YouTube embed alternative: embed videos without recommendations

The YouTube embed is built to keep people watching YouTube. According to its own documentation, since 2018 the rel=0 parameter no longer hides related videos: it only limits them to the same channel. And the player still shows the logo and shortcuts to watch on YouTube.

For a blog, a store or a news site, that means losing readers right when the video ends, which is the best moment for them to keep browsing your site, subscribe or buy.

• No related videos or suggestions from other channels: when it ends, the visitor stays on your page.
• Your color on the controls and progress bar, and your logo or watermark linking to your site.
• “Skip intro” button, autoplay (?autoplay=1), loop and resume playback.
• Subtitles (.srt or .vtt) in several languages per video.
• Lazy loading (loading="lazy") and adaptive quality: the iframe won’t slow down your site.
• Appearance changes apply instantly to every embed you’ve already published.

Before moving your library, compare these points on YouTube embed and any other option. They’re the ones that most affect your audience and your earnings:

• How much they pay and how it’s calculated: Dembed shares the real ad revenue of each month with you based on your audience’s country, with a per-country breakdown in your dashboard.
• When you start earning: on Dembed every video earns from day one, with no subscriber or watch-hour minimums.
• Payout methods and minimum: Dembed pays via PayPal, USDT (TRC20), Payoneer or bank transfer from 25 USD.
• Viewer experience: ads in the player, no recommendations from other channels; viewers who don’t want ads can go Premium (part of that subscription also goes to creators).
• Max size and uploading: files up to 20 GB uploaded straight to storage, resumable, several at a time.
• Your brand: player color, logo or watermark with a link, subtitles and a “Skip intro” button.
• Clear rules: Dembed doesn’t allow copyright-infringing content and has a report button on every video, which protects honest creators and advertisers.

Tip: if your files are MKV, upload them as MP4 (H.264 + AAC) so they have sound in every browser. Our guide to converting MKV to MP4 explains how.

1. 1Create your free Dembed account and confirm your email.
2. 2Download your original files from YouTube (or use the copies on your computer).
3. 3Drag them into the Dembed dashboard: upload several at once and organize them in folders. Thumbnails and duration are generated automatically.
4. 4Customize the player once (color, logo, subtitles) and it applies to all your videos.
5. 5Replace the old links or iframes with Dembed’s on your site, blog or socials. From then on every monetized view adds to your balance.