Vimeo was the arty alternative to YouTube in 2010: cleaner pages, HD playback, no ads in the player, and a community of designers, animators and indie filmmakers. Its first Vimeo Awards took place in New York in October 2010.
- Domain in 2010
- vimeo.com
- Launched
- November 2004
- Founders
- Jake Lodwick, Zach Klein
- Owner in 2010
- IAC (via CollegeHumor's parent)
- Status today
- Still active
What people used it for
- Short films, motion graphics and music videos
- Portfolio hosting for creatives
Interface characteristics
- Clean white pages with generous whitespace
- Light blue accents and a minimal player
- Staff Picks curation
Notable features
- HD embeds before YouTube offered them widely
- Vimeo Plus subscriptions
What happened later
Vimeo pivoted to video tools for businesses and was spun off from IAC in 2021.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
