Comparison of video hosting services

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable video hosting services. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date.

General information

Basic general information about the hosts: creator/company, license/price etc.

Service	Creator	Launched	Content License	Ads	# Videos	Views Per Day	Censorship	Multilingual	Ad Revenue Sharing	Video Downloadable
Atom.com	AtomFilms	01998 1998	own TOS	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	Yes	No
blip.tv	blip.tv	02005-05-012005 May	own TOS	Opt-in	?	?	Yes	No	Yes[1]	Yes, including the original file[2]
Break.com	Break.com	01998 1998	own TOS	Yes	?	?	?	No	?	No
Citytv.com.co	Citytv.com.co	0Error: invalid time2009 March 10	TOS	Yes	?	?	?	No	?	No
HD share	HD share	0Error: invalid time2008 July 1	TOS	No	?	?	?	No	?	Yes
Dailymotion	Dailymotion	0Error: invalid time2005 March 15	own TOS	Yes	&10000000010000000000000>10,000,000	&10000000060000000000000~60,000,000	Yes[3]	Yes	No	No[4]
EngageMedia	EngageMedia	02005-03-012005 March	Creative Commons	No	?	?	No	Yes	No	Yes
Flickr	Ludicorp	02004 2004	own TOS	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	No
Globo Video	Globo.com	02002 2002	?	Yes	&10000000000500000000000>500,000	?	Yes[3]	No	?	No
iFilm	acquired by MTV Networks	02000-05-012000 May	own TOS	Yes	?	&100000000020000000000002,000,000	?	?	?	?
imeem	imeem	02004-10-012004 October	own TOS	Yes	&10000000000500000000000>500,000	?	?		Yes	No
Internet Archive	Internet Archive	01996 1996	own TOS	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
Metacafe	Metacafe	02003-07-012003 July	own TOS	Yes	?	&1000000001700000000000017,000,000	Yes	?	No	No
MoboVivo	MoboVivo	02006-06-012006 June	Premium TOS	No	&100000000000025000000002,500+ TV episodes	?	Yes	?	Paid Content Revenue Share	Yes
Multiply	Multiply, Inc.	02003-12-012003 December	own TOS	Text	?	?	?	?	?	?
MyVideo	MyVideo	02006-04-012006 April	?	Yes	&100000000054000000000005,400,000	&10000000007000000000000~7,000,000	Yes	Yes	?	No
Nico Nico Douga	Niwango	0Error: invalid time2006 December 12	own TOS	Yes	&10000000003200000000000>3,200,000	?	Yes	Yes	No	No
OneWorldTV	OneWorldTV	02001 2001	own TOS	No	?	&1000000000001000000000010,000	Yes[5]	?	?	?
Openfilm	Openfilm	02008-06-012008 June	own TOS	Opt-in	&10000000000010000000000>10,000	&10000000000010000000000>10,000	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Ourmedia	Ourmedia	0Error: invalid time2005 March 21	own TOS	Text	&10000000000120000000000120,000	?	Yes	?	No	[6]
Phanfare	Phanfare	02004-11-012004 November	own TOS	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
Putfile	Putfile Ltd.	02004-01-012004 January	?	Text	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
Qik	Qik, Inc.	02007-12-012007 December	own TOS	No	&10000000001000000000000>1,000,000	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Revver	Revver	02005-11-012005 November	own TOS	Text/Video	?	?	Yes[3]	Yes[7]	Yes	Yes[8]
RuTube	RuTube	2006	own TOS	?	?	&10000000001100000000000>1,100,000	?	No	?	?
ScienceStage	Polarmedia UG	September, 2008	Creative Commons	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes[9]	?	Yes
sevenload	sevenload	02006-04-012006 April	Creative Commons	Yes	&10000000000500000000000>500,000	&100000000015000000000001,500,000	Yes[3]	Yes[10]	Yes	No
showmedo	ShowMeDo	02005-12-012005 December	?	No	?	?	No	Yes	No	Yes
Tudou	Tudou	0Error: invalid time2005 April 15	own TOS	Yes	?	&1000000005500000000000055,000,000[11]	Yes[3]	?	?	Yes
Twango	Twango	0Error: invalid time2006 October 11	own TOS	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
Veoh	Veoh Networks, Inc.	02005-09-012005 September	own TOS	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes
Vimeo	Connected Ventures	02004-11-012004 November	own TOS	Yes	&10000000001000000000000>1,000,000	&100000000010000000000001,000,000	Yes[3]	?	?	Yes
VReel	VReel Media	0Error: invalid time2008 June 19	?	Yes	?	&10000000000350000000000350,000	Yes	No	Yes[12]	Yes
vzaar	vzaar Limited	02007-09-012007 September	own TOS	No	&10000000000100000000000>100,000	?	Yes[3]	?	No	Yes
Yahoo Video	Yahoo	02006 2006	own TOS	Yes	?	?	Yes[3]	Yes	?	?
Youku	Youku	02006 2006	?	?	?	>150,000,000[13]	Yes	?	?	?
YouTube	three ex-PayPal employees; acquired by Google	0Error: invalid time2005 February 15	own TOS	Yes[14]	&10000000319000000000000>319,000,000[15]	&100000012000000000000001,200,000,000[16]	Yes	Yes	Partners and larger videos only[17]	Officially “Selected Videos Only”[18].

