Why isn't DailyMotion growing in popularity?

Youtube already has the monopoly, in spirit. Everything you want (almost) is already on YT, so people don't want to invest the time to learn another platform. Same reason Google+ is failing, because people are too comfortable with Facebook and Twitter.

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However, despite their recent attempts to create a revenue program for content creators that is just as well-thought as YouTube's, despite their new video streaming platforms that competes with Twitch and YouTube Live, and despite the fact that they have invested in creating mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone, they don't seem to be increasing in popularity at all.

Chalk that also to the ignorance. People often don't know dailymotion offers this kind of thing so they are not even considered. Oftentimes people talk about how another platform needs to be on the rise, but I honestly think that unless most of the big youtubers migrated out of youtube people will just get their fix there. furthermore, because these YT bigshots have the earnings from the videos as their income source it is very likely they would willingly risk to jeopardise it by moving somewhere else.

Then you have this mentality as well:

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if dailymotion had as much activity as YouTube I'd rush over there with my videos in a heart beat. YouTube is screwed up with its copyright crap

Which basically people saying they won't give the first step until all the rest do even if they admit to be uncomfortable with the way YT is going.

Perhaps the thing with DM is that it looks dated. They also are using the things we disliked about the YT changes. Like the "What to watch or who to follow" as the main things instead of simply taking us to our subscriptions. And having video recomendaciones not only on the side but under the comments is annoying. I like they show less comments but you can't really interact with people there.

The weirdest thing is that I've seen some people posting videos in both platforms and I don't see why not. It is not like you should be exclusive to either if producing the video is where most of the headaches comes from. If most people also uploaded to dailymotion it'd give more of a reason to visit. One Mexican Youtuber I follow posts his videos first in dailymotion and then re-releases them in youtube some weeks after. He really would rather to depend on DM if he is giving the preference and if more Youtubers at least did this kind of thing maybe we could shift the tide a bit. For us making the habit of checking DM first and sharing from there more often.

I had never heard of vid.me. How good is that service? Have you tried it either as a creator or as a user?
Looks interesting, the thumbnails remidns me of the Youtube of old, before all the big companies jumped into it.

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Because you won't find their work on other sites, and as amazing as Vid.me and DailyMotion are, they need to have some better content creators in order to draw in an audience as well.

Agreed. A combination of established big YTbers and some exclusives that go viral to the point people are okay trying these other services to give them a shot.

I've joined. I will try to support people through them.
If you guys have vid me, dialy motion or other alternative video players, feel free to share your accounts if you'd like. ^^

Quote from CM30

Well, my vidme account is:

Vidme Channel Link

But hey, I don't really use it for anything.

I see gaming videos!
Sees like you do have an idea what to post there.
Even if you don't have a schedule. I'm following you. ^^

I don't think anything can compete against YouTube in terms of popularity with respect to video sharing.

It's just not possible.