List of video hosting services
Video hosting services are websites or software which allow users to distribute their video clips. Other kinds of websites such as file hosting services, image hosting services and social network services might support video sharing as an enhancement to their primary mission, but in general they are not listed here. Many services have options for private sharing and other publication options. Video hosting services can be classified into several categories, among them: user-generated video sharing websites, video sharing platform / white label providers and web-based video editing. Websites that are solely search engines and do not host their video content (such as Singingfish) are not included. Some services may charge a fee, but most are available for free. Some websites offer commercialization features, such as partnership programs and the ability for users to offer pay-per-view for their videos.
User generated
User generated sites mostly offer free services whereby users can upload video clips and share them with the masses. Many sites place restrictions on the file size, duration, subject matter and format of the uploaded video file. Many sites do not allow inappropriate content though each site makes judgment calls on what qualifies as inappropriate content, usually via its Terms of Service information. Some sites provide access control to adult material where the user must verify that they are of adult age. Some sites screen all their content before it is published and others approve first and use community features to filter out inappropriate content "after-the-fact."
Notable examples
| Hoster | Available | Language | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AcFun | Yes | Mandarin |  | |
| Aparat | Yes | Persian |  | Most popular video hosting website in Iran. |
| Archive.org | Yes | N/A |  | |
| AfreecaTV | Yes | Korean |  | |
| Bilibili | Yes | Mandarin | | The most popular ACG video hosting website in China. |
| BitChute | Yes | English | | Uses peer to peer technology. |
| Break.com | Yes | English | | |
| Buzznet | Yes | English | | |
| Commons.wikimedia.org | Yes | 287 languages | | 95,724 videos as of 1 March 2017[1] |
| DaCast | Yes | English | | |
| Dailymotion | Yes | English |  | |
| Daum | Yes | Korean | | |
| EngageMedia | Yes | Indonesian & English |   | Launched 2005. |
| ExpoTV | Yes | English | | |
| Yes | 102 languages | | Video since 2007. | |
| Flickr | Yes | Mandarin, German, Spanish, French, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Indonesian & English | | Video since 2008. |
| Fotki | Yes | Russian & English |  | |
| Funnyordie.com | Yes | English | | |
| Funshion | Yes | Mandarin | | |
| Gfycat | Yes | English | | Short content only. |
| GoodnessTv | Yes | French & English |  | |
| GodTube | Yes | English | | Formerly tangle.com |
| LeTV | Yes | Mandarin | | |
| LiveLeak | Yes | English |  | |
| Mefeedia | Yes | English | | Launched 2004. |
| Metacafe | Yes | English |  | Launched 2003. Acquired by Collective Digital Services in 2012. |
| Myspace | Yes | English | | Launched 2003. |
| Naver | Yes | Korean | | |
| Nico Nico Douga | Yes | Japanese |  | |
| Newgrounds | Yes | English | | Animated content only. |
| OneWorldTV | Yes | English | | |
| Ora TV | Yes | English | | |
| Photobucket | Yes | English | | |
| QQ Video | Yes | Mandarin | | Popular video hosting site by Tencent. |
| Rediff | Yes | Indian & English | | |
| Rumble | Yes | English | | Launched 2013. |
| RuTube | Yes | Russian |  | |
| Sapo Videos | Yes | Portuguese |  | |
| SchoolTube | Yes | English | | |
| ScienceStage | Yes | German |  | Launched 2008. |
| SmugMug | Yes | English | | |
| Tape.tv | Yes | English |  | Music video sharing only. |
| Trilulilu | Yes | Romanian |  | |
| Tudou | Yes | Mandarin | | |
| Tune.pk | Yes | English |  | Launched in 2012 |
| Twitch | Yes | 28 languages | | Launched 2011. Formerly known as TwitchTV. Over 2,000,000 broadcasters (February 2018). |
| TV UOL | Yes | Portuguese (Brazilian) |  | Over 1,000,000 videos (January 2014). |
| Vbox7 | Yes | Bulgarian |  | |
| Veoh | Yes | English | | Acquired by Qlipso in 2010. |
| Viddler | Yes | English | | Enterprise video hosting |
| Viddsee | Yes | Mandarin, Indonesian & English |  | Specializes in short films from Asia |
