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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of notable video hosts. 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 Watched Per Day Censorship Multilingual Ad Revenue Sharing Video Downloadable
Atom.com AtomFilms June 2008 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes No Yes No
BGVIP.TV StrategicFIRST May 2008 ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? No
blip.tv blip.tv 1999 own TOS Opt-in ? ? Yes No Yes[1] Yes[2]
Break.com Break.com 1998 own TOS Yes ? ? ? No ? Yes
Broadcaster.com Broadcaster.com November 22, 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? ? No ? ?
ClickCaster ClickCaster 2005 own TOS No Yes ? No No Yes
Dailymotion Dailymotion March 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >10000000 ~60000000 Yes[3] Yes[4] Yes No
EngageMedia EngageMedia March 2005 Creative Commons No ? ? Yes No No Yes
Flickr Ludicorp 2004 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes Yes No No
Globo Video Globo.com 2002 ? Yes >500,000 ? Yes[3] No ? No
Google Video (Closed to new uploads) Google 2005 own TOS Text 2,500,000 ? Yes[3] Yes[5] ? Yes
GoFish (closed) GoFish May 2005 own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
HD share HD share July 2008 own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
iFilm acquired by MTV Networks May 2000 own TOS Yes ? 2,000,000 ? ? ? ?
imeem imeem October 2004 own TOS Yes >500,000 ? ? Yes No
Internet Archive Internet Archive 1996 own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Metacafe Metacafe July 2003 own TOS Yes ? 17,000,000 No ? Yes No
Multiply Multiply, Inc. December 2003 own TOS Text ? ? ? ? ? ?
MyVideo MyVideo April 2006 ? Yes 5.400.000 ~7.000.000 Yes Yes ? No
OneWorldTV OneWorldTV 2001 own TOS No ? 10,000 Yes[6] ? ? ?
Ourmedia Ourmedia March 21, 2005 own TOS Text 120,000 ? ? ? No [7]
Phanfare Phanfare November 2004 own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile Putfile Ltd. January 2004 ? Text ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Revver Revver November 2005 own TOS Text/Video ? ? Yes[3] Yes[8] Yes Yes[9]
RuTube RuTube 2006 own TOS ? ? >1,100,000 ? No ? ?
sevenload sevenload 2005 Creative Commons Yes >250,000 1,500,000 Yes[3] Yes[10] scheduled ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX, Inc. 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? No No No Yes
showmedo ShowMeDo December 2005 ? No ? ? No Yes No Yes
Tudou Tudou 2005 own TOS Yes ? 55,000,000[11] Yes[3] ? ? Yes
Twango Twango October 11, 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh Veoh Networks, Inc. September 2005 own TOS Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
Vimeo Connected Ventures November 2004 own TOS Yes >1,000,000 1,000,000 Yes[3] ? ? Yes
vMix MP3.com alumni October 13, 2005 own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
VReel VReel Media June 19, 2008 ? Yes Yes 350,000 Yes No Yes[12] Yes
vzaar vzaar Limited Sep 2007 own TOS No >25,000 ? No ? No No
Yahoo Video Yahoo 2006 own TOS Yes ? ? Yes[3] Yes ? ?
Youku Youku 2006 ? ? ? >150,000,000[13] Yes ? ? ?
YouTube three ex-PayPal employees; Currently acquired by Google February 15, 2005 own TOS Yes >64,000,000[14] 100,000,000[15] Yes Yes Yes, But Partners Only[16] Yes[17]

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 ?
BGVIP.TV Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[20] Yes Yes Yes No No ?
blip.tv Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[19] Yes[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes No [21]
Break.com ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Broadcaster.com[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes [22]
ClickCaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No No [23]
Dailymotion Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No ?
EngageMedia Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] Yes[18] ? Yes[18] ? No No No Yes[18] Yes[18] ? Yes Yes ?
Flickr Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No Yes ?
FuskerXP.com No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Flv
Google Video[24] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No No -
GoFish[25] (closed) Yes Yes 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 [26]
imeem[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [27]
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Any
Metacafe[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No ? Yes Yes No No [28]
Multiply Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes[20] ? Yes Yes No Yes [29]
OneWorldTV Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Phanfare ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pornotube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ASX, 3G2
Revver[30] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? No No [31]
RuTube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes[32] Yes ? ? Yes Yes [33]
Stage6 (closed) No No No Yes[34] No No No No No ? ? ? No Yes *.Divx
Showmedo -
Tudou Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Twango Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No [35]
Veoh Yes Yes Yes[20] Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Vimeo[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [36]
vMix[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes ? No No [37]
VReel[20] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Divx Xvid
vzaar[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Yahoo Video Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
YouPorn.com No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Flv
YouTube[20] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No [38]

