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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.

General information

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

Service Owner Launched Content License Ads # Videos Views Per Day Location of main server Censorship Multilingual Ad Revenue Sharing Video Downloadable
blip.tv blip.tv May 2005 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  United States Yes No Yes[1] Yes[2]
Break.com Break.com 1998 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  United States Yes[3] No Un­known No
Citytv.com.co El Tiempo Publishing March 10, 2009 TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  Colombia Un­known No Un­known No
DaCast DaCast 2008 TOS No Un­known Un­known  United States Un­known Yes — No
Dailymotion Dailymotion March 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >10,000,000 ~60,000,000  France Yes[3] Yes Yes No[4]
EngageMedia EngageMedia March 2005 Creative Commons No Un­known Un­known  Germany Yes Yes — Yes
Flickr Ludicorp 2004 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  United States Yes Yes No No
Globo Video Globo.com 2002 Un­known Yes >500,000 Un­known  Brazil Yes[3] No Un­known No
imeem imeem October 2004 own TOS Yes >500,000 Un­known  United States Un­known Yes No
Internet Archive Internet Archive 1996 own TOS No Un­known Un­known  United States Un­known Un­known — Yes
LiveLeak LiveLeak 2006 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  United States Yes[3] No Un­known No
Metacafe Metacafe July 2003 own TOS Yes Un­known 17,000,000  United States Yes Un­known No No
MetaCDN MetaCDN 2012 TOS No Un­known Un­known  United States Un­known Yes — Yes
MoboVivo MoboVivo June 2006 Premium TOS No 2,500+ TV episodes Un­known  United States Yes Un­known Paid Content Revenue Share Yes
MyVideo MyVideo April 2006 Un­known Yes 5,400,000 ~7,000,000  Germany Yes Yes Un­known No
Nico Nico Douga Niwango December 12, 2006 own TOS Yes >3,200,000 Un­known  Japan Yes Yes No No
OneWorldTV OneWorldTV 2001 own TOS No Un­known 10,000  United States Yes[5] Un­known — Un­known
Openfilm Openfilm June 2008 own TOS Opt-in >10,000 >10,000  United States Yes Yes Yes No
Phanfare Phanfare November 2004 own TOS No Un­known Un­known  United States Un­known Un­known — Un­known
Pixorial Pixorial 2009 own TOS No >1,000,000 Un­known  United States Un­known No No Yes
Qik Qik, Inc. December 2007 own TOS No >1,000,000 Un­known  United States Yes Yes — Yes
Revver Revver November 2005 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  United States Yes[3] Yes[6] Yes Yes[7]
Rutube Rutube 2006 own TOS Yes >3,000,000 >1,100,000  Russian Federation Un­known No No No
ScienceStage Polarmedia UG September 2008 Creative Commons Yes Un­known Un­known  Germany Yes Yes[8] Un­known Yes
sevenload sevenload April 2006 Creative Commons Yes >500,000 1,500,000  Germany Yes[3] Yes[9] Yes No
Tudou Tudou April 15, 2005 own TOS Yes Un­known 55,000,000[10]  China Yes[3] Un­known Un­known Yes, with official tool only
Tune.pk tune.pk December 2006 own TOS Yes >100,000 >500,000  Pakistan Yes No Yes[1] Yes[11]
TV UOL Universo Online January 29, 1997 Un­known Yes >3,000,000 >6,000,000  Brazil No No Yes Yes
U-verse AT&T 2010 own TOS Yes 180,000 Un­known  United States Yes Yes Un­known Un­known
Veoh Veoh Networks, Inc. September 2005 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  United States Un­known Yes Un­known Yes
Watch, Share, Download and Upload Videos zealplay.com inc Jan 17, 2015 own TOS No Un­known Un­known  Pakistan Yes No — No
Videolog Videolog Inc May 17, 2004 own TOS No Un­known Un­known  United States Yes No — No
Vimeo Connected Ventures November 2004 own TOS Yes >1,000,000 1,000,000  United States Yes[3] Yes[12] Un­known Not all videos allow download [13]
vzaar vzaar Limited September 2007 own TOS No >100,000 Un­known  United States Yes[3] Un­known — Yes
Yahoo! Video Yahoo! 2006 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  United Kingdom Yes[3] Yes Un­known Un­known
Youku Youku 2006 own TOS Yes Un­known >150,000,000[14]  China Yes Un­known Un­known Yes, with official tool only
YouTube Google February 15, 2005 own TOS, optional Creative Commons



Yes[15] >461,000,000[16] 1.2×10^9[17]  United States Yes Yes Yes Officially “Selected Videos Only”.[18]

Supported input file formats

Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT .WebM 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[24] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No Yes ?
Google Video[25] 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 [26]
imeem[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [27]
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Any
LiveLeak.com Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes [28]
Metacafe[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No ? Yes Yes No No [29]
MetaCDN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multiply Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes[21] ? Yes Yes No Yes [30]
Nico Nico Douga[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No [31]
OneWorldTV Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Openfilm Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No FLV, Mailing DVD
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[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? No No [33]
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[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes ? ? Yes Yes [35]
Tudou[21] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No FLV, M4V
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 [36]
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 [36]
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 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [37]
Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT Audio Images Other

