⚡ Video Players in Ethiopia

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.

Ethiopia is an East African country with a population of over 127 million people.

According to our data, video players are detected on 17% of websites from Ethiopia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top video players on websites in Ethiopia in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is YouTube with a substantial share of 52.6%, followed by MediaElement.js with 31.6% and Plyr with 7.9%.

YouTube 52.6%
MediaElement.js 31.6%
Plyr 7.9%
Video.js 5.3%
jPlayer 5.3%
HLS.js 2.6%
flv.js 2.6%
Flowplayer 2.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top video players that are more popular in Ethiopia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Plyr ^(-3)
6. HLS.js ^(-4)

✨ Best Video Players

Below is a more detailed list of 8 video players used on sites from Ethiopia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	YouTube Mountain View, California, United States The embedded Youtube video player. Free	52.6%
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). FreeOpen source	31.6%
3	Plyr Sydney, Australia A simple, lightweight, accessible and customizable HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo media player. FreeOpen source	7.9%
4	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. FreeOpen source	5.3%
5	jPlayer Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom A HTML5 audio and video plugin for jQuery/Zepto. FreeOpen source	5.3%
6	HLS.js Paris, France A JavaScript library that implements an HTTP Live Streaming client, using HTML5 video and MediaSource extensions. FreeOpen source	2.6%
7	flv.js Shanghai, China An HTML5 Flash Video Player written in pure JavaScript without Flash. FreeOpen source	2.6%
8	Flowplayer Stockholm, Sweden A commercial video player, the older version of which is open source. FreeOpen source$$$	2.6%

👉 See Also

🌎 Video Players in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 224 websites from Ethiopia.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.