YouTube is a video-sharing platform that allows its users to upload, watch, explore and share online videos. YouTube features a wide variety of user-generated content such as music videos, documentary films, video blogs, educational videos and live streams. The company was founded in 2005 by three former Paypal employees. A year later it was acquired by Google, and now it operates under the Alphabet Inc. Umbrella. Currently, YouTube is ranked as the second most popular website worldwide and its users watch more than one billion hours of content every day
Alternatives to Youtube
Vimeo
Company: Vimeo, Inc. | Founder: Zach Klein, Jake Lodwick | CEO: Anjali Sud | Since: 2004
Vimeo is an online video platform that enables users to create, share, discover, and sell videos. In 2007, it became the first site of its kind to support high definition video. Now, with more than 50 million registered users in…
Justin.tv
Company: Justintv Inc | Founder: Justin Kan, Kyle Vogt | Since: 2006
Justin.tv was an online video broadcasting platform that allowed users to live stream videos online. Users could share videos of events, parties or trips to Justin.tv’s global community. The company was launched in 2006 and managed to reach more 41…
Dailymotion
Company: Dailymotion SA | Founder: Olivier Poitrey, Didier Rappaport, Benjamin Bejbaum | CEO: Maxime Saada | Since: 2005
Dailymotion is one of the biggest video-hosting platforms in the world, available in over 15 different languages and with over 30 localized home pages around the world. Based in Paris, France, the website allows users to upload, watch, and share…
Periscope
Company: Twitter, Inc. | Founder: Joseph Bernstein, Kayvon Beykpour | CEO: Kayvon Beykpour | Since: 2014
Periscope is a real-time video streaming service that connects millions of users with live video from around the world. Conceived as a way for viewers to connect to important world events, its founders came up with the idea in 2013…
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