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 60 FPS support
Atom.com Flash 1,000 unlimited 640x480 ? ? ? ? ?
blip.tv HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash On2 VP6 1,024 unlimited 1,280x720 ? ? Yes ? ?
Break.com Flash On2 VP6 500 ? 464x352 340 kbit/s 30 frame/s mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s Yes Yes (red-blue anaglyph only)[38] ?
Citytv.com.co Flash H.264, Sorenson codec 2,048 11 1,280x720 ? ? Yes ? ?
DaCast HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes No ?
Dailymotion HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec 4,096 60[39] 1,920x1080 ? mp3 CBR 96.0 kbit/s AAC LC VBR Yes ? Yes
EngageMedia Flash H.264 unlimited unlimited 400x320 260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec No ? ?
Facebook ? ? 1,024 20 1,280x720 ? ? ? ? Yes
Flickr HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash ? 1,024[40] 3[40] 1,920x1080[41] ? ? Yes ? ?
Globo Video Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited unlimited 480x360 420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s mp3 96 kbit/s Yes ? ?
Google Video
(closed for uploads) 		Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited[42] unlimited 320x240 variable (24.99frame/s) AAC 124 kbit/s Yes ? ?
HD share (closed) Flash On2 VP6 4,096 unlimited 1,280x720 ? ? Yes ? ?
iFilm Flash On2 VP6 100 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Internet Archive HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ? ?
LiveLeak.com Flash ? 2,000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Metacafe Flash ? ? 10 ? ? ? ? ? ?
MetaCDN HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash MPEG-4 and RTMP unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ? Yes
Multiply 100 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nico Nico Douga Flash H.264, On2 VP6 100 unlimited 640x384 unlimited[43] ? Yes ? ?
OneWorldTV 100 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Openfilm Flash H.264, On2 VP6 2,048 unlimited 690x518 (min) 700 kbs (min) AAC 96 kbs (min) Yes ? ?
Phanfare 2,048 10 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Qik Flash Sorenson codec unlimited unlimited 640x480 variable ? Yes ? ?
Revver Apple QuickTime & Flash On2 VP6 100 unlimited 480x392 ? ? ? ? ?
RuTube Flash H.264 300 ? 640x480 (4:3), 640x360 (16:9) 1,000 ? ? ? ?
sevenload (closed) Flash Sorenson codec 1,500 ? 1,280x720 ? ? ? ? ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX Web Player MPEG-4 Part 2 2,048 unlimited 1,920x1080 ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh Flash On2 VP6 unlimited; however, Veoh Web Player is required for publishing the large files (over 1GB) unlimited 540x304 512 64 No ? ?
Viddler HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264, 3GP, WebM, MP4 unlimited unlimited 1,280x720 variable, average 1600, max 5000 128 Yes ? ?
Videolog Flash H.264 400 25 1,280x720 ? ? ? ? ?
Vimeo[44] HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264[45] 512[46] unlimited 1,920x720p[47] variable, average 2000, max 5000 320 Yes ? No
VReel (closed) DivX Web Player & VReel Player H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2 8,500[48] unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ? ?
vzaar HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264 2,000 unlimited ? ? 128 Yes ? ?
Yahoo! Video Flash 150 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Youku HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash On2 VP6 1,024[49] unlimited ? ? ? Yes ? ?
YouTube HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8, VP9 20,480; 131,072 for verified users [50] 15; 660 for verified users[51] 3,840×2160p[52] variable[53] 192 Yes 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 60 FPS support

Site traffic

Service Alexa
Site Rank 		Quantcast
Site Rank 		Monthly Unique
Visitors (USA)
blip.tv 2,919 812 2,209,322
Break.com 1503 120 8,162,650
Dailymotion 94 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
LiveLeak.com 639 229 7,500,000
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
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[54] 4 52,436,820
Tune.pk 7,709 47 15,000,000

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ a b 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 pornography
  4. ^ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  5. ^ No sexual content or bad language
  6. ^ English preferred
  7. ^ QuickTime Only
  8. ^ English, German, Spanish
  9. ^ English, German, Turkish, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian
  10. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  11. ^ No possibility to opt-out downloading .
  12. ^ English, Spanish, French, German
  13. ^ can't find the "download video" button? on Vimeo
  14. ^ For more info, see "About Youku"
  15. ^ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
  16. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
  17. ^ "YouTube Video Streams Top 1.2 Billion/Day". Techcrunch. Techcrunch.
  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. ^ "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  25. ^ converts to Google Video
  26. ^ GVI, FLV
  27. ^ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
  28. ^ WebM, rmvb, 3g2, MPG, swf, asx
  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. ^ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  32. ^ Converts to Embedded Flash and QT
  33. ^ H.264, 3GP, MV4
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h i Converts to Embedded Flash
  35. ^ ZIP, RAR, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF, JP2, PSD, WMF, EPS
  36. ^ a b 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  37. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV, WebM
  38. ^ http://info.break.com/break/html/break-3d/break-3d.html
  39. ^ longer for MotionMaker users
  40. ^ a b "Difference between free and ad free accounts". Yahoo / Flickr Help. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  41. ^ "HD Videos on Flickr". Yahoo/Flickr Help. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  42. ^ 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
  43. ^ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  44. ^ [2] Compression Guidelines Vimeo
  45. ^ since May 2009 [3], phasing out VP6
  46. ^ For basic members
  47. ^ Only 1 HD video upload per week for basic members
  48. ^ When not being a premium member it's 1,024 MB
  49. ^ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  50. ^ Help article
  51. ^ Help article
  52. ^ "Advanced encoding settings - YouTube Help". Google. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  53. ^ unlimited for 4K videos
  54. ^ Youtube.com - Reviews, Site Info, Traffic Stats and Related Links from Alexa
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