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I'm researching where to start. some first person feedback from people actually uploading videos to a peertube platform?

I'm in the process of creating more of my own stuff and trying to figure out what makes sense to use and for what. I work with YouTube creators, it's kinda my daily bread.

I'm looking at everything PeerTube atm and it all seems a bit clunky and tbh a little impractical? happy to change my mind though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8ee98bbc-7a51-4ef6-91d9-8d449090f65c/peertube-i-m-researching-where-to-start.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 06:55:29 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2026 09:05:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:44:06 GMT]]>@chuls

@peter_ringholm do you perhaps have any experience to share here? I know you run both YouTube and PeerTube in parallel.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/116323847155595595https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/116323847155595595Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:44:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:37:37 GMT]]>@chuls @woe2you I have a peertube channel where I publish videos on a regular basis and then I have a few personal channels as well that I publish irregularly on. I do host my own, but I don't do anything fancy with it.

If I look at some of the more well established youtube channels that have a presence on peertube it seems they're getting a lot less views and engagement compared to the evil platform.

I'm seeing more views than I expected when I started vlogging on peertube but I wasn't expecting much to begin with 🙂

If you want to make money with your videos then I'm not sure peertube is for you. I believe there's some experiments with monetisation, but peertube is not really a capitalist platform with algorithms and ads and creepy tracking and all that crap.

I've only recently started vlogging and made a conscious choice to only do so on peertube, because I believe peertube provides a future I want to see. Youtube does not. That's the most important thing for me, not engagement and views. You may have different considerations.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friends.chasmcity.net/objects/c63dc8d3-1269-cbc0-11df-6c4984748136https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friends.chasmcity.net/objects/c63dc8d3-1269-cbc0-11df-6c4984748136Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:37:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:31:24 GMT]]>@chuls I use it as a backup, because I'm trying to move away from Big Tech in general. I can't comment on the views or engagement, I don't do statistically significant numbers on either platform. I don't find it particularly clunky, though processing uploads takes a while because it's running on CPU.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116323797201149754https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116323797201149754Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:31:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:24:00 GMT]]>@sarble @chuls

👍]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/8f6dc454-c3a0-4e3b-9efe-01dfce259466https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/8f6dc454-c3a0-4e3b-9efe-01dfce259466Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:24:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:17:39 GMT]]>@chuls I've been uploading videos to peertube for a year or two now. What do you want to know?

I don't find it clunky and impractical, but I also do not see it as my duty to convince you it is not, so not sure what you're after here.

Little experience with youtube, but that I found clunky and impractical. Nowadays, I don't bother with youtube at all. I don't watch youtube, I don't upload to youtube. I find youtube a bit creepy. If it's not on peertube, I'm not watching it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friends.chasmcity.net/objects/c63dc8d3-1869-cbbb-63bf-c90945528311https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friends.chasmcity.net/objects/c63dc8d3-1869-cbbb-63bf-c90945528311Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:54:07 GMT]]>@woe2you I think I'm interested in how people use it, what their experience is with views and engagement, and if there's a comparison to the big platform I'm happy to hear that too. not super specific questions, I suppose. I'm kinda collecting data to give me the whole picture

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323650582428050https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323650582428050Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:54:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:45:28 GMT]]>@chuls Das hat einen Moment gedauert bei mir, bis sie mich geschaltet haben aber seit dem alles töffte.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/SunDancer/statuses/116323616606184717https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/SunDancer/statuses/116323616606184717Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:45:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:42:36 GMT]]>@chuls I use Peertube, what would you like to know?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116323605327305567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116323605327305567Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:42:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:31:37 GMT]]>@tokyo_0 hey, thanks 🙂 I'll keep an eye on this

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323562129325215https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323562129325215Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:31:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:26:11 GMT]]>@chuls Just had a quick look at options. It looks like Fedihost (https://fedihost.co/pricing) offer managed PeerTube hosting from $6.99 monthly. Elestio (https://elest.io/open-source/peertube) start at $14 monthly and look a bit more customizable but also a bit more technically demanding. There were one or two others but these looked like the strongest bets.

It'd be worth asking around to see if anyone would recommend either of these providers for PeerTube, or any others I've missed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tokyo_0/statuses/116323540762405578https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tokyo_0/statuses/116323540762405578Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:26:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:02:36 GMT]]>@chuls I don't find it particularly easier or harder than YouTube, but I'm only doing simple stuff in either case.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/virtuosew/statuses/116323448028135256https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/virtuosew/statuses/116323448028135256Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:02:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:53:46 GMT]]>@chuls I know @ewen makes use of it: https://makertube.net/c/ewen/videos

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/sarble/statuses/116323413271579260https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/sarble/statuses/116323413271579260Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:53:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:21:19 GMT]]>@tokyo_0 wow yeah I have zero knowledge about that. I'm more of a creative choatic geek, not the techy kind 😅

