🆚 Video.js vs. YouTube Player

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Video player
Video player

About

Video.js is an open-source web video player that supports HTML5 video and modern streaming formats, as well as YouTube and Vimeo.

The embedded Youtube video player.

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️

Categories

Video Players › Rank #3
Video Players › Rank #1
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #41

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The YouTube video player is 3 times more popular than Video.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 Video.js is more popular in China, Iran, and Togo.
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
Germany
Spain
France
India
Italy
Australia
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

YouTube Player is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while Video.js is more commonly used on fashion and beauty, and recreation and hobbies sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Health
Internet Services
Travel
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#469
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Rank
#157
#199
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See also

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