JW Player vs MediaElement.js

MediaElement.js is used by more websites in our catalog: 913 use JW Player and 11,030 use MediaElement.js.

JW Player sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (JW Player: 59, MediaElement.js: 17).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, JW Player went from 0.14% to 0.10% of all tracked sites, while MediaElement.js went from 0.53% to 1.3%. MediaElement.js is gaining ground faster in our index.

3 websites in our catalog use both JW Player and MediaElement.js.

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.