⚡ Video Players
Online video players allow websites to embed and display video content using 
HTML5 technology, supporting a range of video sources from local files to popular video platforms.
These players typically provide features such as playback controls, adaptive streaming, subtitles, and customization options.
According to our data, video players are detected on 11.8% of all websites.
88.9% of these sites use only one video player, 10.2% use two, and 1% use three or more of them.
⭐ Most Popular in 2026
The following chart shows the leading video players in 2026, based on market share.
The most popular is 
YouTube with an impressive share of 40.7%, followed by 
MediaElement.js with 36.9% and 
Video.js with 13%.
- YouTube 40.7%
- MediaElement.js 36.9%
- Video.js 13%
Vimeo 8.3%
jPlayer 4.5%
Plyr 4%
flv.js 1.3%Flowplayer 0.9%
- HLS.js 0.7%
- Lite YouTube 0.7%
Presto Player 0.5%
VK Video 0.2%
Dash.js 0.2%
Onnetwork.tv 0.09%- 🎬 Clappr 0.06%
You can also drill down by country:
🚀 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.
- MediaElement.js is #1 in Germany (-1)
- Video.js is #1 in China (-2)
- Vimeo is #3 in the United Kingdom (-1)
- VK Video is #3 in Russia (-9)
- jPlayer is #3 in Iran (-2)
- Plyr is #4 in India (-2)
- flv.js is #6 in Japan (-1)
- Lite YouTube is #9 in the United States (-1)
✨ Best Video Players
Below is a more detailed list of 21 video players we track, ranked by their market share.
👉 See Also
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,629,123 websites.
- We currently track the presence of 21 video players across the web.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.