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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.

ServiceOwnerLaunchedAdsAparatBitChuteDailymotionFlickrGlobo VideoGodtubeInternet ArchiveMetaCDN!Niconico!Odysee!PeerTubeQQ VideoRumbleRutubeTudouVimeoYoukuYouTube
Saba Ideaown TOSIran
url=https://support.bitchute.com/policy/contact/title=*site:bitchute.compublisher=Bitchute Limitedaccess-date=August 8, 2020}}own TOSUnited Kingdomurl=https://www.bitchute.com/monetization/policy/title=*site:bitchute.compublisher=Bitchute Limitedaccess-date=August 8, 2020}}
Canal+own TOSFrance{{Cite weburl=http://www.dailymotion.com/legal/termstitle=Dailymotion legal termsaccess-date=2009-07-24
SmugMugown TOSUnited States
Grupo GloboBrazil
Salem Media GroupUnited StatesYes
Internet Archiveown TOS
{{ublUnimelbStarfish VenturesTOSAustralia
Kadokawa Dwangoown TOSJapan
LBRY{{dtsSeptember, 2020}}own TOSUnited States
Framasoft{{dts2018}}7 licenses to choose fromFrance
Tencent{{dts}}own TOSChina
Rumble Inc.own TOSCanada
United States
Gazprom-Mediaown TOSRussian Federation
Alibaba Groupown TOSChina
Vimeo Holdingsown TOS, optional Creative CommonsUnited States
Alibaba Groupown TOSChina
{{ublAlphabetGoogleown TOS, optional Creative Commons
United States

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:

ServiceMODRealASFQTWebMAudioNotesAparatNewgroundsBitChuteDailymotionFlickrGodtubeInternet ArchiveMetaCDNNiconicoPeerTubeRumbleRuTubeTudouVimeoYoukuYouTubeServiceMODRealASFQTWebMAudioNotes
FLV, SWF, ZIP, M4V
No .MKV support
Any
No .MKV support
FLV
FLV
FLV

Streaming video technical information

ServiceStreaming Video FormatMax size (GB)Max time (min)Resolution (max)Video bitrate (kbit/s)Audio bitrate (kbit/s)3D capableBitChuteDailymotionFacebook WatchFlickrGodtubeInternet ArchiveNewgroundsNiconicoPeerTubeRumbleRuTubeStreamSharkVimeoYoukuYouTubeServiceStreaming Video FormatMax size (GB)Max time (min)ResolutionVideo bitrate (kbit/s)Audio bitrate (kbit/s)3D capable
H.264480p Wide SD96
Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec4K UHD96~
4K UHD
1080p HD
H.264480p Wide SDvariable
Ogg Theora/Vorbis
N/Avariable320
H.264, On2 VP63604K UHDunlimited64~192
H.2644K UHDvariable384
H.264 / AAC LC7204K UHDvariable, Live max:8000, VOD max:9000128~224
H.2643004K UHD
H.264, MPEG-4 and RTMP4K UHD4096192
H.264, AV14K UHDvariable
On2 VP6unlimited
H.264, VP9, AV115 (default), 720 (verified)8K UHDvariable64~

Site traffic

Specifically dedicated video hosting websites

NameLanguageSimilarweb traffic rank
AcFunMandarin4,675
AparatPersian123
BigoEnglish16,743
BilibiliMandarin30
BitChuteEnglish4,104
DailymotionMultilingual357
DLive27,887
FC2 Video
Huya LiveMandarin1,625
GodtubeEnglish77,477
iQIYIMandarin1,074
NiconicoJapanese165
OdyseeMultilingual3,355
RumbleEnglish238
RutubeRussian542
SchoolTubeEnglish107,835
TudouMandarin54,394
Twitch*Multilingual49
VBOX7Bulgarian19,783
VimeoMultilingual645
YoukuMandarin1,433
YouNowMultilingual54,020
YouTube2

: * Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.

