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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 Cost (USD) Content License Ads Videos Views Watched Per Day Censorship Multilingual Video Codec Ad Revenue Sharing Video Downloadable
blip.tv blip.tv Template:Dts2 Free[1] own TOS Opt-in ? ? ? No Flash (On2 VP6) Yes[2] Yes[3]
Break.com Break.com Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? No Flash (On2 VP6) ? Yes
Broadcaster.com Broadcaster.com Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? No Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
ClickCaster ClickCaster Template:Dts2 Free/Pay Options own TOS No ? ? Optional No iPod (H.264) & Flash (Sorenson) No Yes
Dailymotion Dailymotion Template:Dts2 Free own TOS ? ? 26,000,000 Yes[4] Yes[5] Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
Google Video Google Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Text 2,500,000 ? Yes[4] Yes[6] Flash (Sorenson) ? Yes
GoFish GoFish Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? Flash (On2 VP6) ? ?
iFilm acquired by MTV Networks Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? 2,000,000 ? ? Flash (On2 VP6) ? ?
imeem imeem Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes >500,000 ? Yes[4] ? Flash (Sorenson) / H264 Yes No
Internet Archive Internet Archive Template:Dts2 Free own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Magnify Magnify.net Template:Dts2 Template:Free/Pay Options own TOS Template:Yes / Opt Out ? 600,000 No No Flash (On2 VP6) Yes No
Metacafe Metacafe Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? 17,000,000 ? ? Flash (On2 VP6) Yes[7] ?
Multiply Multiply, Inc. Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Text ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OneWorldTV OneWorldTV Template:Dts2 Free own TOS No ? 10,000 Yes[8] ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia Ourmedia Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Text 120,000 ? ? ? Any excluding DRM No [9]
Phanfare Phanfare Template:Dts2 Free[10] own TOS No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
PornoTube AEBN Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? ?
Putfile Putfile Ltd. Template:Dts2 Free ? Text ? ? Yes ? Windows Media (WMV9) ? ?
Revver Revver Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Text/Video ? ? Yes[4] Yes[11] Apple Quicktime & Flash (On2 VP6) Yes Yes[12]
RuTube RuTube 2006 Free own TOS ? ? >1,100,000 ? No Flash ? ?
sevenload sevenload Template:Dts2 Free Creative Commons Yes >250,000 1,500,000 Yes[4] Yes[13] Flash (Sorenson) scheduled ?
Stage6 (closed) DivX, Inc. Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? No No DivX & Xvid No Yes
Tudou Tudou Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? 55,000,000[14] Yes[4] ? Flash ? Yes
Twango Twango Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
Veoh Veoh Networks, Inc. Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? Yes Flash (On2 VP6) ? Yes
Vimeo Connected Ventures Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Text (For logged out users) >350,000 ? Yes[4] ? Flash (On2 VP6) ? Yes
vMix MP3.com alumni Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? ? ? Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
Yahoo Video Yahoo Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? Yes[4] Yes Flash ? ?
YouAreTV YouAreTV Template:Dts2 Free own TOS No ? ? ? ? Flash (Sorenson) ? ?
YouPorn.com YouPorn Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes ? ? No Yes ? ? Yes[15]
YouTube three ex-PayPal employees; Currently acquired by Google Template:Dts2 Free own TOS Yes >64,000,000[16] 100,000,000[17] Yes[4] Yes Flash (Sorenson) ? Yes[15]

Files

Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Ogg 3GP QT Audio[18] Images[19] Other
blip.tv Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[21] Yes[22] Yes Yes Yes No No [23]
Break.com ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Broadcaster.com[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes [24]
ClickCaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? No No [25]
Dailymotion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Google Video[26] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No No -
GoFish[27] 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 [28]
imeem[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [29]
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes Any
Metacafe[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No ? Yes Yes No No [30]
Multiply Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes[22] ? Yes Yes No Yes [31]
OneWorldTV ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Phanfare ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pornotube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Putfile[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ASX, 3G2
Revver[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? No No [33]
RuTube ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes[34] Yes ? ? Yes Yes [35]
Stage6 (closed) No No No Yes[36] No No No No No ? ? ? No Yes *.Divx
Tudou Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Twango Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No [37]
Veoh Yes Yes Yes[22] Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
Vimeo[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No [38]
vMix[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes ? No No [39]
Yahoo Video ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
YouAreTV[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? Yes ? No No [40]
YouPorn.com No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Flv
YouTube[22] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? No No [41]