Supported Input file formats

Service	MPEG	MOV	WMV	AVI	MKV	MP4	MOD	RA	RAM	ASF	Ogg	3GP	QT	Audio	Images	Other
Atom.com	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
blip.tv	Yes[19]	Yes[19]	Yes[19]	Yes[19]		Yes[19]	Yes[20]	Yes[20]	Yes[20]	Yes[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	[22]
Break.com	?	?	?	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Citytv.com.co	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	[23]
Dailymotion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
EngageMedia	Yes[19]	Yes[19]	Yes[19]	Yes[19]	Yes	Yes[19]	?	No	No	Yes	Yes[19]	Yes[19]	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Flickr	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	No	Yes	?
Google Video[24]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	No	-
iFilm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	?	No	No	[25]
imeem[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[26]
Internet Archive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Any
Metacafe[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	[27]
Multiply	Yes[21]	Yes[21]	Yes[21]	Yes[21]		Yes[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes[21]	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	[28]
Nico Nico Douga[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	[29]
OneWorldTV	Yes	?	?	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Openfilm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	FLV, Mailing DVD
Ourmedia	?	?	?	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Phanfare	?	?	?	?		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Putfile[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	ASX, 3G2
Qik[21]	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Revver[30]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	No	No	[31]
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
sevenload	Yes[32]	Yes[32]	Yes[32]	Yes[32]		Yes[32]	Yes[32]	Yes[32]	Yes[32]	Yes[32]	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	[33]
Showmedo																-
Tudou[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	FLV, M4V
Twango	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	[34]
Veoh	Yes	Yes	Yes[21]	Yes		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	No	?
Viddler[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	[35]
Vimeo[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	[35]
VReel[21]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Divx Xvid
vzaar[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Yahoo Video	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Youku[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	FLV
YouTube[21]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	[36]
Service	MPEG	MOV	WMV	AVI	MKV	MP4	MOD	RA	RAM	ASF	Ogg	3GP	QT	Audio	Images	Other

