Online video platforms 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, 2 billion active until October 2020 and the most extensive catalog of online videos.[1] There are some countries in the world placing restrictions on YouTube, instead having their own regional video-sharing websites in its place.

Notable examples

Specifically dedicated video-hosting websites

Similarweb global rankings as of July 23, 2023:
Name Language Similarweb traffic rank
AcFun Mandarin 4,675
Aparat Persian 123
Bigo English 16,743
Bilibili Mandarin 30
BitChute English 4,104
Dailymotion Multilingual 357
DLive Multilingual 27,887
Godtube English 77,477
IQiyi Mandarin 1,074
Kick* Multilingual 260
Niconico Japanese 210
Nebula English 13,486
Odysee Multilingual 3,355
Rumble English 238
Rutube Russian 542
SchoolTube English 107,835
Tudou Mandarin 54,394
TikTok Multilingual 14
Twitch* Multilingual 49
VBOX7 Bulgarian 19,783
Veoh Multilingual 48,423
Vimeo Multilingual 645
Youku Mandarin 1,433
YouNow* Multilingual 54,020
YouTube Multilingual 2
* Website predominantly hosts live streaming video.

Websites dedicated to adult and pornographic video sharing

Similarweb global rankings 25 July 2022
Name Language Similarweb traffic rank
BongaCams Multilingual 166
Chaturbate Multilingual 53
LiveJasmin Multilingual 216
ManyVids Multilingual 2,507
OnlyFans Multilingual 121
Pornhub Multilingual 14
PornMD Multilingual 3,548
RedTube Multilingual 215
XVideos Multilingual 7
YouPorn Multilingual 134

Larger websites which allow the hosting of videos

Similarweb global rankings as of 28 June 2023:
Name Language Similarweb traffic rank
Internet Archive Multilingual 208
Facebook Multilingual 3
Flickr / SmugMug Multilingual 463
Instagram Multilingual 4
Myspace Multilingual 17,072
Newgrounds English 2,532
Photobucket Multilingual 22,186
Rediff Multilingual 1,201
Sina Weibo Mandarin 267
Tencent Video / Tencent QQ Mandarin 971 (as of 25 July 2022)
Tumblr Multilingual 141
Twitter Multilingual 5
VK Multilingual 17
Wikimedia Commons Multilingual 597 (as of 25 July 2022)

Discontinued

Hoster Language Country Notes
Blip.tvEnglish United StatesService ran from May 2005 to August 2015. Acquired by Maker Studios in August 2013.
Google VideoEnglish United StatesService ran from January 2005 to August 2012. The website has been repurposed to serve as Google's video search engine.
HD shareEnglish United StatesService ran from July 2008 to 2011. Focused on HD videos. Acquired by United Social Networks LLC in 2011.
Justin.tvMultilingual United StatesService 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.
LiveLeakMultilingual United KingdomService ran from October 2006 to May 2021.
MaYoMo11 languages The NetherlandsService ran from October 2009 to 2013.
MegavideoCantonese & English Hong KongService ran from March 2005 to January 2012. It got seized by the FBI for Copyright infringement on January 19, 2012.
MetacafeMultilingual IsraelService ran from July 2003 to August 2021
MevioEnglish United StatesService ran from October 2004 to May 2014.
Mixer Multilingual  United States Service ran from January 2016 to July 2020.
MyVideoGerman Romania →  GermanyService ran from 2006 to April 2016.
MUZU.TVEnglish IrelandService ran from July 2008 to October 2015. Music videos only.
OpenfilmMultilingual United StatesService ran from June 2008 to August 2015.
PeriscopeEnglish United StatesService ran from March 2015 to March 2021.
PixorialEnglish United StatesService ran from 2009 to July 2014. Acquired by LifeLogger Technologies Corp. in 2016.
RevverEnglish United StatesService ran from October 2005 to 2011. Acquired by LiveUniverse in 2008.
Sevenload12 languages GermanyService ran from April 2006 to April 2014.
SmashcastMultilingual United StatesService ran from the merger of Azubu and Hitbox in May 2017 until November 2020.
TriluliluRomanian RomaniaService ran from January 2007 until July 2020.
TroopTubeEnglish United StatesService ran from at least 2008 to July 2011. US DOD Military OneSource communications platform.
Tune.pkUrdu PakistanService ran from January 2012 to 2020.
V LiveKorean South KoreaService ran from 2015 to 2022 and transferred to Weverse Company on March 2, 2022. It was shut down after merging with Weverse on December 31, 2022
VesselEnglish United StatesService ran from January 2015 to October 2016. Acquired by Verizon in October 2016.
VevoEnglish United StatesService ran from December 2009 to May 2018. The company website is still available, but its content is now consolidated on YouTube only.
VideologPortuguese BrazilService ran from May 2004 to January 2015.
VidmeEnglish United StatesService ran from January 2014 to December 2017.[2]
Vine25 languages United StatesService ran from January 2013 to January 2017.
XtubeMultilingual CanadaService ran from March 2006 to September 2021.

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." A few 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

  1. ↑ "Prensa - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  2. ↑ Shaeffer, Warren (August 6, 2019). "Goodbye for now".
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