List of video hosting services

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Video hosting services are platforms which allow users to upload, share videos or live stream their own videos to the Internet. These can either be for the general public to watch, or particular users on a shared network. The most popular video hosting website is YouTube, with 1.8 billion logged-in users per month and the most extensive catalog of online videos.[1] There are some countries in the world which place restrictions on YouTube, so some of these respective countries have their own regional video sharing websites.

Notable examples

Specifically dedicated video hosting websites

Alexa global rankings as of 2 November 2019:
Name Language Alexa traffic rank
AcFun Mandarin 3,044[2]
Afreeca TV* Korean 1,835[3]
Aparat Persian 102[4]
Bigo English 12,438[5]
Bilibili Mandarin 110[6]
BitChute Multilingual 2,663[7]
Dailymotion Multilingual 227[8]
DLive Multilingual 3,092[9]
Godtube English 33,656[10]
IQiyi Mandarin 200[11]
LiveLeak Multilingual 4,289[12]
Metacafe Multilingual 20,911[13]
Mixer* Multilingual 1,123[14]
Niconico Japanese 178[15]
Periscope* Multilingual 9,038[16]
Rutube Russian 1,247[17]
SchoolTube English 129,817[18]
Smashcast.tv* Multilingual 116,483[19]
Trilulilu Romanian 97,111[20]
Tudou Mandarin 2,928[21]
Tune English 6,989[22]
Twitch* Multilingual 41[23]
VBOX7 Bulgarian 12,716[24]
Veoh Multilingual 32,117[25]
Vimeo Multilingual 170[26]
Youku Mandarin 449[27]
YouNow Multilingual 11,605[28]
YouTube Multilingual 2[29]
* Website predominately hosts live streaming video.

Websites dedicated to adult and pornographic video sharing

Alexa global rankings as of 2 November 2019:
Name Language Alexa traffic rank
Chaturbate Multilingual 22[30]
LiveJasmin Multilingual 33[31]
Pornhub Multilingual 43[32]
PornMD Multilingual 3,965[33]
RedTube Multilingual 386[34]
XHamster Multilingual 84[35]
xtube Multilingual 1,642[36]
XVideos Multilingual 70[37]
YouPorn Multilingual 234[38]

Larger websites which allow the hosting of videos

Alexa global rankings as of 2 November 2019:
Name Language Alexa traffic rank
Archive.org Multilingual 173[39]
Facebook Multilingual 7[40]
Flickr Multilingual 700[41]
Instagram Multilingual 29[42]
MySpace Multilingual 3,589[43]
Newgrounds English 3,702[44]
Photobucket Multilingual 3,042[45]
Rediff Multilingual 483[46]
Sina Weibo Mandarin 16[47]
Tencent Video/Tencent QQ Mandarin 5[48]
Twitter Multilingual 35[49]
VK Multilingual 20[50]
Wikimedia Commons Multilingual 299[51]

Discontinued

Offline websites
Hoster Language Country Notes
Blip.tv English  United States Service ran from May 2005 to August 2015. Acquired by Maker Studios in August 2013.
Google Video English  United States Service ran from January 2005 to August 2012.
Justin.tv English, Catalan, Spanish & 17 more  United States Service ran from March 2007. Acquired by Twitch Interactive in March 2014. In August 2014, Justin.tv was officially shut down so that the company could focus on Twitch.
HD share English  United States Service ran from July 2008 to 2011. Focused on HD videos. Acquired by United Social Networks LLC in 2011.
MaYoMo 11 languages  The Netherlands Service ran from October 2009 to 2013.
Megavideo Cantonese & English  Hong Kong Service ran from March 2005 to January 2012. It got seized by the FBI for Copyright infringement on January 19, 2012.
Mevio English  United States Service ran from October 2004 to May 2014.
MyVideo German  Romania →  Germany Service ran from 2006 to April 2016.
MUZU.TV English  Ireland Service ran from July 2008 to October 2015. Music videos only.
Openfilm French, German, Italian, Spanish & English  United States Service ran from June 2008 to August 2015.
Pixorial English  United States Service ran from 2009 to July 2014. Acquired by LifeLogger Technologies Corp. in 2016.
Revver English  United States Service ran from October 2005 to 2011. Acquired by LiveUniverse in 2008.
Sevenload 12 languages  Germany Service ran from April 2006 to April 2014.
TroopTube English  United States Service ran from at least 2008 to July 2011. US DOD Military OneSource communications platform.
Vessel English  United States Service ran from January 2015 to October 2016. Acquired by Verizon in October 2016.
Videolog Portuguese  Brazil Service ran from May 2004 to January 2015.
Vidme English  United States Service ran from January 2014 to December 2017.[52]
Vine 25 languages  United States 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

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:

See also

References

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  3. "Afreecatv.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afreecatv.com. 
  4. "Aparat.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/aparat.com. 
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  6. "Bilibili.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bilibili.com. 
  7. "Bitchute.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitchute.com. 
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  11. "Iqiyi.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/iqiyi.com. 
  12. "Liveleak.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/liveleak.com. 
  13. "Metacafe.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/metacafe.com. 
  14. "Mixer.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mixer.com. 
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  22. "Tune.pk Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tune.pk. 
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  25. "Veoh.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/veoh.com. 
  26. "Vimeo.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vimeo.com. 
  27. "Youku.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/youku.com. 
  28. "Younow.com Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/younow.com. 
  29. "Youtube.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/youtube.com. 
  30. "Chaturbate.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/chaturbate.com. 
  31. "Livejasmin.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/livejasmin.com. 
  32. "Pornhub.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pornhub.com. 
  33. "Pornmd.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/pornmd.com. 
  34. "Redtube.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/redtube.com. 
  35. "Xhamster.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/xhamster.com. 
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  38. "Youporn.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/youporn.com. 
  39. "Archive.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/archive.org. 
  40. "Facebook.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/facebook.com. 
  41. "Flickr.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/flickr.com. 
  42. "Instagram.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/instagram.com. 
  43. "Myspace.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/myspace.com. 
  44. "Newgrounds.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/newgrounds.com. 
  45. "Photobucket.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/photobucket.com. 
  46. "Rediff.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rediff.com. 
  47. "Weibo.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/weibo.com. 
  48. "Qq.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/qq.com. 
  49. "Twitter.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/twitter.com. 
  50. "Vk.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vk.com. 
  51. "Wikimedia.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikimedia.org. 
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