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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.

General information

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

Service Owner Launched Content license Ads # videos (millions) Views per day (millions) Main server location Prohibits pornography Multilingual Ad revenue sharing Video download-
able 		Registration needed
Aparat Saba Idea 2011 own TOS Yes >153[1] > 6[2]  Iran Yes No Yes Yes Yes
BitChute Bit Chute Limited [3] 2017 own TOS No Un­known ~0.8 [4]  United Kingdom Yes No Yes [5] some videos downloadable No
Dailymotion Vivendi March 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >36.9[6] ~60  France Yes Yes Yes No[7] Yes
EngageMedia EngageMedia March 2005 Creative Commons No >0.008 Un­known  Germany Yes Yes — Yes Yes
Flickr SmugMug 2004 own TOS Yes >1.2[8] Un­known  United States Yes Yes No No Yes
Globo Video Grupo Globo 2002 Un­known Yes >7.76[9] Un­known  Brazil Yes No Un­known No Yes
Godtube Salem Media Group 2006 Un­known No >0.114[10] Un­known  United States Yes No No No Yes
Internet Archive Internet Archive 1996 own TOS No >10.2[11] Un­known  United States Un­known Un­known — Yes Yes
MetaCDN
2012 TOS No Un­known Un­known  Australia Yes Yes — Yes Yes
Niconico Kadokawa Dwango December 12, 2006 own TOS Yes >16.5[12] Un­known  Japan Yes Yes No No Yes
Odysee LBRY 2015 own TOS Yes >10[13] Un­known  United States Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PeerTube Framasoft 2018 Un­known No >0.494[14] Un­known  France No Yes No Yes Yes
QQ Video Tencent own TOS Yes >0.864[15] Un­known  China Yes Yes Yes Un­known
Rumble Rumble Inc. 2013 own TOS Yes Un­known Un­known  Canada Yes No Yes No Yes
Rutube Gazprom-Media 2006 own TOS Yes >5.82[16] >1.1  Russian Federation Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Tudou Alibaba Group April 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >0.035[17] 55[18]  China Yes Un­known Un­known Yes, with official tool only
Vimeo Vimeo Holdings November 2004 own TOS, optional Creative Commons No >12.3[19] Un­known  United States Yes Yes[20] Un­known some videos downloadable [21] Yes
Youku Alibaba Group 2006 own TOS Yes >0.665[22] >150[23]  China Yes Un­known Un­known With official tool only
YouTube Alphabet February 15, 2005 own TOS, optional Creative Commons Yes (No for YouTube Premium users)[24] >4,100[25] 7,000[26]  United States Yes Yes Yes Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free.[27] Yes

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 ? ? ? ? Yes Yes
Newgrounds Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Audio Portal FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V
BitChute[28] Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Does not appear [28]
Dailymotion Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Does not appear Does not appear ?
EngageMedia ? Does not appear Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Flickr[29] Yes Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes No .MKV support
Godtube Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Any
MetaCDN Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Yes Yes
Niconico Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear [30]
PeerTube[31] Does not appear Does not appear Yes Yes Yes Yes [32]
Rumble[33] Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Yes Does not appear No .MKV support
RuTube Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear FLV
Tudou[31] ? ? Yes Yes Yes Does not appear FLV
Veoh ? ? ? ? Does not appear Does not appear
Vimeo[31] Yes Yes Yes Yes Does not appear Does not appear [34]
Youku[31] ? ? Yes Yes Does not appear Does not appear FLV
YouTube[31] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Does not appear [35]
Service MOD Real ASF QT WebM Audio Notes

