YouTube and Other Alternatives Directory | YouTube Alternatives
A separate website where you can view archives of YouTube channels and videos. Keep in mind the process of archiving videos does provide YouTube with traffic, similar to a downloader. However, once a video is archived, it is stored completely separately from YouTube and no longer gives them any traffic. It's not a full, true alternative, but it's pretty good.
A livestreaming platform often used by YouTubers in conjunction with their YouTube channel. You can opt to pay for a subscription to a creator you love if you want to support them, but following is free.
A decentralized video-sharing project that allows individuals to host their own instances, which can operate independently, while still being able to view videos across other instances.
A video-sharing platform. A great recommendation for workspaces or to share work related videos, or for schools to share educational content. With a free account, you can upload 500 MB worth of video per week, and 5 GB maximum.
A video-sharing platform with an old-internet feel.
Similar to Glomble, old-internet feeling video-sharing website.
Another old-internet-style video-sharing website. Be careful, some users have reported encountering upsetting or disturbing content while browsing, but I haven't encountered any issues yet. I've found a lot of my favorite songs on VidLii, some seemingly by official (if old and abandoned) accounts!
Alternative streaming website, easier to navigate than BitView or Glomble.
Still in beta, Vanillo is a video-sharing platform that navigates similarly to YouTube. It is very easy to navigate.
Chinese video sharing website. Good for anything where you don't necessarily need things in your native tongue (ex, yoga or music), or if you speak a Chinese language.
Japanese video sharing website. Good for anything where you don't necessarily need things in your native tongue (ex, yoga or music), or if you speak Japanese.
Free streaming website with a variety of movies and TV shows.
Free streaming website with a variety of movies and TV shows.
Streaming website with a variety of movies and TV shows, some free, some paid.
Streaming service created by Dropout (formerly College Humor). Currently, you can get 20% off your first year, bringing the price down to $56 for a year's subscription. Dropout series are primarily comedy (Game Changer, Make Some Noise, etc).
Streaming service created by many YouTubers in response to YouTube censorship. Great place for video essays, but there is a lot of stuff on the platform. Right now, a one-year subscription to Nebula is only $36! Additionally, you can browse Nebula to see if your favorite creator is on the platform without even signing up!
