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# The best video live-streaming apps
- URL: https://interhacktives.mymagic.page/best-video-live-streaming-apps/
- Published: 2016-03-21T14:20:38.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-21T14:20:38.000Z
- Author: Peter Yeung
- Tags: How-To, News, app, blab, Facebook, live stream, meerkat, Mobile, periscope, video, #Migrated-1793717950415, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-11-03 14:59

By 2019, [80% of all internet traffic will be for video](http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/ip-ngn-ip-next-generation-network/white%5Fpaper%5Fc11-481360.html?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page) – the online world is far from being only about text and images.

One of the most interesting new strands of this video revolution is live-streaming: it offers a unique level of intimacy and immediacy to users.

But what should you use?

### [Periscope](https://www.periscope.tv/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page)

Periscope has a number of benefits. It is owned by Twitter, therefore allowing you to benefit from its social graph and it already has 10 million users (the highest out of the competition). A great aspect of it is the geolocation functionality, allowing you to search a map of Periscope streams up to 24 hours after they have been broadcast. It is the fastest growing of the options, and it now auto-plays of Twitter timelines, giving it a leg up against the competition.

### [Meerkat](https://meerkatapp.co/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page)

Meerkat was once Periscope’s great competitor, and although it has a smaller number of users, it does offer some unique benefits. You are able to schedule a broadcast and generate a URL before it has happened – meaning you can build interest in a live-stream and possibly even SEO ranking ahead of time. Although it’s not possible to re-watch broadcasts, you can – for now – stream to Facebook, which is a significant advantage.

### [Facebook Live](https://live.facebooklive.com/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page)

https://www.facebook.com/guardianussports/videos/1073328952719246/

Facebook Live, however, is catching up quickly. Lot’s of publishers have begun to experiment with it recently, especially as Facebook have given [Live posts a big boost in their algorithm](http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/01/get-it-while-its-hot/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page) – meaning that more users should see it than others posts, and it also sends a notification to your account when a stream begins. But Facebook Live is very much limited to on-platform only viewing.

### [Blab](https://blab.im/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page)

Blab is the young upstart in the room, and it could be a game-changer. It allows you to have up to four simultaneous streamers as well as unlimited viewers, lending itself well to discussion-based streams or simply those looking for added dynamism. But Mashable have described it as [“Periscope for groups of friends”](http://mashable.com/2015/08/05/blab-video-chatting/?ref=interhacktives.mymagic.page#7qfp7uqXSaql), and with that potential for huge growth in social usage, it could gain a very engaged user base.