Streaming video technical information

Service Streaming Video Format Max size (GB) Max time (min) Resolution (max) Video bitrate (kbit/s) Audio bitrate (kbit/s) 3D capable
BitChute H.264 2 ? 480p Wide SD < 500 96 No
Dailymotion Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec 2[36] 720[37] 4K UHD ? 96~192 No
Facebook Watch ? 4 120[38] 4K UHD ? ? Yes
Flickr ? 1[39] 3[39] 1080p HD ? ? No
Godtube H.264 0.5[40] — 480p Wide SD variable 128 No
Internet Archive Ogg Theora/Vorbis — — — — — ?
Newgrounds N/A 6.3 ? ? variable 320 No
Niconico H.264, On2 VP6 3[41] 360[41] 4K UHD unlimited[42] 64~192 ?
PeerTube H.264 8 — 4K UHD variable 384 No
Rumble H.264 / AAC LC 15 720 4K UHD variable, Live max:8000,[43] VOD max:9000[44][45] 128~224 No
RuTube H.264 10 300 4K UHD ? ? No
StreamShark H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP ? ? 4K UHD 4096 192 Yes
Vimeo[46] H.264,[47] AV1[48] 250[49] 24 4K UHD variable 320 Yes
Youku On2 VP6 1[50] unlimited ? ? ? ?
YouTube H.264, VP9, AV1 256[51] 15 (default), 720 (verified)[51] 8K UHD variable 64~192 Yes
Service Streaming Video Format Max size (GB) Max time (min) Resolution Video bitrate (kbit/s) Audio bitrate (kbit/s) 3D capable

Site traffic

Specifically dedicated video hosting websites

Similarweb traffic rank as of 17 July 2023:
Name Language Similarweb traffic rank
AcFun Mandarin 4,675
Aparat Persian 123
Bigo English 16,743
Bilibili Mandarin 30
BitChute English 4,104
Dailymotion Multilingual 357
DLive Multilingual 27,887
Huya Live Mandarin 1,625
Godtube English 77,477
iQIYI Mandarin 1,074
Niconico Japanese 165
Odysee Multilingual 3,355
Rumble English 238
Rutube Russian 542
SchoolTube English 107,835
Tudou Mandarin 54,394
Twitch* Multilingual 49
VBOX7 Bulgarian 19,783
Veoh Multilingual 48,423
Vimeo Multilingual 645
Youku Mandarin 1,433
YouNow Multilingual 54,020
YouTube Multilingual 2
* Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.

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References

  1. ^ "* site:aparat.com/v/ - Google Search". www.google.com. Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Azali, MohammadReza (2016-02-06). "Aparat Is the Next Big Thing in Iran". TechRasa. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  3. ^ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "*site:trackalytics.com". TRACKALYTICS. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "* site:dailymotion.com/video/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  8. ^ "Search: video". SmugMug. 29 January 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "* site:globoplay.globo.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  10. ^ "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  11. ^ "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". Internet Archive. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  12. ^ "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  13. ^ Bookman, Todd (19 April 2021). "From Cooking Videos to QAnon, N.H.-Based Video Platform Attracts Users Banned Elsewhere". NHPR. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022.
  14. ^ "* site:instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/". Framasoft. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  15. ^ "* site:v.qq.com/x/page/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  16. ^ "* site:rutube.ru/video/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  17. ^ "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  18. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?" Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  19. ^ "* site:vimeo.com/*". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  20. ^ English, Spanish, French, German
  21. ^ can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
  22. ^ "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  23. ^ For more info, see "About Youku"
  24. ^ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
  25. ^ "* site:youtube.com/watch?v=". Google Search. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  26. ^ "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes.
  27. ^ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  28. ^ a b "*site:bitchute.com". Bitchute Limited. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  29. ^ "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  30. ^ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  31. ^ a b c d e "Uploading video's to VIXY (source guide)". help.vixyvideo.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  32. ^ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2
  33. ^ "UPLOAD, SHARE AND LICENSE YOUR VIDEOS". Rumble. March 2, 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  34. ^ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  35. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
  36. ^ "Upload specifications and encoding settings". Dailymotion. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  37. ^ longer for MotionMaker users
  38. ^ "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  39. ^ a b "Flickr upload requirements". Flickr Help Center. February 28, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  40. ^ "What is the maximum size/length that a video can be?". Salem Web Network Help & Support. April 24, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  41. ^ a b "ニコニコ動画の投稿仕様について". qa.nicovideo.jp.
  42. ^ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  43. ^ "Recommended Encoding Settings For Live Streaming on Rumble". Rumble Faq. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  44. ^ "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.
  45. ^ "Update Announcement". Rumble Official Twitter Account(@rumblevideo). March 8, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  46. ^ "Video and audio compression guidelines". Vimeo Help Center. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  47. ^ since May 2009, phasing out VP6
  48. ^ since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
  49. ^ 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.
  50. ^ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  51. ^ a b "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
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