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Comparison of video hosting services
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 | This article needs to be updated. (August 2022) |
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 to upload |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aparat | Saba Idea | 2011 | own TOS | Yes | >153[1] | >6[2] |  Iran
|
Yes | Yes[3] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BitChute | Bit Chute Limited [4] | 2017 | own TOS | No | Unknown | ~0.8 [5] |  United Kingdom
|
Yes | No | Yes [6] | some videos downloadable | No |
| Dailymotion | Vivendi | March 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >36.9[7] | ~60 |  France
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | No[8] | Yes |
| EngageMedia | EngageMedia | March 2005 | Creative Commons | No | >0.008 | Unknown |  Germany
|
Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| Flickr | SmugMug | 2004 | own TOS | Yes | >1.2[9] | Unknown |  United States
|
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Globo Video | Grupo Globo | 2002 | Unknown | Yes | >7.76[10] | Unknown |  Brazil
|
Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes |
| Godtube | Salem Media Group | 2006 | Unknown | No | >0.114[11] | Unknown | United States
|
Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Internet Archive | Internet Archive | 1996 | own TOS | No | >10.2[12] | 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[13] | Unknown |  Japan
|
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Odysee | LBRY | 2015 | own TOS | Yes | >10[14] | Unknown | United States
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PeerTube | Framasoft | 2018 | 7 licenses to choose from[15] | Optional[16] | >0.515[17] | >87[17] | France
|
Optional[18] | Yes | Yes[19] | Yes | Yes |
| QQ Video | Tencent | own TOS | Yes | >0.864[20] | 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[21] | >1.1 |  Russian Federation
|
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tudou | Alibaba Group | April 15, 2005 | own TOS | Yes | >0.035[22] | 55[23] | China
|
Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes, with official tool only | |
| Vimeo | Vimeo Holdings | November 2004 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | No | >12.3[24] | Unknown | United States
|
Yes | Yes[25] | Unknown | some videos downloadable [26] | Yes |
| Youku | Alibaba Group | 2006 | own TOS | Yes | >0.665[27] | >150[28] | China
|
Yes | Yes[29] | Unknown | With official tool only | |
| YouTube | Alphabet | February 15, 2005 | own TOS, optional Creative Commons | Yes (No for YouTube Premium users)[30] | >4,100[31] | 7,000[32] | United States
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free.[33] | Yes |
Supported input file formats
All services support the following input file formats:
- Moving Picture Experts Group (.MPG/MPEG-1)
- QuickTime File Format (.MOV)
- Windows Media Video (.WMV)
- Audio Video Interleave (.AVI)
- H.264 MPEG-4/AVC (.MP4)
Unless otherwise indicated, they also support the following input file formats:
- Matroska Multimedia Container (.MKV)
- Theora (.OGV)
- 3rd Generation Partnership Project (.3GP)