Is hls.js or YouTube more popular?

YouTube is used by more websites in our catalog: 176 use hls.js and 82,680 use YouTube.

Does hls.js or YouTube have higher-authority sites?

YouTube sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (hls.js: 28, YouTube: 29).

How many sites use both hls.js and YouTube?

26 websites in our catalog use both hls.js and YouTube.

Where does this hls.js vs YouTube data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

hls.js vs YouTube — Site Stats Database

hls.js vs YouTube

A side-by-side comparison of two video players & hosts, based on the 114,821 Video sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	hls.js	YouTube
Websites	176	82,680
Market share	0.15%	72%
Share of top 10K sites	0.01%	7.3%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#15	#1

Median DR	28	29

Average DR	29	31

Median keywords	573	977

Median referring domains	306	386

Median domain age	11 yrs	13 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	15 yrs

Average monthly traffic	19,320	88,414

Combined monthly traffic	3,400,288	7,310,056,587

creations.mattel.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords51,251
Referring Domains9,407
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,064,914
Traffic Trend
Technologyhls.js
oakhavenmassage.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)38
Total Keywords1,878
Referring Domains419
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)597,190
Traffic Trend
Technology
canyoncreekaussies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)28
Total Keywords1,600
Referring Domains149
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)439,214
Traffic Trend
Technology
ligafemenil.mx
LanguageSpanish
DR (Ahrefs)45
Total Keywords676
Referring Domains956
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)125,584
Traffic Trend
Technology
exposedvocals.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)39
Total Keywords7,550
Referring Domains569
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)63,127
Traffic Trend
Technology
the-landrovers.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)29
Total Keywords525
Referring Domains238
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)58,495
Traffic Trend
Technology
24six.app
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)53
Total Keywords1,615
Referring Domains230
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)47,401
Traffic Trend
Technologyhls.js
decagon.ai
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords2,310
Referring Domains1,428
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)46,059
Traffic Trend
Technologyhls.js
burlingtonchamberofcommerce.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)28
Total Keywords2,671
Referring Domains150
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)42,982
Traffic Trend
Technology
impact89fm.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)37
Total Keywords3,925
Referring Domains1,343
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)39,179
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
creations.mattel.com	English	84	51,251	9,407	31 yrs	1,064,914		hls.js

google.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)99
Total Keywords14,321,906
Referring Domains28,301,335
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,697,994,676
Traffic Trend
TechnologyYouTube
foxsports.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords1,959,858
Referring Domains84,333
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)103,702,948
Traffic Trend
Technology
nike.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords994,389
Referring Domains181,640
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)83,799,562
Traffic Trend
TechnologyYouTube
irs.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords973,833
Referring Domains280,852
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)75,413,891
Traffic Trend
TechnologyYouTube
go.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords913,868
Referring Domains604,602
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)72,794,971
Traffic Trend
TechnologyYouTube
byjus.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords1,666,559
Referring Domains55,721
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)65,601,851
Traffic Trend
Technology
basketball-reference.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords346,107
Referring Domains21,573
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)61,312,972
Traffic Trend
Technology
baseball-reference.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords421,618
Referring Domains30,500
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)57,651,263
Traffic Trend
Technology
blog.google
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords120,658
Referring Domains140,142
Domain Age9 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,746,565
Traffic Trend
Technology
wikihow.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords5,580,639
Referring Domains404,808
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)43,976,309
Traffic Trend
Technology