Sites like YouTube

01 · Entity

About YouTube

YouTube youtu.be

YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Top 100 · #52 English 3 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

youtu.be is YouTube's official short-link domain, used to share links that redirect to videos on YouTube, Google's video-sharing service for watching, uploading and sharing videos and music.

Who it’s for

General internet users and video creators

Business model

Advertising and subscriptions

• video sharing
• short video links
• video sharing
• video upload
• music videos
• YouTube Premium
• creator channels
• live streaming

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to YouTube’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

1. 01
   9GAG 9gag.com Top 10K English

   9GAG - Best Funny Memes and Breaking News

   Your daily dose of funny memes, GIFs, videos and weird news stories. We deliver hundreds of new memes daily and much more humor anywhere you go.

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Apple Business
   • Cloudflare
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Didomi

   0 say 9GAG is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say 9GAG isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.905
2. 02
   kslawin.com Top 10K English

   Make Everyone Shine

   Kwai is a social network for short videos and trends. Discover funny short videos. Contribute to the virtual community with recordings, videos of your life, playing daily challenges or likes the best memes and videos. Download the app to share your life with short videos and choose from dozens of magical effects and filters for them.

   • GlobalSign
   • Nuxt
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Vue.js

   0 say kslawin.com is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say kslawin.com isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.899
3. 03
   Musical.ly musical.ly Top 10K

   former Chinese social media service

   • Google Search Console
   • GlobalSign
   • Microsoft 365
   • Amazon Route 53

   0 say Musical.ly is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Musical.ly isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.898
4. 04
   TikTok tiktok.com Top 100 English

   TikTok - Make Your Day

   video-focused social media platform

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Akamai Edge DNS
   • Apple Business
   • HubSpot
   • Meta Business Suite

   0 say TikTok is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say TikTok isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.895
5. 05
   Douyin douyin.com Top 10K

   Chinese social media app

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • GlobalSign
   • Tengine
   • Zendesk

   0 say Douyin is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Douyin isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Close cos 0.893
6. 06
   Know Your Meme knowyourmeme.com Top 10K English

   Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme

   Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Chartbeat
   • Cloudflare
   • Google Analytics
   • Meta Business Suite

   0 say Know Your Meme is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Know Your Meme isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Close cos 0.893
7. 07
   Rutube rutube.ru Top 10K Russian

   RUTUBE - смотрите видео онлайн, бесплатно.

   RUTUBE — ведущий российский видеопортал, предлагающий к просмотру тв онлайн, кинофильмы, сериалы, мультфильмы и пользовательское видео. Смотри. Создавай. Загружай.

   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • GlobalSign
   • Yandex Metrica
   • Yandex Webmaster

   0 say Rutube is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Rutube isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Close cos 0.894
8. 08
   WeTransfer wetransfer.com Top 10K English

   WeTransfer | Skicka stora filer snabbt

   Det enkla, snabba och säkra sättet att skicka filer till hela världen utan ett konto. Dela filer, foton och videor idag helt gratis.

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Adobe
   • Amazon Publisher Services
   • Apple Business
   • Atlassian

   0 say WeTransfer is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say WeTransfer isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Close cos 0.891
9. 09
   kwai.com Top 10K English

   Make Everyone Shine

   Kwai is a social network for short videos and trends. Discover funny short videos. Contribute to the virtual community with recordings, videos of your life, playing daily challenges or likes the best memes and videos. Download the app to share your life with short videos and choose from dozens of magical effects and filters for them.

   • Google Search Console
   • Akamai Edge DNS
   • GlobalSign
   • Meta Business Suite
   • Nuxt
   • Vue.js

   0 say kwai.com is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say kwai.com isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

   Comment
   Close cos 0.891
10. 10
    Bilibili bilibili.com Top 1K Chinese

    bilibili

    哔哩哔哩（bilibili.com)是国内知名的视频弹幕网站，这里有及时的动漫新番，活跃的ACG氛围，有创意的Up主。大家可以在这里找到许多欢乐。

    • Google Search Console
    • Apple Business
    • Vue.js

    0 say Bilibili is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Bilibili isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.889
11. 11
    Likee likeevideo.ru Top 10K

    Page Not Available - Likee

    Likee is a Short Video Community that allows you to explore more content of your interests and make more like-minded friends.

    • GlobalSign
    • nginx
    • Yandex Metrica

    0 say Likee is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Likee isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.886
12. 12
    instagram.com Top 100

    photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms

    • Google Search Console
    • Adobe
    • Meta Business Suite
    • Proofpoint
    • Slack

    0 say instagram.com is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say instagram.com isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.887
13. 13
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Fastly
    • Amazon Route 53

    0 say SlideShare is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say SlideShare isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.887
14. 14
    JustWatch justwatch.com Top 10K German

    JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

    All your streaming services in one app.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Amazon SES
    • Braze
    • Google Cloud
    • Google Cloud DNS

    0 say JustWatch is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say JustWatch isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.886
15. 15
    Myinstants myinstants.com Top 10K English

    Myinstants | The largest instant sound buttons website in Germany!

    Myinstants is where you discover funny instant sound buttons from Germany. HAVE FUN!

    • Bootstrap
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Cloudflare Web Analytics
    • Google Analytics

    0 say Myinstants is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Myinstants isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.882
16. 16
    ByteDance bytedance.com Top 10K

    ByteDance - Inspire Creativity, Enrich Life

    ByteDance develops products and services that empower people and organizations to create, connect, and discover.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Apple Business
    • Microsoft 365

    0 say ByteDance is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say ByteDance isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.884
17. 17
    How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English

    How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

    We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Amazon SES
    • Google Analytics
    • jsDelivr
    • Meta Business Suite

    0 say How-To Geek is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say How-To Geek isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.887
18. 18
    ixigua.com Top 10K Chinese

    Chinese live streaming video platform

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • GlobalSign
    • Mailgun
    • Tengine

    0 say ixigua.com is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say ixigua.com isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.882
19. 19
    Reddit reddit.com Top 1K

    American social news aggregation website and discussion portal

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • DocuSign
    • Microsoft 365

    0 say Reddit is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say Reddit isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.884
20. 20
    goojara.to Top 10K

    Watch movies, series, animes online - Goojara.ch

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS

    0 say goojara.to is a good alternative to YouTube 0 say goojara.to isn’t a real alternative to YouTube

    Comment
    Close cos 0.885

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to youtu.be’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones YouTube uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What YouTube is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.