Video Sharing Sites 2026: 52 of 337 Still Work

Video submission lists are full of names from 2008. Metacafe, Veoh, LiveLeak, Break. Most of them are gone, and the lists never noticed.

I published a video submission list here in 2024 and made the same mistake in places. One platform I recommended no longer loads.

So this time I checked properly. I pulled every site named on at least two of 18 video submission and video sharing lists ranking on Google, and loaded all 337. Only 52 still let you host a video.

In this guide, I'll break down:

• What video sharing sites are, and what "video submission" means in SEO
• What I found in all 337 sites, and the famous ones that shut down
• Whether video links pass any SEO value, from the rel I read on live pages
• 96 video sharing sites that still work, grouped by type
• How to publish a video so it actually helps your site

It is written for business owners, creators and SEOs deciding where a video should live.

What are video sharing sites?

Video sharing sites are platforms where you upload a video and anyone can watch it on a public page. YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and TikTok are the obvious examples.

Video submission is the SEO name for posting a video on these sites to earn views, a channel or profile, and a link back to your website. Some lists call them video posting sites or video submission platforms. It is the same idea.

The old promise was free high-authority backlinks from every upload. The real value is different. Google shows videos directly in search results, and YouTube is a search engine of its own. The video is the asset. The link is a small bonus.

How many video sharing sites still work in 2026?

Far fewer than the lists claim. I took 18 lists ranking in US Google results for "video submission sites" and "video sharing sites", pulled every site each one named, and kept the 337 named on at least two lists. Then I loaded each one and checked whether it still hosts video.

"Not a place to host video" is the biggest surprise. The lists pad themselves with video editors like Veed, InVideo and Clideo, file hosts, stock photo sites and news sites. You can make a video in an editor, but it does not give you a public page with viewers.

The no-answer row needs one honest note. Dailymotion is named on all 18 lists, and it did not load from my connection in India. It loads fine elsewhere, so it is in my list below. TikTok, Streamable and Youku behaved the same way.

My own old list did better than most, but not well enough. Of the 101 sites in the previous tables, 82 still host video. I had recommended Playeur, which now returns a Cloudflare 522 error.

Which famous video sites have shut down?

Most of the big names from the early video era are gone, and the lists still carry them.

• Veoh, named on 14 lists, closed on 11 November 2024 and sends visitors to FC2 Video.
• Metacafe, on 10 lists, shut down in August 2021. Its domain has no DNS records left.
• Ustream, on 10 lists, redirects to IBM Video Streaming, an enterprise product.
• LiveLeak, on 6 lists, closed on 5 May 2021 and became ItemFix.
• Vidme shut down in December 2017, and CollegeHumor's site closed in January 2020.
• TV.com and Mefeedia have no DNS records.
• Blip.tv redirects to Disney.com, and Naver TV shows a service-ending notice.

Some are worse than gone. Break.com, named on 11 lists, now advertises an online casino. ExpertVillage, once a how-to video site, now sells payday loans.

A link from any of these does nothing for you, and the casino ones tell Google your site keeps bad company.

Are video submission backlinks dofollow?

Almost never, and the biggest platform makes it clear.

On a YouTube video I checked, all five links in the description pointed to a youtube.com/redirect address and carried nofollow. The link does not even point at your site directly. It points at YouTube's own redirect page.

That is fine. Nobody uploads to YouTube for the link. The value is the views, the search traffic, and the people who click through.

The followed link comes from somewhere else: your own embed. When I checked post links on Blogger and WordPress.com for my web 2.0 sites list and my bookmarking list, they had no nofollow. So a short post on your own blog or a free Blogger blog, with the video embedded and a link to your site, carries a real link.

Google treats nofollow as a hint, not a strict rule, and platforms change their settings. So check the rel on your own links after you publish.

Which video sharing sites are worth using first?

If you only use a few, use these.

96 video sharing sites that still work in 2026

These are the 82 sites from my old tables that passed the check, plus 14 working video platforms from the census that were missing.

1. Dedicated video platforms (11)

2. Social media with native video (17)

3. Live streaming platforms (3)

4. Creative portfolio and community (10)

5. Educational video platforms (5)

6. Music and audio-visual (4)

7. Publishing platforms with video support (9)

8. Professional and embed-only video hosting (8)

9. Regional video platforms (5)

10. Short-form and mobile video (4)

11. Podcast and webinar platforms (video) (4)

12. More video sites that passed my check (16)

Does video submission still help SEO in 2026?

Yes, when the video is the point.

• Video results. Google shows video thumbnails and video features in search. A good video can rank where a text page cannot.
• YouTube search. People search YouTube directly for how-to, reviews and tutorials. Being there is a separate traffic source.
• Embeds on your own pages. A relevant video on your page can keep visitors longer and answer the question faster.
• Referral visits. A link in a watched video's description sends real people.

What does not work is the old blast: one clip uploaded to a hundred dead sites. Most of those sites are gone, and the ones left are nofollow. My position has not changed: links only survive core updates when they are built for the audience first.

If you want links that move rankings, my link building strategies guide covers the approaches that hold up.

How do you submit a video without spamming?

This is the routine I would follow.

1. Make one genuinely useful video. One good video beats ten thin ones.
2. Pick two or three platforms. YouTube first, then match the rest to your viewers: LinkedIn for B2B, TikTok or Instagram for short clips, Vimeo for clean embeds.
3. Write a real title and description. Use the words people search, add one link to the most relevant page, and do not stuff keywords.
4. Add captions and a clear thumbnail. Both help people choose and keep watching.
5. Embed it on your own site. Put the video on the page it supports, with a short written summary around it.
6. Do not re-upload the same clip everywhere. Duplicate uploads split your views and look like spam.

More free link-building guides

Video is one piece. Here are my other lists, checked the same way where I have rebuilt them:

• Profile creation sites: 506 of 1,133 still work
• Web 2.0 sites: 117 of 306 still work
• Article submission sites: 39 of 495 still work
• Social bookmarking sites: 58 of 488 still work
• Competitor backlink analysis: see where your rivals actually get their links

Final take

Video submission lists are museums. Out of 337 sites, 52 still host video, and the famous names from the 2000s are closed, dead or selling casino bonuses.

The platforms that survived are strong. Pick the two or three where your viewers already watch, make one good video, and embed it on your own site.

Skip the 900-site lists, and judge a platform by its viewers, not by a dofollow promise.