🆚 HLS.js vs. Lite YouTube
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Lite YouTube is as popular as HLS.js.
- 🌎 Lite YouTube is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
- 🌍 HLS.js is more popular in Germany, China, and Vietnam.
HLS.jsType
Video player
Video player
About
HLS.js is a JavaScript library that implements an HTTP Live Streaming client, using HTML5 video and MediaSource extensions. .
A faster YouTube embed.
Headquarters
Paris, France
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
Video Players › Rank #10
Video Players › Rank #9
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #176
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #172
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Lite YouTube video player is as popular as HLS.js.
Total websites
Market share
Video Players
JavaScript Libraries
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Lite YouTube is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while HLS.js is more popular in Germany, China, and Vietnam.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
China
France
Netherlands
Russia
Spain
Brazil
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.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Japan in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in China in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Taiwan in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in France in the Video Players category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Lite YouTube is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while HLS.js is more commonly used on entertainment, general news, and Internet radio and TV sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
General News
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Travel
Health
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Name
Rank
#107
#193
#257
#294
#361
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