Working on the concept of social networking, Metacafe is known to be a media and video sharing community on the internet. The users of the website are huge in number and online streaming videos are added on the site on a daily basis. The site offers lots of desktop application, mainly targeted at users who are "video addicts" and thereby maintains its users dedicated to the services of the website. Metacafe maintains genres which include humor videos, Internet videos and viral ads in addition to sports and news-related media. Functionalities of the features of the site are also inclusive of flash games and sound clips.

Founded in the year 2003, Metacafe is one of the largest known online streaming sharing video sites on the internet which has risen to the user standards at a tremendous pace. Sharing being an extremely easy concept on the website, the users have been known to form their communities, write blogs and upload videos with absolute freedom. Content filtration being a logical norm, the site maintains the regulations of the basic requirements but also keeps its audience on their seats. With constant upgradation in the mechanism and the upload space in the accounts, Metacafe has certainly moved ahead in the league of online video sharing.