Flowplayer
Flowplayer is a commercial video player and delivery platform for on-demand, live, and simulated live streaming.
It provides a customizable 
HTML5 player and over 30 plugins for playlists, subtitles, and social sharing, supports HLS and MP4 adaptive bitrate streaming, and includes SVOD and TVOD monetization.
According to our data, Flowplayer is the 8th most popular video player on the web.
It has 0.9% of the video player market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- </> Source code
GitHub💸 Pricing
Flowplayer is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Video Players
- Rank: 8
- Market share: 0.9%
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 166
- Market share: 0.1%
🏆 Flowplayer Awards
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Turkey in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Norway in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Korea in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Russia in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Germany in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Spain in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Italy in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Switzerland in the Video Players category.
- ⬆️ 56th most popular in Norway in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⚡ Sites Using Flowplayer
We have data on 3,710 websites that use Flowplayer. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Flowplayer is ynet.co.il.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #491 | Israel | Hebrew | |
| 2 | #496 | Turkey | Turkish | |
| 3 | #3,459 | Norway | Norwegian | |
| 4 | #4,608 | Hungary | Hungarian | |
| 5 | #7,060 | Greece | Greek | |
| 6 | #7,333 | Iran | Persian | |
| 7 | #7,662 | Hungary | Hungarian | |
| 8 | #8,604 | Germany | German | |
| 9 | #9,283 | Israel | English | |
| 10 | #9,580 | Germany | German | |
| 11 | #14,318 | Finland | Finnish | |
| 12 | #15,333 | Israel | English | |
| 13 | #16,210 | American English | ||
| 14 | #19,208 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 15 | #19,858 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #22,386 | Norway | Norwegian | |
| 17 | #22,437 | Israel | Russian | |
| 18 | #22,532 | Iran | Persian | |
| 19 | #22,876 | Finland | Finnish | |
| 20 | #23,547 | Russia | Russian |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Flowplayer:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the General News category.
Most of the sites using Flowplayer are from the United States, Turkey, and Germany.
- United States 20.9%
- Turkey 8.1%
- Germany 7.3%
- Russia 5.8%
- Spain 4.5%
- United Kingdom 4%
- Italy 3.6%
- Norway 3.6%
- France 2.9%
- Other 39.3%
Most Flowplayer users speak English, German, or Turkish.
- English 45.6%
- German 7.7%
- Turkish 7.3%
- Russian 5.5%
- Spanish 5%
- Norwegian 3.2%
- Italian 3%
- French 3%
- Portuguese 2.7%
- Other 17%
Flowplayer is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 43%
- .org 7.3%
- .de 4.5%
- .ru 4%
- .no 3.1%
- .net 3.1%
- .it 2%
- .com.tr 1.8%
- .ch 1.3%
- Other 29.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Flowplayer include general news, business, and marketing and merchandising.
- General News 16.4%
- Business 11.6%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.8%
- Blogs/Wiki 8.7%
- Education/Reference 5.5%
- Entertainment 5.5%
- Health 4.6%
- Internet Services 3.5%
- Travel 3.3%
- Other 31.1%
🔢 Flowplayer Versions
The most popular version of Flowplayer is 3.2, used by 67.9% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 12.3% of sites use Flowplayer 3.1, and 7.6% use Flowplayer 2.2.
- 3.2 67.9%
- 3.1 12.3%
- 2.2 7.6%
- 5.4 5.5%
- 7.2 2.5%
- 3.0 2.4%
- 1.10 0.9%
- 1.8 0.8%
- 6.0 0.3%
- 7.0 0.3%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Flowplayer from?
Flowplayer is from Stockholm, Sweden.
Does Flowplayer offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
Which country uses Flowplayer the most?
The majority of Flowplayer users are from the United States.
Who uses Flowplayer?
According to our data, Flowplayer is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as ynet.co.il,
nettavisen.no, and
kiskegyed.hu.
Is Flowplayer used on government websites?
In total, we found Flowplayer on 5 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Flowplayer?
Yes. In total, we know of 5 academic websites in the United States that use Flowplayer.
How does Flowplayer compare to its competitors?
Flowplayer is a moderately popular video player, ranking ahead of 13 other video players we track.
What are the alternatives to Flowplayer?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Flowplayer may include 
MediaElement.js, 
Video.js, and 
Plyr.
🗃️ 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 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.