Video quality and limits

Service Max size (MB) Max time (min) Resolution Video bitrate (kbit) Audio bitrate (kbit) Stereo sound
blip.tv 1,024 ? ? ? ? ?
Break.com 60 ? ? ? ? ?
Broadcaster.com 150 ? ? ? ? ?
ClickCaster 100[42] ? ? ? ? ?
Dailymotion 150 20 1,280x720 ? ? Yes
Google Video unlimited[43] unlimited 320x240 ? ? ?
GoFish 50 ? ? ? ? ?
iFilm 100 ? ? ? ? ?
imeem unlimited unlimited 768x576 768 96 Yes
Internet Archive unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited Yes
Metacafe 100 ? ? ? ? Yes
Multiply 100 ? ? ? ? ?
OneWorldTV 100 ? ? ? ? ?
Ourmedia unlimited unlimited ? ? ? ?
Phanfare 2,048 10 ? ? ? ?
PornoTube 100 5 ? ? ? ?
Putfile 25 ? ? ? ? ?
Revver 100 unlimited ? ? ? ?
RuTube ? ? ? ? ? ?
sevenload 200 ? ? ? ? ?
Stage6 (closed) 2,048 unlimited 1,920x1080 ? ? ?
Tudou ? ? ? ? ? ?
Twango 100 ? ? ? ? ?
Veoh unlimited ? 540x304 512 64 No
Vimeo 500 unlimited 1,280x720 5,000 128 Yes
vMix 200 ? ? ? ? ?
Yahoo Video 100 ? ? ? ? ?
YouAreTV ? ? ? ? ? ?
YouPorn unlimited ? ? ? ? ?
YouTube 1,024[43] 10 480x360 900 96 No

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 15,415 223,243
ClickCaster 174,200 183,990 7,397
Dailymotion 29 147 7,047,041
Google Video 3[44] 296 4,800,000
GoFish 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
Stage6 133 1,547 1,400,000
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
Yahoo Video 1[44] 760 2,400,000
YouAreTV 219,208 1,330,711 < 2,000
YouPorn.com 31 52 2,353,653
YouTube 2 4 52,436,820

Notes

  1. ^ pro forthcoming
  2. ^ publishers who opt-in get 50% share
  3. ^ No possibility to opt-out downloding [1].
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i No Porn
  5. ^ see DailyMotion#International
  6. ^ Google Video#Availability of service
  7. ^ $0.005 per view. Payment starts after the video has 20,000 views and a rating of 3.00 or higher[2].
  8. ^ No sexual content or bad language
  9. ^ Depends on codec and OS
  10. ^ Up to 1GB of storage
  11. ^ English preferred
  12. ^ Quicktime Only
  13. ^ English, German, Turkish
  14. ^ For more info, see " Tudou now bigger than Youtube?" Shanghaiist, October 11, 2007.
  15. ^ a b FLV
  16. ^ http://youtube.com/results?search_query=*&search=Search
  17. ^ "YouTube serves up 100 million videos a day online". USA TODAY. Gannett Company, Inc. 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2007-11-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ Sites which allow users to upload audio files
  19. ^ Sites which allow users to upload images
  20. ^ a b c d e converts to Flash, original available
  21. ^ a b c no conversion
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p converts to Flash
  23. ^ 3G2, DIVX
  24. ^ DV, and FLV
  25. ^ Any file type can be uploaded (including text, images, documents, videos and programs)
  26. ^ converts to Google Video
  27. ^ converts to GoFlash
  28. ^ GVI, FLV
  29. ^ DV, FLV. mp3, wma, wav
  30. ^ MP2, All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
  31. ^ FLV MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
  32. ^ Converts to Embedded Flash and QT
  33. ^ H.264, 3GP, MV4
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h i Converts to Embedded Flash
  35. ^ ZIP, RAR, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF, JP2, PSD, WMF, EPS
  36. ^ (Divx or Xvid, original Available)
  37. ^ FLV, M4V, 3G2
  38. ^ 3G2, DIVX, DV. Original file can also be downloaded in original format.
  39. ^ 3G2
  40. ^ M4V
  41. ^ H.263, H.264, FLV
  42. ^ for best performance
  43. ^ a b 100 MB when using the web-based uploader
  44. ^ a b c ranking of parent domain
  • On youtube there is an option you can pick to upload a video with a max. file size of 1GB but still must be less than 10mins long.

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