⚡ Video Players in Iraq

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.

Iraq is a Western Asian country with a population of over 45 million people.

According to our data, video players are detected on 13.7% of websites from Iraq.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is YouTube with a substantial share of 55.4%, followed by MediaElement.js with 30.8% and Video.js with 9.2%.

YouTube 55.4%
MediaElement.js 30.8%
Video.js 9.2%
jPlayer 6.2%
Vimeo 3.1%
HLS.js 1.5%
Plyr 1.5%
Flowplayer 1.5%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. jPlayer ^(-1)
6. HLS.js ^(-4)

✨ Best Video Players

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

Rank	Name	Market share
1	YouTube Mountain View, California, United States The embedded Youtube video player. Free	55.4%
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	30.8%
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. FreeOpen source	9.2%
4	jPlayer Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom A HTML5 audio and video plugin for jQuery/Zepto. FreeOpen source	6.2%
5	Vimeo New York, United States The embedded Vimeo video player. Free	3.1%
6	HLS.js Paris, France A JavaScript library that implements an HTTP Live Streaming client, using HTML5 video and MediaSource extensions. FreeOpen source	1.5%
7	Plyr Sydney, Australia A simple, lightweight, accessible and customizable HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo media player. FreeOpen source	1.5%
8	Flowplayer Stockholm, Sweden A commercial video player, the older version of which is open source. FreeOpen source$$$	1.5%

👉 See Also

🌎 Video Players in other countries
- Kuwait
- Oman
- Qatar

Data is based on the analysis of 475 websites from Iraq.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.