YouTube Player
Google, Mountain View, California, United StatesThe YouTube Player widget allows websites to embed and play YouTube videos and playlists within web pages.
It supports customizable playback controls, captions, autoplay, looping, event notifications, and dynamic loading of videos and playlists without reloading the page.
According to our data, YouTube is the most popular video player on the web.
It has 40.3% of the video player market share and is detected on 4.8% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
YouTube Player is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Video Players
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 40.3%
🏆 YouTube Player Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Poland in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Korea in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Video Players category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Video Players category.
⚡ Sites Using YouTube Player
We have data on 173,634 websites that use the YouTube video player. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using YouTube is theverge.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4FHv0KH94ys | #56 | American English | ||
| 2 | bVL1YCSLIDw | #157 | Poland | Polish | |
| 3 | j6G9zPIG3Gk | #178 | United States | American English | |
| 4 | #199 | English | |||
| 5 | IhKKRvIn3Ik | #355 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 6 |  bitbucket.org |
BR79iEFLHsQ | #363 | United States | English |
| 7 | #401 | Argentina | Spanish | ||
| 8 | SR4yJ4wts1I | #403 | France | French | |
| 9 | mwxWrPm-38c | #430 | Serbia | Serbian | |
| 10 | #441 | United States | English | ||
| 11 | #474 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | ||
| 12 | 8Y9IsWAaFuU | #482 | Argentina | Spanish | |
| 13 | 7cRC4VhqNUU | #511 | India | English | |
| 14 | gjNuOJHrasc | #542 | France | French | |
| 15 | oMnzNq6y3ug | #556 | United States | American English | |
| 16 | u5CD5dPlJu0 | #564 | English | ||
| 17 | #571 | English | |||
| 18 | bWguVvHtZ30 | #601 | India | Hindi | |
| 19 | uCdPETQ6feU | #618 | American English | ||
| 20 | ztmY_cCtUl0 | #658 | Turkey | Turkish |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use 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 YouTube Player are from the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 23.4%
- Japan 8.3%
- United Kingdom 5.2%
- India 3.9%
- France 3.9%
- Germany 3.8%
- Spain 3.7%
- Brazil 3.1%
- Australia 3%
- Other 41.7%
Most YouTube Player users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.
- English 55.2%
- Japanese 7.2%
- Spanish 6.3%
- French 3.6%
- German 3.3%
- Portuguese 3.1%
- Russian 2.3%
- Italian 2.1%
- Dutch 1.8%
- Other 15.1%
The YouTube video player is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 45.1%
- .org 8.5%
- .net 2.9%
- .de 2%
- .jp 1.8%
- .co.uk 1.7%
- .com.au 1.5%
- .it 1.4%
- .fr 1.3%
- Other 33.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing YouTube Player include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 17.6%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.8%
- Education/Reference 8.6%
- Online Shopping 6.6%
- Blogs/Wiki 5.8%
- Entertainment 5.5%
- Health 4%
- Travel 3.8%
- Internet Services 3.6%
- Other 32.7%
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What is the company behind YouTube Player?
YouTube Player is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
Can I use YouTube Player for free?
Yes, it is a free video player.
Which country uses YouTube Player the most?
The majority of YouTube Player users are from the United States.
Who uses YouTube Player?
According to our data, YouTube Player is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as theverge.com,
onet.pl, and
nike.com.
Is YouTube Player used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by kerala.gov.in. Overall, we found YouTube Player on 156 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use YouTube Player?
Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 503 academic websites in the United States that use YouTube Player.
How does YouTube Player compare to its competitors?
YouTube Player is the most popular video player on the market, outranking all others.
What are the alternatives to YouTube Player?
Alternatives and possible competitors to YouTube Player may include 
Lite YouTube, 
Vimeo Player, and 
Dailymotion Player.
👉 See Also
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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 3,602,840 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.