⚡ Video Players in Iran

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.

Iran is a Western Asian country with a population of over 89 million people.

According to our data, video players are detected on 8% of websites from Iran.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is MediaElement.js with an impressive share of 47.2%, followed by Video.js with 18.7% and jPlayer with 17.8%.

MediaElement.js 47.2%
Video.js 18.7%
jPlayer 17.8%
Plyr 13.2%
YouTube 3.2%
Presto Player 2.7%
Flowplayer 2.3%
HLS.js 1.4%
flv.js 1.4%
Vimeo 0.5%
Dash.js 0.4%
Lite YouTube 0.06%
ReactPlayer 0.06%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. MediaElement.js ^(-1)
2. Video.js ^(-1)
3. jPlayer ^(-2)
4. Plyr ^(-2)
6. Presto Player ^(-5)
7. Flowplayer ^(-1)
8. HLS.js ^(-2)
11. Dash.js ^(-1)
13. ReactPlayer ^(-2)

✨ Best Video Players

Below is a more detailed list of 13 video players used on sites from Iran, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	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	47.2%
2	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	18.7%
3	jPlayer Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom A HTML5 audio and video plugin for jQuery/Zepto. FreeOpen source	17.8%
4	Plyr Sydney, Australia A simple, lightweight, accessible and customizable HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo media player. FreeOpen source	13.2%
5	YouTube Mountain View, California, United States The embedded Youtube video player. Free	3.2%
6	Presto Player Pune, Maharashtra, India A video player WordPress plugin with support for customization, playlists, calls to action, and analytics. Free$79+/year	2.7%
7	Flowplayer Stockholm, Sweden A commercial video player, the older version of which is open source. FreeOpen source$$$	2.3%
8	HLS.js Paris, France A JavaScript library that implements an HTTP Live Streaming client, using HTML5 video and MediaSource extensions. FreeOpen source	1.4%
9	flv.js Shanghai, China An HTML5 Flash Video Player written in pure JavaScript without Flash. FreeOpen source	1.4%
10	Vimeo New York, United States The embedded Vimeo video player. Free	0.5%
11	Dash.js Beaverton, Oregon, United States A JavaScript player library for the playback of MPEG-DASH.	0.4%
12	Lite YouTube A faster YouTube embed. FreeOpen source	0.06%
13	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. FreeOpen source	0.06%

Data is based on the analysis of 21,370 websites from Iran.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.