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 Censorship Multilingual Ad revenue sharing Video download-
able		 Registration needed
Break.com Defy Media 1998 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown  United States Yes[1] No Unknown No Yes
Dailymotion Vivendi March 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >10 ~60  France Yes[1] Yes Yes No[2] Yes
EngageMedia EngageMedia March 2005 Creative Commons No Unknown Unknown  Germany Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes
Flickr Yahoo 2004 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown  United States Yes Yes No No Yes
Globo Video Globo.com 2002 Unknown Yes >0.5 Unknown  Brazil Yes[1] No Unknown No Yes
Godtube Salem Media Group 2006 Unknown No Unknown Unknown  United States Yes No No No Yes
Internet Archive Internet Archive 1996 own TOS No Unknown Unknown  United States Unknown Unknown N/A Yes Yes
LiveLeak LiveLeak 2006 own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown  United States Yes[1] No Unknown No Yes
Metacafe Metacafe July 2003 own TOS Yes Unknown 17  United States Yes Unknown No No Yes
MetaCDN MetaCDN 2012 TOS No Unknown Unknown  United States Unknown Yes N/A Yes Yes
Niconico Dwango December 12, 2006 own TOS Yes >3.2 Unknown  Japan Yes Yes No No Yes
QQ Video Tencent own TOS Yes Unknown Unknown  China Yes[1] Yes Yes Unknown
Rutube Gazprom-Media 2006 own TOS Yes >3 >1.1  Russian Federation Unknown No No No Yes
SAPO Vídeos SAPO Unknown Yes Unknown  Portugal No No No No
Tudou Tudou April 15, 2005 own TOS Yes Unknown 55[3]  China Yes[1] Unknown Unknown Yes, with official tool only
Tune.pk tune.pk December 2006 own TOS Yes >0.1 >0.5  Pakistan Yes No Yes Yes[4]
Vimeo Connected Ventures November 2004 own TOS Yes >1.7 1  United States Yes[1] Yes[5] Unknown some videos downloadable [6] Yes
Youku Youku 2006 own TOS Yes Unknown >150[7]  China Yes Unknown Unknown With official tool only
YouTube Alphabet February 15, 2005 own TOS, optional Creative Commons Yes[8] >461[9] 7,000[10]  United States Yes Yes Yes Officially “Selected Videos Only”.[11] Yes

Supported input file formats

Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT WebM Audio Other
Dailymotion Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No ?
EngageMedia Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes Yes[12] ? No No Yes Yes[12] Yes[12] Yes Yes Yes ?
Flickr[13] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No Yes ?
Godtube Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Internet Archive Yes Yes 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 [14]
Metacafe[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No ? Yes Yes No No [16]
MetaCDN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nico Nico Douga[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No [17]
Putfile[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ASX, 3G2
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
Tudou[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No FLV, M4V
Veoh Yes Yes Yes[15] Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Viddler[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [18]
Vimeo[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [18]
Youku[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No No FLV
YouTube[15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No [19]
Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MKV MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT WebM Audio Other

Streaming video technical information

Service Video Player Streaming Video Format Max size (MB) Max time (min) Resolution (max) Video bitrate (kbit) Audio bitrate (kbit) Stereo sound 3D capable 60 FPS support
Break.com HTML5 video or Flash On2 VP6 500 ? 464×352 340 kbit/s 30 frame/s mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s Yes Yes (red-blue anaglyph only)[20] ?
Dailymotion HTML5 video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec 2,048[21] 60[22] 4,096×2160 ? 96~192 Yes ? Yes
EngageMedia HTML5 video or Flash H.264 unlimited unlimited 400×320 260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec No ? ?
Facebook Live HTML5 video ? 4,096 120[23] 1,280×720 ? ? ? ? Yes
Flickr HTML5 video or Flash ? 1,024[24] 3[24] 1,920×1080[25] ? ? Yes ? ?
Globo Video HTML5 video or Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited unlimited 480×360 420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s mp3 96 kbit/s Yes ? ?
Godtube HTML5 video or Flash H.264 500 N/A 854×480 variable 128 Yes No No
Internet Archive HTML5 video or Flash Ogg Theora/Vorbis unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes ? Yes
LiveLeak.com HTML5 video or Flash ? 2,000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Metacafe HTML5 video or Flash ? ? 10 ? ? ? ? ? ?
MetaCDN HTML5 video or Flash H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes Yes Yes
Nico Nico Douga HTML5 video or Flash H.264, On2 VP6 100 unlimited 640×384 unlimited[26] ? Yes ? ?
RuTube HTML5 video or Flash H.264 300 ? 640×480 (4:3), 640×360 (16:9) 1,000 ? ? ? ?
Viddler HTML5 video or Flash H.264, 3GP, WebM, MP4 unlimited unlimited 1,280×720 variable, average 1600, max 5000 128 Yes ? ?
Vimeo[27] HTML5 video or Flash H.264[28] 500 (Basic); higher with paid plans[29][30] unlimited 4,096×2160[31] variable 320 Yes Yes Yes
Youku HTML5 video or Flash On2 VP6 1,024[32] unlimited ? ? ? Yes ? ?
YouTube HTML5 video or Flash H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8, VP9 128,000 for verified users [33] 15 by default, 720 for verified users[34] 7,680×4320 variable 64~192 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)
Break.com 1,503 120 8,162,650
Dailymotion 94 59 17,300,000
flickr 33
Internet Archive 372 1,582 1,600,000
LiveLeak.com 639 229 7,500,000
Metacafe 182 104 9,192,447
Nico Nico Douga 137 18,250 51,795
Putfile 2,266 3,452 772,083
RuTube 1,261 4,000,000
Tudou 84 6,553 266,022
Vimeo 108 61 15,000,000
Youku 49
YouTube 2[35] 4 52,436,820
Tune.pk 7,709 47

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 No pornography
  2. ↑ "Dailymotion legal terms". Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  3. ↑ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  4. ↑ No possibility to opt-out downloading .
  5. ↑ English, Spanish, French, German
  6. ↑ can't find the "download video" button?. vimeo.com.
  7. ↑ For more info, see "About Youku"
  8. ↑ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
  9. ↑ * - YouTube. youtube.com.
  10. ↑ "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes. Forbes.
  11. ↑ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 converts to Flash, original available
  13. ↑ "Supported video file formats in Flickr". Yahoo / Flickr Help. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  14. ↑ WebM, rmvb, 3g2, MPG, swf, asx
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 converts to Flash
  16. ↑ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
  17. ↑ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  18. 1 2 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  19. ↑ H.263, H.264, FLV
  20. ↑ "Break 3D - Break.com". break.com.
  21. ↑ "Upload specifications and encoding settings". Dailymotion. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  22. ↑ longer for MotionMaker users
  23. ↑ "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions". Facebook. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  24. 1 2 "Difference between free and ad free accounts". Yahoo / Flickr Help. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  25. ↑ "HD Videos on Flickr". Yahoo/Flickr Help. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  26. ↑ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  27. ↑ Compression Guidelines Vimeo
  28. ↑ since May 2009, phasing out VP6
  29. ↑ Plus allows up to 5 GB (5,120 MB) of uploads per week. Pro allows up to 20 GB (20,480 MB) per week, while Pro Unlimited and Premium have no weekly upload limit.
  30. ↑ https://vimeo.com/forums/topic:104218
  31. ↑ https://vimeo.com/help/compression
  32. ↑ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  33. ↑ "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
  34. ↑ "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
  35. ↑ "youtube.com Site Overview". alexa.com.
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