| Vidyard | Yes | English | | |
| Vimeo | Yes | English | | Privacy controls, engagement analytics, video marketing tools |
| VK | Yes | 86 languages | | Launched 2006. Acquired by Mail.ru in 2016. |
| Wistia | Yes | English | | |
| Youku | Yes | Mandarin | | |
| YouTube | Yes | 75 languages | | Largest and most popular video sharing website |
| Zing.vn | Yes | Vietnamese |  |
Adult content
| Hoster | Available | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pornhub | Yes | ||
| RedTube | Yes | ||
| xHamster | Yes | ||
| Xtube | Yes | ||
| XVideos | Yes | ||
| YouPorn | Yes | ||
| PornMD | Yes |
Discontinued
| Hoster | Available | Language | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blip.tv | No | English | | Service ran from May 2005 to August 2015. Acquired by Maker Studios in August 2013. |
| BlogTV | No | English | | Service ran from June 2004 to March 2013. Acquired by YouNow in March 2013. |
| Google Video | No | English | | Service ran from January 2005 to August 2012. |
| HD share | No | English | | Service ran from July 2008 to 2011. Focused on HD videos. Acquired by United Social Networks LLC in 2011. |
| MaYoMo | No | 11 languages |  | Service ran from October 2009 to 2013. |
| Megavideo | No | Cantonese & English |  | Service ran from March 2005 to January 2012. It got seized by the FBI for Copyright infringement on January 19, 2012. |
| Mevio | No | English | | Service ran from October 2004 to May 2014. |
| MyVideo | No | German | | Service ran from 2006 to April 2016. |
| MUZU.TV | No | English | | Service ran from July 2008 to October 2015. Music videos only. |
| Openfilm | No | French, German, Italian, Spanish & English | | Service ran from June 2008 to August 2015. |
| Pixorial | No | English | | Service ran from 2009 to July 2014. Acquired by LifeLogger Technologies Corp. in 2016. |
| Revver | No | English | | Service ran from October 2005 to 2011. Acquired by LiveUniverse in 2008. |
| Sevenload | No | 12 languages | | Service ran from April 2006 to April 2014. |
| TroopTube | No | English | | Service ran from at least 2008 to July 2011. US DOD Military OneSource communications platform. |
| Vessel | No | English | | Service ran from January 2015 to October 2016. Acquired by Verizon in October 2016. |
| Videolog | No | Portuguese | | Service ran from May 2004 to January 2015. |
| Vidme | No | English | | Service ran from January 2014 to December 2017.[2] |
| Vine | No | 25 languages | | Service ran from January 2013 to January 2017. |
White-label providers
White-label providers sell the technology to various parties that allow them to create the services of the aforementioned "User Generated Video Sharing" websites with the client's brand. Just as Akamai and other companies host and manage video/image/audio for many companies, these white-labels "host video content." Many of these companies also offer their own user-generated video sharing website both for commercial purposes and to show off their platform. Websites in this category include:
Enterprise providers
Listed here are video hosting providers exclusively serving businesses wanting to share video content internally with employees or externally with customers, partners, or prospects. Features may include limiting access to authenticated users, tracking of user actions, integration with single sign-on services and a lack of the advertisements normally present on public sites. Among sites in this category are:
Open source
- PeerTube
- GNU MediaGoblin (software)
- Kaltura
- Plumi (software to create video sharing site)
Web-based video editing
Web-based video editing sites generally offer the "user generated video sharing" website in addition to some form of editing application. Some of these applications simply allow the user to crop a video into a smaller clip. Other services have invested much time and effort into replicating the same functionality that has previously only been available via Windows Movie Maker, iMovie and other client-side applications that run outside of a web page. Some of these applications are based in AJAX and others in Flash. Some of these websites may additionally offer downloadable editors; however, this is not a desktop- but a web-based video editor list. Websites in this category include: