⚡ Video Players
Online video players allow websites to embed and display video content using
These players typically provide features such as playback controls, adaptive streaming, subtitles, and customization options.
According to our data, video players are detected on 11.9% of all websites.
⭐ Most Popular in 2026
The following chart shows the leading video players on the web in 2026, based on market share.
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🚀 Country Highlights
Here is a list of video players that are especially popular in certain countries.Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.
✨ Best Video Players
Below is a more detailed list of 21 video players we track, ranked by their market share.
Rank Name Market share
1
YouTube
Mountain View, California, United States The embedded Youtube video player.
Free
39.9%
2
MediaElement.js
Dallas, Texas, United States A free audio and video player with support for media files (MP4, WebM, MP3), streaming content (HLS, Dash), and embeddable players (YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitch, SoundCloud, etc).
Free Open source
38.6%
3
Video.js
Boston, Massachusetts, United States An open-source web video player that supports HTML5 video and modern streaming formats, as well as YouTube and Vimeo.
Free Open source
12.6%
4
Vimeo
New York, United States The embedded Vimeo video player.
Free
8%
5
jPlayer
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom A HTML5 audio and video plugin for jQuery/Zepto.
Free Open source
4.7%
6
Plyr
Sydney, Australia A simple, lightweight, accessible and customizable HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo media player.
Free Open source
3.7%
7
flv.js
Shanghai, China An HTML5 Flash Video Player written in pure JavaScript without Flash.
Free Open source
1.4%
8
Flowplayer
Stockholm, Sweden A commercial video player, the older version of which is open source.
Free Open source $$$
0.9%
9
HLS.js
Paris, France A JavaScript library that implements an HTTP Live Streaming client, using HTML5 video and MediaSource extensions.
Free Open source
0.7%
10
Lite YouTube
A faster YouTube embed.
Free Open source
0.7%
11
Presto Player
Pune, Maharashtra, India A video player WordPress plugin with support for customization, playlists, calls to action, and analytics.
Free $79+/year
0.5%
12
Dash.js
Beaverton, Oregon, United States A JavaScript player library for the playback of MPEG-DASH.
0.2%
13
VK Video
Moscow, Russia The embedded VK Video player.
Free
0.2%
14
Onnetwork.tv
A Polish video advertising platform that provides a multimedia player that allows publishers to flexibly manage video and audio content, as well as broadcast pre-roll and mid-roll ads.
0.09%
15
ReactPlayer
A React component that can also be used as a standalone library to play a variety of URLs, including file paths, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Vimeo, and more.
Free Open source
0.06%
16
🎬 Clappr
An open-source, extensible, HTML5 first media player for the web.
Free Open source
0.06%
17
Dailymotion
Paris, France The embedded Dailymotion video player.
Free
0.04%
18
Vime
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A customizable, extensible, accessible and framework agnostic media player, the predecessor of Vidstack.
Free Open source
0.02%
19
Bilibili
Shanghai, China The embedded Bilibili video player.
Free
0.02%
20
Vidstack
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A framework and collection of UI components for building and managing custom media players on the web.
Free Open source
0.01%
21
PeerTube
Lyon, France The embedded PeerTube video player.
Free
0.005%
Data is based on the analysis of 3,324,982 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on
March 30, 2026 .
For details, see our
methodology and
disclaimer .
HTML5 technology, supporting a range of video sources from local files to popular video platforms.
YouTube with an impressive share of 39.9%, followed by MediaElement.js 38.6%
Video.js 12.6%
Vimeo 8%jPlayer 4.7%
Plyr 3.7%
flv.js 1.4%Flowplayer 0.9%
Presto Player 0.5%
Dash.js 0.2%VK Video 0.2%
Onnetwork.tv 0.09%
ReactPlayer 0.06%