Alternatives and competitors

Sites like YouTube

The 20 closest online video platform alternatives to YouTube, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to YouTube? The closest matches are Vimeo, Rutube and TikTok. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About YouTube

YouTube youtube.com

YouTube

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

Wikidata: American video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc.

Top 100 · #10 English 4 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

A video-sharing service where users watch, upload and share videos, including short-form clips, live streams and music, with paid subscriptions for ad-free viewing.

Who it’s for
General internet users and content creators
Business model
Advertising and subscriptions

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.

similarity × popularity

TidalMasterClassRumbleSlideSharePrime Videonicovideo.jpSoundCloudStreamableTikTokVimeo

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to YouTube

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to YouTube, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Vimeo vimeo.com Top 100 English

    Vimeo - All-in-One Video Platform

    The video platform trusted by 287 million creatives, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Everything you need to create, manage, and share stunning videos.

  2. 02
    TikTok tiktok.com Top 100 English

    TikTok - Make Your Day

    video-focused social media platform

  3. 03
    Streamable streamable.com Top 10K English

    Upload Video Online - Free Video Hosting - Streamable

    Upload your video in seconds on Streamable. We accept a variety of video formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, and more. It's free, try it now!

  4. 04
    SoundCloud soundcloud.com Top 1K English

    Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud

    Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

  5. 05
    nicovideo.jp Top 10K English

    ニコニコ

    日本最大級の動画サービス、ニコニコ(niconico)。動画にコメントを付けて楽しむニコニコ動画や、生放送番組にリアルタイムでコメントを付けられるニコニコ生放送のほか、イラスト・マンガ・最新ニュース・ゲームなど、エンターテイメントを全て無料で楽しめる!

  6. 06
    Prime Video primevideo.com Top 1K English

    Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports

    Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.

  7. 07
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

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

  8. 08
    Rumble rumble.com Top 10K English

    online video sharing, live streaming, and cloud services platform

  9. 09
    MasterClass masterclass.com English

    online education platform

  10. 10
    Tidal tidal.com Top 10K English

    tidal.com

    subscription-based music streaming service

  11. 11
    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.

  12. 12
    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.

  13. 13
    Dailymotion dailymotion.com Top 1K English

    Dailymotion

    video streaming site

  14. 14
    4shared 4shared.com Top 10K English

    4shared - free file sharing and storage

    Online file sharing and storage - 15 GB free web space. Easy registration. File upload progressor. Multiple file transfer. Fast download.

  15. 15
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English

    Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online

    Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.

  16. 16
    Crunchyroll crunchyroll.com Top 10K English

    American video streaming service

  17. 17
    Audiomack audiomack.com Top 10K English

    Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack

    Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.

  18. 18
    Tubi tubitv.com Top 10K English

    Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

    American streaming video service

  19. 19
    SaveFrom.net savefrom.net Top 10K English

    Free Online Video Downloader - SaveFrom.net

    Download videos from popular platforms with SaveFrom.net, the leading free online video downloader. Easily save videos in various formats and resolutions. Start downloading now!

  20. 20
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to youtube.com’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.

Built with

Fonts
  • Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@300;400;500;700&family=YouTube+Sans:…
Email hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

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Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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