Lite YouTube
Lite YouTube is a lightweight 
YouTube embed designed to improve page loading performance.
It initially displays a thumbnail and loads the standard YouTube player only after user interaction.
It uses the privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com domain and, according to its authors, renders approximately 224 times faster than the standard YouTube embed.
According to our data, Lite YouTube is the 10th most popular video player on the web.
It has 0.7% of the video player market share and is detected on 0.08% of all websites.
💸 Pricing
Lite YouTube is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Video Players
- Rank: 10
- Market share: 0.7%
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 173
- Market share: 0.1%
🏆 Lite YouTube Awards
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Japan in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in the Netherlands in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in China in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in France in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Canada in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in the United States in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Russia in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Spain in the Video Players category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Brazil in the Video Players category.
⚡ Sites Using Lite YouTube
We have data on 2,991 websites that use the Lite YouTube video player. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Lite YouTube is 
netlify.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | netlify.com |
#1,419 | English | |
| 2 | #2,326 | Switzerland | English | |
| 3 | #2,491 | Venezuela | Spanish | |
| 4 | #2,747 | English | ||
| 5 | #3,168 | United States | American English | |
| 6 | #3,350 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #3,501 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 8 | #4,459 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 9 | #5,285 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 10 | #5,807 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 11 | #6,282 | Poland | Polish | |
| 12 | #7,479 | American English | ||
| 13 | #7,843 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 14 | #8,242 | Mexico | English | |
| 15 | #8,337 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #11,756 | Hong Kong | English | |
| 17 | #12,421 | United States | American English | |
| 18 | #12,493 | Spain | American English | |
| 19 | #13,466 | Belgium | British English | |
| 20 | #13,802 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Lite YouTube:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Lite YouTube are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
- United States 25.2%
- United Kingdom 7.5%
- Japan 5.8%
- France 5%
- Germany 4.2%
- Netherlands 3.9%
- Russia 3.9%
- Spain 3.8%
- China 2.9%
- Other 37.8%
Most Lite YouTube users speak English, Spanish, or Japanese.
- English 59.1%
- Spanish 5.4%
- Japanese 4.9%
- French 4.3%
- Russian 4.1%
- German 3.5%
- Dutch 3.1%
- Portuguese 2.8%
- Italian 1.7%
- Other 11.1%
The Lite YouTube video player is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 47.2%
- .org 7.3%
- .ru 3.1%
- .co.uk 2.5%
- .net 2.4%
- .nl 2.3%
- .de 2.2%
- .com.br 2%
- .fr 1.6%
- Other 29.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Lite YouTube include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 20.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12.5%
- Online Shopping 7.6%
- Education/Reference 7.4%
- Internet Services 4.6%
- Health 4.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 4.3%
- Travel 4.3%
- Finance/Banking 3.5%
- Other 30.9%
🔢 Lite YouTube Versions
The most widespread version of Lite YouTube is 1.5, used by 41.5% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 24.5% of sites use Lite YouTube 0.2, and 10.3% use Lite YouTube 1.
- 1.5 41.5%
- 0.2 24.5%
- 1 10.3%
- 1.3 7.2%
- 1.4 6.7%
- 0.6 3.8%
- 1.8 2.6%
- 1.1 1.2%
- 1.2 0.7%
- Other 1.5%
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Where is Lite YouTube's headquarters?
Lite YouTube is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
Is Lite YouTube free?
Yes, it is a free video player.
Which country uses Lite YouTube the most?
The majority of Lite YouTube users are from the United States.
Who uses Lite YouTube?
According to our data, Lite YouTube is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as netlify.com, home-assistant.io, and
mercantilbanco.com.
Is Lite YouTube used on government websites?
In total, we found Lite YouTube on 3 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Lite YouTube?
Yes. The most notable of these are vcu.edu and
hkust.edu.hk. In total, we know of 18 academic websites in the United States that use Lite YouTube.
How does Lite YouTube compare to its competitors?
Lite YouTube is a moderately popular video player, ranking ahead of 11 other video players we track.
What are the alternatives to Lite YouTube?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Lite YouTube may include YouTube Player, ReactPlayer, and 
Vimeo Player.
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🗃️ 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 3,604,716 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.