Other ships that carried us upon the cyber-seas

Were there similar websites at the launch of YouTube?? (asked on quora) Answer by Myster Ey Peter Appleseed Tasciotti, the journalism is my own.
Indeed there were other sites. Here are my credentials within a true documentary: Youtubia Broadcast Yourself Community (Video 2018)
Before YouTube gained popularity, there were a few existing sites. This is pre-2006. Atom films is the most major one. Bear in mind that prior to 2006, video-sharing and streaming were almost non-existent. Technology made it possible between 2005–2006 during the greatest fundamental advancements. The challenge was the grade of the copper wire, as no T1 lines existed, nor were there much fiber optics yet. The modems were slower and the bit rate was slower. What we take for granted today with USB 3.0 and high-speed broadband, back then was crawling at 56K and much less outside of major cities.
Around the same time of YouTube gaining users and traffic, there was Sharkle! They were more popular at the time, in 2005. How do I know? I operated some of the most popular channels on that site. I was also involved with developing a video contest within the Sharkle community. Unfortunately, the whole website shut down due to internal factors. It was sold off or something or other, kinda like what happened to Friendster.com and Featured Content on Myspace
Sharkle! wasvery similar to YouTube In addition to Sharkle, there was http://Revver.com and http://LiveVideo.com LiveVideo was the main alternative destination from 2006–2008. Then that website also shut down. How do I know? I operated several of the major channels on that website.
Around the same time, there was also Free video clips for your enjoyment which may be defunct, I’m not sure. Metacafe had some promising features in order to compete with YouTube.
The other main contender to Youtube was Stickam.com The interesting thing about that phase was it’s difference to YouTube. It was more of a live streaming platform. Unfortunately, Stickam also was shut down after a few short years.
The top competition to YouTube still exists and you may already know about them. They are very similar, although they got started a little later that these other ones I mentioned above. They are: What to Watch | Dailymotion and Vimeo: Watch, upload, and share HD and 4K videos with no ads
If I have missed any of your favorite sites for video-sharing, feel free to inform me. Thanks.