Video Streaming Platform — System Design Interview Practice
Design a video streaming service like YouTube or Netflix that can serve millions of concurrent viewers. Work through the requirements, architecture trade-offs, and an interactive design review.
Requirements and concepts to consider
- Upload and store video contentRequirement
- Stream videos to millions of usersRequirement
- Support different video qualities (480p, 720p, 1080p, 4K)Requirement
- Adaptive bitrate streamingRequirement
- Search and recommendation systemRequirement
- User profiles and watch historyRequirement
- Global content deliveryRequirement
- video streamingConcept to explore
- cdnConcept to explore
- transcodingConcept to explore
- storageConcept to explore
- recommendationsConcept to explore