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323285700422228https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323285700422228Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:21:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:11:47 GMT]]>@chuls I've tried using other people's instances in the past but have found that to be unreliable — random removal of videos without communication, instances suddenly deciding to close. The technology itself seems sound. I think if you want to use it professionally it might be best to host it yourself or find a relatively low cost provider to host an instance for you (I think one or two of the big fediverse hosting providers that run Mastodon instances for people do PeerTube as well).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tokyo_0/statuses/116323248178589590https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tokyo_0/statuses/116323248178589590Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:11:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:04:28 GMT]]>@ErikDerBezwinger danke für den Input!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323219450475554https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323219450475554Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:04:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:13 GMT]]>@chuls Ja, Danke.
Klingt ein wenig wie meine Gedanken letztes Jahr. Ich habe mich dann für eine eigene Instanz entschieden, weil ich auch die Technik dahinter spannend finde. Aber das ist nicht für alle etwas und kostet Geld.

Wenn du zunächst alles ausprobieren willst, dann meld dich erstmal an und schau einfach mal.
Was gerne vergessen wird (kein Vorwurf!): Videohosting kostet tatsächlich Geld, weil performanter Speicherplatz in Videogrößen nicht kostenfrei ist. Viele Instanzen sind daher auf Spenden/Mitgliedsbeiträge angewiesen.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/ErikDerBezwinger/statuses/116323202713824417https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/ErikDerBezwinger/statuses/116323202713824417Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:40:27 GMT]]>@SunDancer @andijah ah ja, da hab ich gestern eine Anfrage geschickt 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323124995618999https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323124995618999Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:40:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:39:54 GMT]]>@ErikDerBezwinger @andijah @SunDancer im Moment baue ich meine Website auf. ich mach einen Blog in Text und Videoform. dh zum einen will ich Videos auf meiner Website einbetten. im Moment ist das mal experimentell, aber wenn ich da einen Groove finde soll es professionell mich und meine Arbeit repräsentieren. ich kann noch nicht 100% sagen ob ich das eher in die kreative Richtung oder Promo bewege. Aber sowas. Blog/Video Essay/Case Studies. ist die Info hilfreich?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323122850117622https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323122850117622Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:39:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:37:10 GMT]]>@ErikDerBezwinger @chuls @SunDancer
Ich bin bei rankett.net - angefangen habe ich mit Orgelvideos, inzwischen habe ich einen zweiten Kanäl mit allem möglichen anderen. Sehr zufrieden bisher.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://brotkru.me/users/andijah/statuses/116323112103706588https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://brotkru.me/users/andijah/statuses/116323112103706588Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:37:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:36:40 GMT]]>@chuls @andijah Ich wusel auf https://makertube.net/ herum. Ist bereits mein 3. PeerTube Versuch aber bisher auch der erfolgreichste. Nicht zuletzt weil die Datenlimits bei MakerTube deutlich entspannter sind als sonstwo.

Uploads sind noch viel Handarbeit (besonders bei den Hashtags könnte noch was verbessert werden) aber ansonsten läuft es eigentlich.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/SunDancer/statuses/116323110127372157https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/SunDancer/statuses/116323110127372157Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:36:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:34:55 GMT]]>@chuls @andijah @SunDancer Magst du vielleicht mal mehr über deine Ziele erzählen?
Davon hängt nämlich ab, was für Empfehlungen wir geben können 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/ErikDerBezwinger/statuses/116323103266791155https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/ErikDerBezwinger/statuses/116323103266791155Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:34:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:31:35 GMT]]>@andijah @SunDancer

auf welchen Plattformen seid ihr?

Vimeo ist auch nicht gerade die Engagement-Zentrale muss man sagen.

ich habe gestern einen Account auf einer Plattform angefragt und warte glaube ich immer noch freigeschalten zu werden. wenn ich mir da so die Videos anschau gibts viel Zeug und alles so auf 0 Views 😅

es geht mir auch nicht primär drum, dass alle alles sehen müssen, aber nur zum Sterben will ich die Videos auch ned ins Internet schicken

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323090131908704https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/chuls/statuses/116323090131908704Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:31:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:21:00 GMT]]>@chuls I have never used youtube so can't say how it's done there. I used vimeo and have fully switched to PeerTube about one year ago. Or two years ago? Can't remember.

But what I can say: I have about 5 times as many views on PeerTube than I had on vimeo. And of course more comments.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://brotkru.me/users/andijah/statuses/116323048543726545https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://brotkru.me/users/andijah/statuses/116323048543726545Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:21:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #peertube I'm researching where to start. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:19:41 GMT]]>@chuls pinging our own Peertube expert: @harrybo

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gamerstavern.online/users/alex/statuses/116323043325003242https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gamerstavern.online/users/alex/statuses/116323043325003242Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:19:41 GMT