🆚 HLS.js vs. YouTube Player
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 YouTube Player is much more popular than HLS.js.
- 🌎 YouTube Player is more popular in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 HLS.js is more popular in Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles, and the Gambia.
HLS.js
YouTube PlayerType
Video player
Video player
About
HLS.js is a 
JavaScript library that implements an HTTP Live Streaming client, using HTML5 video and MediaSource extensions. .
The embedded Youtube video player.
Headquarters
Paris, France
Mountain View, California, United States
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The YouTube video player is 57 times more popular than HLS.js.
Total websites
Market share
Video Players
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
YouTube Player is more popular in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom, while HLS.js is more popular in Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles, and the Gambia.
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
India
Germany
France
Spain
Brazil
Australia
Italy
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.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Argentina in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Video Players category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
YouTube Player is more popular than HLS.js in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Health
Travel
Internet Services
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Name
Rank
#107
#193
#257
#294
#361
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
Vimeo Player
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