🆚 HLS.js vs. jPlayer
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 jPlayer is much more popular than HLS.js.
- 🌎 jPlayer is more popular in the United States, Italy, and Germany.
- 🌍 HLS.js is more popular in China, Moldova, and Curacao.
Type
Video player
Video player
About
HLS.js is a JavaScript library that implements an HTTP Live Streaming client, using HTML5 video and MediaSource extensions. .
jPlayer is a HTML5 audio and video plugin for jQuery/Zepto.
Headquarters
Paris, France
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
Video Players › Rank #10
Video Players › Rank #5
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #176
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #64
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
JPlayer is 8 times more popular than HLS.js.
Total websites
Market share
Video Players
JavaScript Libraries
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
jPlayer is more popular in the United States, Italy, and Germany, while HLS.js is more popular in China, Moldova, and Curacao.
United States
Italy
Germany
Spain
United Kingdom
France
Brazil
Australia
Netherlands
Canada
Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Curacao in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Curacao in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in China in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Vietnam in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Norway in the Video Players category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Afghanistan in the Video Players category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Brazil in the Video Players category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Iran in the Video Players category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Malaysia in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Italy in the Video Players category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
jPlayer is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and entertainment, while HLS.js is more commonly used on general news and Internet radio and TV sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Travel
General News
Online Shopping
Health
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Name
Rank
#107
#193
#257
#294
#361
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