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 Ads Aparat Saba Idea own TOS Persian, English BitChute Bit Chute Limited own TOS Dailymotion Canal+ own TOS Flickr SmugMug own TOS Globo Video Grupo Globo Godtube Salem Media Group Internet Archive Internet Archive own TOS MetaCDN TOS Niconico Kadokawa Dwango own TOS Odysee LBRY own TOS PeerTube Framasoft 7 licenses to choose from QQ Video Tencent own TOS Rumble Rumble Inc. own TOS Rutube Gazprom-Media own TOS Tudou Alibaba Group own TOS For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007. Vimeo Vimeo Holdings own TOS, optional Creative Commons English, Spanish, French, German Youku Alibaba Group own TOS For more info, see "About Youku" Chinese, English with www.youku.tv Global edition YouTube own TOS, optional Creative Commons Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content. Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos previously allowed MP4 downloading.
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 Newgrounds FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V BitChute Dailymotion Flickr No .MKV support Godtube Internet Archive Any MetaCDN Niconico DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid PeerTube DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2 Rumble No .MKV support RuTube FLV Tudou FLV Vimeo 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format. Youku FLV YouTube H.263, H.264, FLV 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 480p Wide SD < 500 96 Dailymotion Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec longer for MotionMaker users 4K UHD 96~ Facebook Watch 4K UHD Flickr 1080p HD Godtube H.264 480p Wide SD variable Internet Archive Ogg Theora/Vorbis NewgroundsN/A variable320 Niconico H.264, On2 VP6 360 4K UHD unlimitedunlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members 64~192 PeerTube H.264 4K UHD variable 384 Rumble H.264 / AAC LC 720 4K UHD variable, Live max:8000, VOD max:9000 128~224 RuTube H.264 300 4K UHD StreamShark H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP 4K UHD 4096 192 Vimeo H.264,since May 2009, phasing out VP6 AV1since June 2019, AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs 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. 4K UHD variable Youku On2 VP6 200 MB when using the web-based uploader unlimited YouTube H.264, VP9, AV1 15 (default), 720 (verified) 8K UHD variable 64~ 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:NameLanguageSimilarweb traffic rankAcFunMandarin4,675AparatPersian123BigoEnglish16,743BilibiliMandarin30BitChuteEnglish4,104DailymotionMultilingual357DLive27,887FC2 VideoHuya LiveMandarin1,625GodtubeEnglish77,477iQIYIMandarin1,074NiconicoJapanese165OdyseeMultilingual3,355RumbleEnglish238RutubeRussian542SchoolTubeEnglish107,835TudouMandarin54,394Twitch*Multilingual49VBOX7Bulgarian19,783VimeoMultilingual645YoukuMandarin1,433YouNowMultilingual54,020YouTube2 * 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
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