I published a large file host list last month and good lots of positive and some negative feedback concerning the list. The list contained sites that allow users to upload files to web services on the Internet, for instance to access them from other locations or share them with friends or even the public.

A negative aspect was that it only featured a few categories that were not that useful to find a host that suited special needs.

Therefore, I decided to compile a new list with more information available on first glance to help you pick the right file hosting site. Information besides the site name consist of the following parameters.

Reg: Does the site require a registration before you can use their services ? Registration means free registration of course.

Filesize: Is there a maximum size for a single file, in Mb ? No res = no restrictions

Space: How much disks pace is allocated for the user ? If there is no registration the max filesize has been taken as max space allowed. No res = no restrictions

Bandwidth: Are there bandwidth limitations?

Filetypes: Are certain filetypes not allowed to be uploaded?

Hotlinking: Does the site allow hotlinking ?

Expires: Are the files auto-deleted after a time, if yes the number of days are shown. If the number is unknown yes will be shown. Sometimes files only get deleted after inactivity for a certain time, if thats the case a "i" is added to the number. Sometimes file get deleted after a certain number of downloads, if thats the case a "d" is added to the number.

It took me about 6 hours to compile the list, its divided into file hosts with and without registrations and image hosts with and without registrations. If you have additions let me know and I add them in the January list.

Free File Hosts:

Name Filesize Space Bandwidth Filetypes Hotlinking Expires 4Shared 10 100 no res all no 30i Bigupload 300 300 no res all no 30i Filefactory 500 500 no res all no 15i Megashares none none none all no 25i Rapidshare 100 100 30+ hour all no 30i Savefile 60 no res no res all no 14i Sendspace 1200 1200 100000 all no 14i Uploading 500 500 no res all no 30i Ultrashare 30 30 no res all no 30i

Free File Hosts with registration:

Name Filesize Space Bandwidth Filetypes Hotlinking Expires Savefile 60 no res no res all no 14i

Free Image Hosts:

Name Filesize Space Bandwidth Hotlinking Expires Filehost 5 5 no res yes ? Imageshack 1 1 100 hour yes no Tinypic 0,25 0,25 ? yes no

Update: We had to remove the majority of file hosts from the list as most are no longer available on the Internet. I would like to make two suggestions though that have not been on this list before. A great image hosting site is Imgur and a great file hosting site is Mediafire.

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