Streaming Video Technical Information

Service	Video Player	Streaming Video Format	Max size (MB)	Max time (min)	Resolution	Video bitrate (kbit)	Audio bitrate (kbit)	Stereo sound	3D capable
Atom.com	Flash		&100000000000010000000001,000	unlimited	&10000000000000640000000640x480	?	?	?	?
blip.tv	HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash	On2 VP6	&100000000000010240000001,024	unlimited	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	?	?	Yes	?
Break.com	Flash	On2 VP6	&10000000000000500000000500	?	&10000000000000464000000464x352	&10000000000000340000000340 kbit/s 30 frame/s	&10000000000000064000000mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s	Yes	Yes (red-blue anaglyph only)[37]
Citytv.com.co	Flash	H.264, Sorenson codec	&100000000000020480000002,048	&1000000000000001100000011	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	?	?	Yes	?
Dailymotion	HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash	Ogg Theora/Vorbis or H.264, Sorenson codec	&100000000000020480000002,048	&1000000000000006000000060[38]	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	?	&10000000000000096000000mp3 CBR 96.0 kbit/s AAC LC VBR	Yes	?
EngageMedia	Flash	H.264	unlimited	unlimited	&10000000000000400000000400x320	&10000000000000260000000260 kbit/s 25 frame/s, mencoder	&10000000000000064000000mp3 CBR 64.0 kbit/s lavc codec	No	?
Flickr	Flash	?	&10000000000000150000000150	&100000000000000010000001.50	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	?	?	?	?
Globo Video	Flash	Sorenson codec, H.264 Download	unlimited	unlimited	&10000000000000480000000480x360	&10000000000000420000000420 kbit/s 29.97frame/s	&10000000000000096000000mp3 96 kbit/s	Yes	?
Google Video (closed for uploads)	Flash	Sorenson codec, H.264 Download	unlimited[39]	unlimited	&10000000000000320000000320x240	variable (24.99frame/s)	&10000000000000124000000AAC 124 kbit/s	Yes	?
HD share (in public beta)	Flash	On2 VP6	&100000000000040960000004,096	unlimited	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	?	?	Yes	?
iFilm	Flash	On2 VP6	&10000000000000100000000100	?	?	?	?	?	?
Internet Archive	HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash	Ogg Theora/Vorbis	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	Yes	?
Multiply			&10000000000000100000000100	?	?	?	?	?	?
Nico Nico Douga	Flash	H.264, On2 VP6	&10000000000000100000000100	unlimited	&10000000000000640000000640x384	unlimited[40]	?	Yes	?
OneWorldTV			&10000000000000100000000100	?	?	?	?	?	?
Openfilm	Flash	H.264, On2 VP6	&100000000000020480000002,048	unlimited	&10000000000000690000000690x518 (min)	&10000000000000700000000700 kbs (min)	&10000000000000096000000AAC 96 kbs (min)	Yes	?
Ourmedia			unlimited	unlimited	?	?	?	?	?
Phanfare			&100000000000020480000002,048	&1000000000000001000000010	?	?	?	?	?
Qik	Flash	Sorenson codec	unlimited	unlimited	&10000000000000640000000640x480	variable	?	Yes	?
Revver	Apple Quicktime & Flash	On2 VP6	&10000000000000100000000100	unlimited	&10000000000000480000000480x392	?	?	?	?
RuTube	Flash	h.264	&10000000000000300000000300	?	&10000000000000640000000640x480 (4:3), 640x360 (16:9)	&100000000000010000000001,000	?	?	?
sevenload	Flash	Sorenson codec	&100000000000015000000001,500	?	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	?	?	?	?
showmedo	Flash		?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Stage6 (closed)	DivX Web Player	DivX, XviD	&100000000000020480000002,048	unlimited	&100000000000019200000001,920x1080	?	?	?	?
Twango	Flash	Sorenson codec	&10000000000000100000000100	?	?	?	?	?	?
Veoh	Flash	On2 VP6	unlimited	30 !If video is longer than 30 minutes, only a 5 minute preview is shown. To see the full video the user has to install the VeohTV client.	&10000000000000540000000540x304	&10000000000000512000000512	&1000000000000006400000064	No	?
Viddler	Flash	H.264	&10000000000000500000000500	unlimited	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	&10000000000001600000000variable, average 1600, max 5000	&10000000000000128000000128	Yes	?
Vimeo	HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash	H.264[41]	&10000000000000500000000500	unlimited	&100000000000012800000001,280x720	&10000000000001600000000variable, average 1600, max 5000	&10000000000000128000000128	Yes	?
VReel (closed)	DivX Web Player & VReel Player	H.264, DivX, XviD	&100000000000085000000008,500[42]	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	Yes	?
vzaar	Flash	H.263, Sorenson codec	&100000000000020000000002,000	unlimited	?	?	&10000000000000128000000128	Yes	?
Yahoo Video	Flash		&10000000000000150000000150	?	?	?	?	?	?
Youku	Flash	On2 VP6	&100000000000010240000001,024[43]	unlimited	?	?	?	Yes	?
YouTube	HTML 5 Open Web Video or Flash	H.264, Sorenson codec, VP8	&1000000000002048000000020,480	unlimited[44]	&100000000000040960000004,096x2,304	variable[45]	&10000000000000192000000192	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

