Upload Your Videos: Top 5 Most Popular Video Uploading Sites

Approaching its decade anniversary, YouTube is far and away the world's most popular video sharing website, with over 1 billion unique visitors each month. YouTube hosts millions of videos, movies and clips, created professionally and by amateurs. YouTube does not allow pornography or sexually explicit content, violent content primarily intended to be shocking, hateful or dangerous content, threats, or material that is subject to copyright.

• Video formats accepted: almost any format
• Resolution required: all, including new 1440p and 2160p (or 4K)
• File size limitation: 15 minute max default, longer videos may be uploaded with account verification
• Regions & countries: localized for 76 languages

Check the Complete YouTube Video Editing Guide, which including the tutorials for YouTube Video Editor and alternatives to YouTube Video Editor and the Video Editing Tips.

Vimeo is primarily used by professionals to showcase their work, including bands, artists and designers, and professionals in television, film and advertising. Vimeo has the same restrictions on content as YouTube, and also does not allow members to upload content that is not “theirs” (although professional users may upload content created by others for which they have specific permission).

• Video formats accepted: almost any format
• Resolution required: 1080p maximum
• File size limitation: Basic members have a limit of 500MB/week, with max video size of 500MB; Plus members have limits of 5GB/5GB
• Regions & countries: localized for English, Spanish, French and German

Dailymotion is a French site that allows users to upload and share videos, and includes robust tagging, channel and group-creation systems. Content restrictions are similar to YouTube.

• Video formats accepted: almost any format
• Resolution required: 1080p maximum
• File size limitation: 4.1GB/60 minutes
• Regions & countries: localized for 35 countries and 18 languages

Metacafe hosts video gameplay vids, sports clips, music, movies and television episodes, and does not allow duplicate content. Metacafe is unique because users are paid directly for popular videos. After reaching a 20,000 view threshold, each additional 1,000 views earns a $5 payment.

• Video formats accepted: MPEG, MOV, WMV, AVI, MP4, 3GP, QT
• Resolution required: 1080p maximum
• File size limitation: 10 minutes
• Regions & countries: English localization only

Flickr earned fame as an image sharing site, but it has also become one of the most popular services for sharing short videos. Because of the file size restrictions, Flickr is optimized for very short videos, including gameplay vids, personal videos and more.

• Video formats accepted: almost any format
• Resolution required: 1080p maximum
• File size limitation: 1GB/3 minutes
• Regions & countries: localized for 10 languages