Comparison of video hosting services

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 downloadable	Registration needed to upload
Aparat	Saba Idea	2011	own TOS[1]	Yes	>153[2]	>6[3]	Iran	Yes	Yes[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes
BitChute	Bit Chute Limited [5]	January 2017	own TOS[6]	No	Un­known	~0.8 [7]	United Kingdom	Yes	No	Yes [8]	some videos downloadable	No
Dailymotion	Vivendi	March 15, 2005	own TOS[9]	Yes	>36.9[10]	~60	France	Yes	Yes	Yes	No[11]	Yes
EngageMedia	EngageMedia	March 2005	Creative Commons	No	>0.008	Un­known	Germany	Yes	Yes	—	Yes	Yes
Flickr	SmugMug	2004	own TOS[12]	Yes	>1.2[13]	Un­known	United States	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Globo Video	Grupo Globo	2002	Un­known	Yes	>7.76[14]	Un­known	Brazil	Yes	No	Un­known	No	Yes
Godtube	Salem Media Group	2006	Un­known	No	>0.114[15]	Un­known	United States	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Internet Archive	Internet Archive	May 10, 1996	own TOS[16]	No	>10.2[17]	Un­known		Un­known	Un­known	—	Yes	Yes
MetaCDN	Unimelb Starfish Ventures	2012	TOS[18]	No	Un­known	Un­known	Australia	Yes	Yes	—	Yes	Yes
Niconico	Kadokawa Dwango	December 12, 2006	own TOS[19]	Yes	>16.5[20]	Un­known	Japan	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Odysee	LBRY	September 2020	own TOS[21]	No	>10[22]	Un­known	United States	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PeerTube	Framasoft	2018	7 licenses to choose from[23]	Optional[24]	>0.515[25]	>87[25]	France	Optional[26]	Yes	Yes[27]	Yes	Yes
QQ Video	Tencent		own TOS[28]	Yes	>0.864[29]	Un­known	China	Yes	Yes	Yes	Un­known
Rumble	Rumble Inc.	October 30, 2013	own TOS[30]	Yes (No for Rumble Premium users)	Un­known	Un­known	Canada	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Rutube	Gazprom-Media	2006	own TOS[31]	Yes	>5.82[32]	>1.1	Russian Federation	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tudou	Alibaba Group	April 15, 2005	own TOS[33]	Yes	>0.035[34]	55[35]	China	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	Yes, with official tool only
Vimeo	Vimeo Holdings	November 2004	own TOS,[36] optional Creative Commons	No	>12.3[37]	Un­known	United States	Yes	Yes[38]	Un­known	some videos downloadable [39]	Yes
Youku	Alibaba Group	2006	own TOS[40]	Yes	>0.665[41]	>150[42]	China	Yes	Yes[43]	Un­known	With official tool only
YouTube	Alphabet Google	February 15, 2005	own TOS,[44] optional Creative Commons	Yes (No for YouTube Premium users) [45]	>4,100[46]	7,000[47]	United States	Yes	Yes	Yes	Officially “Selected Videos Only”. However, third-party programs will download videos for free.[48]	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)

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[49]	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Yes	Yes	[49]
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[50]	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	[51]
PeerTube[52]	Does not appear	Does not appear	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[53]
Rumble[54]	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[52]	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Does not appear	FLV
Vimeo[52]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Does not appear	Does not appear	[55]
Youku[52]	?	?	Yes	Yes	Does not appear	Does not appear	FLV
YouTube[52]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[56]
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[57]	720[58]	4K UHD	?	96~192	No
Facebook Watch	?	4	120[59]	4K UHD	?	?	Yes
Flickr	?	1[60]	3[60]	1080p HD	?	?	No
Godtube	H.264	0.5[61]	—	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[62]	360[62]	4K UHD	unlimited[63]	64~192	?
PeerTube	H.264	8	—	4K UHD	variable	384	No
Rumble	H.264 / AAC LC	15	720	4K UHD	variable, Live max:8000,[64] VOD max:9000[65][66]	128~224	No
RuTube	H.264	10	300	4K UHD	?	?	No
StreamShark	H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP	?	?	4K UHD	4096	192	Yes
Vimeo[67]	H.264,[68] AV1[69]	250[70]	24	4K UHD	variable	320	Yes
Youku	On2 VP6	1[71]	unlimited	?	?	?	?
YouTube	H.264, VP9, AV1	256[72]	15 (default), 720 (verified)[72]	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		27,887
FC2 Video
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
Vimeo	Multilingual	645
Youku	Mandarin	1,433
YouNow	Multilingual	54,020
YouTube		2

* Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.

See also

• Comparison of streaming media software
• Content delivery network
• Streaming television
• Internet Protocol television
• Comparison of music streaming services
• List of streaming media systems
• List of online video platforms
• Multicast
• One-click hosting
• P2PTV
• Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organizations Treaty
• Push technology
• Streaming media
• Video on demand
• Webcast