Site Traffic

Service	Alexa Site Rank	Quantcast Site Rank	Monthly Unique Visitor (US)
blip.tv	3,923	812	2,209,322
Break.com	433	120	8,162,650
Dailymotion	103	59	17,300,000
FC2 Video	34	?	?
flickr	33	?	?
Google Video		296	4,800,000
iFilm	4,018	1,437	1,600,000
imeem	146	107	9,115,420
Internet Archive	372	1,582	1,600,000
Metacafe	182	104	9,192,447
Multiply	106	3,794	694,738
Nico Nico Douga	137	18,250	51,795
OneWorldTV		1,332,511	2,000
Openfilm	86,316	15,109	113,100
Ourmedia	75,830	98,644	16,253
Phanfare	26,269	8,025	322,164
Putfile	2,266	3,452	772,083
Qik	14,857	26,931	505,000
Revver	3,861	4,210	606,734
RuTube	1,261	?	4,000,000
sevenload	1,923	12,798	192,022
showmedo	74,919	?	?
Tudou	84	6,553	266,022
Veoh	77	233	5,429,576
Vimeo	110	61	15,000,000
Yahoo Video	?	760	2,400,000
Youku	49	?	?
YouTube	3[46]	4	52,436,820

See also

Types of Internet hosting service
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Free hosting · Shared · Clustered · Reseller
Application-specific web hosting
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• Push technology
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Notes

1. ^ publishers who opt-in get 50% share
2. ^ No possibility to opt-out downloading [1].
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} No Porn
4. ^ "Dailymotion legal terms". http://www.dailymotion.com/legal/terms. Retrieved 2009-07-24. 
5. ^ No sexual content or bad language
6. ^ Depends on codec and OS
7. ^ English preferred
8. ^ Quicktime Only
9. ^ English, German, Spanish
10. ^ English, German, Turkish, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Russian
11. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
12. ^ VReel Revenue Share scheme VReel-Eoin at 29 December 2008
13. ^ For more info, see "About Youku"
14. ^ Users may choose to enable or disable ads. Automatically enabled when video is identified as third-party content.
15. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
16. ^ [YouTube "YouTube Video Streams Top 1.2 Billion/Day"]. Techcrunch (Techcrunch). YouTube. 
17. ^ "YouTube revenue sharing program". Google, Inc (Google, Inc). 2007-12-10. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/12/youtubes-revenue-sharing-program.html. Retrieved 2008-05-27. 
18. ^ Many external services exist to download YouTube videos, but none are officially sanctioned by YouTube. Some Presidential videos allow MP4 downloading.
19. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} converts to Flash, original available
20. ^ ^{a b c} no conversion
21. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} converts to Flash
22. ^ 3G2, DIVX
23. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
24. ^ converts to Google Video
25. ^ GVI, FLV
26. ^ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
27. ^ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
28. ^ FLV MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
29. ^ DivX, H.263, H.264, FLV, Xvid
30. ^ Converts to Embedded Flash and QT
31. ^ H.264, 3GP, MV4
32. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Converts to Embedded Flash
33. ^ ZIP, RAR, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF, JP2, PSD, WMF, EPS
34. ^ FLV, M4V, 3G2
35. ^ ^{a b} 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
36. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV, WebM
37. ^ http://info.break.com/break/html/break-3d/break-3d.html
38. ^ longer for MotionMaker users
39. ^ 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
40. ^ unlimited for premium members; 600 kbit/s for free members
41. ^ since May 2009 [2], phasing out VP6
42. ^ When not being a premium member it's &100000000000010240000001,024 MB
43. ^ 200 MB when using the web-based uploader
44. ^ "Up, Up and Away - Long videos for more users". YouTube Inc. (YouTube Inc.). 2010-12-09. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/12/up-up-and-away-long-videos-for-more.html. Retrieved 2011-08-19. 
45. ^ unlimited for 4K videos
46. ^ Youtube.com - Reviews, Site Info, Traffic Stats and Related Links from Alexa