

[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
Atom.com Flash &0000000000000100.000000100 unlimited &0000000000000480.000000480x360 ? ? ?
BGVIP.TV Flash &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
blip.tv Flash On2 VP6 &0000000000001024.0000001,024 ? ? ? ? ?
Break.com Flash On2 VP6 &0000000000000500.000000500 ? &0000000000000464.000000464x352 &Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit".Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"340 kbit/s 30 frame/s &Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp".Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s Yes
Broadcaster.com Flash Sorenson codec &0000000000000150.000000150 ? ? ? ? ?
ClickCaster Flash H.264, Sorenson codec &0000000000000100.000000100[40] ? ? ? ? ?
Dailymotion Flash H.264, Sorenson codec &0000000000000150.000000150[41] &0000000000000020.00000020[42] &0000000000001280.0000001,280x720 ? &Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp".Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"mp3 CBR 96.0 kbit/s AAC LC VBR Yes
EngageMedia Flash ? unlimited unlimited &0000000000000320.000000320x240 &Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit".Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder &Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp".Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec No
Flickr Flash ? &0000000000000500.000000500 &0000000000000001.5000001.5 ? ? ? ?
Globo Video Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited unlimited &0000000000000480.000000480x360 &Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit".Expression error: Unrecognised word "kbit"420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s H264 codec &Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp".Expression error: Unrecognised word "mp"mp3 96 kbit/s Yes
Google Video
(closed for uploads)		 Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited[43] unlimited &0000000000000320.000000320x240 &Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable".Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"variable (24.99frame/s H264 codec) &Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac".Expression error: Unrecognised word "aac"AAC 124 kbit/s Yes
GoFish(closed) Flash On2 VP6 &0000000000000050.00000050 ? ? ? ? ?
HD share (closed for now) Flash On2 VP6 &0000000000004096.0000004,096 unlimited &0000000000001280.0000001,280x720 ? ? Yes
iFilm Flash On2 VP6 &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
imeem Flash H.264, Sorenson codec unlimited 10 min &0000000000000768.000000768x576 &0000000000000768.000000768 &0000000000000096.00000096 Yes
Internet Archive Flash unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes
Metacafe Flash On2 VP6 &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? Yes
Multiply &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
OneWorldTV &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia unlimited unlimited ? ? ? ?
Phanfare &0000000000002048.0000002,048 &0000000000000010.00000010 ? ? ? ?
Putfile Windows Media WMV9 &0000000000000025.00000025 ? ? ? ? ?
Revver Apple Quicktime & Flash On2 VP6 &0000000000000100.000000100 unlimited &0000000000000480.000000480x392 ? ? ?
RuTube Flash ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload Flash Sorenson codec &0000000000000200.000000200 ? ? ? ? ?
showmedo Flash ? ? ? ? ? ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX Web Player DivX, XviD &0000000000002048.0000002,048 unlimited &0000000000001920.0000001,920x1080 ? ? ?
Tudou Flash ? ? ? ? ? ?
Twango Flash Sorenson codec &0000000000000100.000000100 ? ? ? ? ?
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. &0000000000000540.000000540x304 &0000000000000512.000000512 &0000000000000064.00000064 No
Vimeo Flash H.264[44] &0000000000000500.000000500 unlimited &0000000000001280.0000001,280x720 &Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable".Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"variable, average 1,600, max 5,000 &0000000000000128.000000128 Yes
vMix Flash Sorenson codec &0000000000000200.000000200 ? ? ? ? ?
VReel DivX Web Player & VReel Player H.264, DivX, XviD &0000000000008500.0000008,500[45] unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes
vzaar Flash H.263, Sorenson codec unlimited unlimited  ?  ? 128 Yes
Yahoo Video Flash &0000000000000150.000000150 ? ? ? ? ?
YouTube Flash H.264, Sorenson codec &0000000000002048.0000002,048 &0000000000000011.00000011 &0000000000001280.0000001,280x720 &Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable".Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"variable, average 2,000 &Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable".Expression error: Unrecognised word "variable"variable, average 232, max 256 Yes

[edit] Site Traffic

Service Alexa Site Rank Quantcast Site Rank Monthly Unique Visitor (US)
blip.tv 3,923 812 2,209,322
Break.com 433 120 8,162,650
Broadcaster.com 15,415 ? ?
ClickCaster 174,200 183,990 7,397
Dailymotion 29 147 7,047,041
flickr 33 ? ?
Google Video 3[46] 296 4,800,000
GoFish(closed) 2,287 2,286 985,040
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
OneWorldTV 36,595[46] 1,332,511 2,000
Ourmedia 75,830 98,644 16,253
Phanfare 26,269 8,025 322,164
Putfile 2,266 3,452 772,083
Revver 3,861 4,210 606,734
RuTube 1,261 ? 4,000,000
sevenload 1,923 12,798 192,022
Stage 6 (closed) 133 1,547 1,400,000
showmedo 74,919 ? ?
Tudou 174 6,553 266,022
Twango 29,462 34,129 66,381
Veoh 77 233 5,429,576
Vimeo 5,963 7,237 351,665
vMix 85,339 52,751 25,798
VReel 25,255 1,705,000
Yahoo Video  ? 760 2,400,000
YouTube 3 4 52,436,820

[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 No Porn
  4. ^ see DailyMotion#International
  5. ^ http://video.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138275
  6. ^ Google Video#Availability of service
  7. ^ No sexual content or bad language
  8. ^ Depends on codec and OS
  9. ^ English preferred
  10. ^ Quicktime Only
  11. ^ English, German, Turkish
  12. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  13. ^ VReel Revenue Share scheme VReel-Eoin at 29 December, 2008
  14. ^ For more info, see "About Youku"
  15. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
  16. ^ "YouTube serves up 100 million videos a day online". USA TODAY (Gannett Company, Inc). 2006-07-16. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-07-16-youtube-views_x.htm. Retrieved on 2007-11-24. 
  17. ^ "YouTube revenue sharing program". Google, Inc (Google, Inc). 2007-12-10. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/12/youtubes-revenue-sharing-program.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 
  18. ^ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presedential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q converts to Flash, original available
  20. ^ a b c d e f no conversion
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r converts to Flash
  22. ^ 3G2, DIVX
  23. ^ DV, and FLV
  24. ^ Any file type can be uploaded (including text, images, documents, videos and programs)
  25. ^ converts to Google Video
  26. ^ converts to GoFlash
  27. ^ GVI, FLV
  28. ^ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
  29. ^ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
  30. ^ FLV MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
  31. ^ Converts to Embedded Flash and QT
  32. ^ H.264, 3GP, MV4
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i Converts to Embedded Flash
  34. ^ ZIP, RAR, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF, JP2, PSD, WMF, EPS
  35. ^ (Divx or Xvid, original Available)
  36. ^ FLV, M4V, 3G2
  37. ^ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  38. ^ 3G2
  39. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
  40. ^ for best performance
  41. ^ 1 GB for MotionMaker users
  42. ^ longer for MotionMaker users
  43. ^ 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
  44. ^ since May 2009[2], phasing out VP6
  45. ^ When not being a premium member it's &0000000000001024.0000001,024 MB
  46. ^ a b ranking of parent domain

[edit] See also

Types of Internet hosting service
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