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
Atom.com Flash 100 unlimited 480x360 ? ? ?
BGVIP.TV Flash 100 ? ? ? ? ?
blip.tv Flash On2 VP6 1,024 ? ? ? ? ?
Break.com Flash On2 VP6 60 ? ? ? ? ?
Broadcaster.com Flash Sorenson codec 150 ? ? ? ? ?
ClickCaster Flash H.264, Sorenson codec 100[39] ? ? ? ? ?
Dailymotion Flash H.264, Sorenson codec 150[40] 20[41] 1,280x720 ? Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Yes
EngageMedia Flash ? unlimited unlimited 320x240 Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported No
Flickr Flash ? 500 1.5 ? ? ? ?
Globo Video Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited unlimited 480x360 Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Yes
Google Video Flash Sorenson codec, H.264 Download unlimited[42] unlimited 320x240 Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Yes
GoFish(closed) Flash On2 VP6 50 ? ? ? ? ?
HD share Flash On2 VP6 4,096 unlimited 1,280x720 ? ? Yes
iFilm Flash On2 VP6 100 ? ? ? ? ?
imeem Flash H.264, Sorenson codec unlimited 10 min 768x576 768 96 Yes
Internet Archive Flash unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes
Metacafe Flash On2 VP6 100 ? ? ? ? Yes
Multiply 100 ? ? ? ? ?
OneWorldTV 100 ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia unlimited unlimited ? ? ? ?
Phanfare 2,048 10 ? ? ? ?
PornoTube Flash 100 5 ? ? ? ?
Putfile Windows Media WMV9 25 ? ? ? ? ?
Revver Apple Quicktime & Flash On2 VP6 100 unlimited ? ? ? ?
RuTube Flash ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload Flash Sorenson codec 200 ? ? ? ? ?
showmedo Flash ? ? ? ? ? ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX Web Player DivX, XviD 2,048 unlimited 1,920x1080 ? ? ?
Tudou Flash ? ? ? ? ? ?
Twango Flash Sorenson codec 100 ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh Flash On2 VP6 unlimited If a video is longer than 30 minutes,

only a 5 minute preview is shown for web-only viewing.

To see the full video the user has to install the VeohTV client.

540x304 512 64 No
Vimeo Flash On2 VP6 500 unlimited 1,280x720 variable, average 1600, max 5000 128 Yes
vMix Flash Sorenson codec 200 ? ? ? ? ?
VReel DivX Web Player & VReel Player H.264, DivX, XviD 8,500[43] unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes
vzaar Flash H.263, Sorenson codec unlimited unlimited ? ? 128 Yes
Yahoo Video Flash 150 ? ? ? ? ?
YouPorn Flash unlimited ? ? ? ? ?
YouTube Flash H.264, Sorenson codec 1,024[42] 11 1,280x720 veriable, average 2000 veriable, average 232, max 256 Yes

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
Broadcaster.com 15,415
ClickCaster 174,200 183,990 7,397
Dailymotion 29 147 7,047,041
flickr 33 ? ?
Google Video 3[44] 296 4,800,000
GoFish(closed) 2,287 2,286 985,040
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
OneWorldTV 36,595[44] 1,332,511 < 2,000
Ourmedia 75,830 98,644 16,253
Phanfare 26,269 8,025 322,164
PornoTube 212 2,645 921,290
Putfile 2,266 3,452 772,083
Revver 3,861 4,210 606,734
RuTube 1,261 ? 4,000,000
sevenload 1,923 12,798 192,022
Stage 6 (closed) 133 1,547 1,400,000
showmedo 74,919 ? ?
Tudou 174 6,553 266,022
Twango 29,462 34,129 66,381
Veoh 77 233 5,429,576
Vimeo 5,963 7,237 351,665
vMix 85,339 52,751 25,798
VReel 25,255 1,705,000
Yahoo Video 1[44] 760 2,400,000
YouPorn.com 31 52 2,353,653
YouTube 3 4 52,436,820

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. ^ see DailyMotion#International
  5. ^ Google Video#Availability of service
  6. ^ No sexual content or bad language
  7. ^ Depends on codec and OS
  8. ^ English preferred
  9. ^ Quicktime Only
  10. ^ English, German, Turkish
  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. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
  15. ^ "YouTube serves up 100 million videos a day online". USA TODAY. Gannett Company, Inc. 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
  16. ^ "YouTube revenue sharing program". Google, Inc. Google, Inc. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  17. ^ FLV
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q converts to Flash, original available
  19. ^ a b c d e f no conversion
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r converts to Flash
  21. ^ 3G2, DIVX
  22. ^ DV, and FLV
  23. ^ Any file type can be uploaded (including text, images, documents, videos and programs)
  24. ^ converts to Google Video
  25. ^ converts to GoFlash
  26. ^ GVI, FLV
  27. ^ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
  28. ^ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
  29. ^ FLV MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
  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. ^ (Divx or Xvid, original Available)
  35. ^ FLV, M4V, 3G2
  36. ^ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  37. ^ 3G2
  38. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
  39. ^ for best performance
  40. ^ 1 GB for MotionMaker users
  41. ^ longer for MotionMaker users
  42. ^ a b 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
  43. ^ When not being a premium member it's 1,024 MB
  44. ^ a b c ranking of parent domain

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