References

References

  1. "آپارات - سرویس اشتراک ویدیو".
  2. "* site:aparat.com/v/ - Google Search". [[Google Search]].
  3. Azali, MohammadReza. (2016-02-06). "Aparat Is the Next Big Thing in Iran".
  4. Persian, English
  5. "*site:bitchute.com". [[BitChute.
  6. "BitChute — Terms & Conditions".
  7. "*site:trackalytics.com". TRACKALYTICS.
  8. "*site:bitchute.com". [[BitChute.
  9. "Terms Of Use – Dailymotion Legal".
  10. "* site:dailymotion.com/video/". [[Google Search]].
  11. "Help".
  12. (29 January 2010). "Search: video". [[SmugMug]].
  13. "* site:globoplay.globo.com/v/". [[Google Search]].
  14. "* site:godtube.com/watch/?v=". [[Google Search]].
  15. "Internet Archive Terms of Use".
  16. "Internet Archive Search: mediatype:(movies)". [[Internet Archive]].
  17. "MetaCDN - Grow your business, not your infrastructure.".
  18. (2008-12-27). "ニコニコ動画-利用規約".
  19. "* site:nicovideo.jp/watch/". [[Google Search]].
  20. "Odysee".
  21. Bookman, Todd. (19 April 2021). "From Cooking Videos to QAnon, N.H.-Based Video Platform Attracts Users Banned Elsewhere".
  22. (2024-04-03). "Publish a video or a live - PeerTube documentation".
  23. "FAQ".
  24. (2024-04-03). "* site:instances.joinpeertube.org/instances/". [[Framasoft]].
  25. (2024-04-03). "Moderate your instance {{!}} PeerTube documentation".
  26. "FAQ".
  27. "Service Agreement - Tencent 腾讯".
  28. "* site:v.qq.com/x/page/". [[Google Search]].
  29. "Website Terms and Conditions of Use and Agency Agreement".
  30. (2008-02-22). "RuTube :: Пользовательское соглашение".
  31. "* site:rutube.ru/video/". [[Google Search]].
  32. "土豆-召唤全球优秀短视频".
  33. "* site:video.tudou.com/v/". [[Google Search]].
  34. For more info, see [http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/11/tudou_now_bigge.php " Tudou now bigger than YouTube?"] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-11-05 Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.)
  35. "Terms of Service on Vimeo".
  36. "* site:vimeo.com/*". [[Google Search]].
  37. English, Spanish, French, German
  38. "can't find the "download video" button?". vimeo.com.
  39. "优酷 - 为好内容全力以赴 - 海量正版高清视频在线观看".
  40. "* site:v.youku.com/v_show/". [[Google Search]].
  41. For more info, see [http://www.youku.com/about/en/youku/ "About Youku"]
  42. Chinese, English with www.youku.tv Global edition
  43. "Terms of Service".
  44. Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
  45. "* site:youtube.com/watch?v=". [[Google Search]].
  46. "4B Vs. 7B: Can Facebook Overtake YouTube As No. 1 For Video Views And Advertisers?". Forbes.
  47. Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
  48. "*site:bitchute.com". [[BitChute.
  49. (March 6, 2014). "Supported video file formats in Flickr".
  50. DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
  51. "Uploading video's to VIXY (source guide)".
  52. DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid, NUT, M4V, ASX, 3G2
  53. (March 2, 2021). "UPLOAD, SHARE AND LICENSE YOUR VIDEOS".
  54. 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  55. H.263, H.264, FLV
  56. "Upload specifications and encoding settings".
  57. longer for MotionMaker users
  58. "Uploading & Viewing Videos: Technical Questions".
  59. (February 28, 2023). "Flickr upload requirements".
  60. (April 24, 2017). "What is the maximum size/length that a video can be?".
  61. "ニコニコ動画の投稿仕様について".
  62. unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
  63. "Recommended Encoding Settings For Live Streaming on Rumble".
  64. (March 31, 2023). "VOD max video bitrate sample (Most Beautiful Horse 4K Ultra HD - horses beautiful animals (480p) #shorts #horse #beautiful)".
  65. (March 8, 2023). "Update Announcement".
  66. "Video and audio compression guidelines".
  67. [http://www.vimeo.com/forums/topic:5110 since May 2009], phasing out VP6
  68. [https://vimeo.com/blog/post/av1-new-standard-codecs/ since June 2019], AV1: Setting a new standard for video codecs
  69. The [https://developer.vimeo.com/api/upload/videos 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.
  70. 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
  71. "Upload videos longer than 15 minutes". google.com.
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