Alternatives to YouTube

YouTube obviously falls under the category of vlogging (video blogging): users subscribe to accounts which typically post entries in video format.

This content format has persisted since 2005, although YouTube has recently "branched out" to include other sub-genres of video hosting with its "Shorts" (essentially "mini-vlogging") and "Live" (essentailly "live-vlogging") events.

Similar services to YouTube include:

Vimeo

• features
  • high quality videos
  • less focus on popularity and more on quality
  • for those into serious videography and film-making
• caveats
  • not very well-known despite its age
  • slow site; often unable to load
• politics
  • neutral to progressive-leaning
• apps
  • official mobile app available
  • very useable on both desktop and mobile

I used Vimeo in the early 2010s and only uploaded new content recently to re-familiarize myself with the site!

Odysee

• features
  • all the traditional functionality on YouTube
  • incentivizes viewing new content by receiving digital currency (LBRY tokens)
• caveats
  • a learning curve when it comes to all the functionality
  • not as well known as YouTube
    • you won't find any given music video here
• politics
  • libertarian-leaning
• apps
  • mobile app available
  • best viewed on a desktop browser (or television!)

I use Odysee as a backup to my travel videos on YouTube!

Rumble

• features
  • all the traditional functionality on YouTube
  • straightforward monetization
• caveats
  • more political content than YouTube (and even Odysee)
• politics
  • conservative- to libertarian-leaning
• apps
  • official mobile app available

I don't actively use Rumble but I may in the future!

Others

Other video and vlogging type sites similar to YouTube also include the following (but I don't have an account with any of them and don't know very much about them - I only know of them and don't plan on using them):

• Dailymotion
• Bitchute (somewhat NSFW)