MediaElement.js vs Wistia

MediaElement.js is used by more websites in our catalog: 11,030 use MediaElement.js and 3,132 use Wistia.

Wistia sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (MediaElement.js: 17, Wistia: 47).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, MediaElement.js went from 0.53% to 1.3% of all tracked sites, while Wistia went from 0.45% to 0.36%. MediaElement.js is gaining ground faster in our index.

13 websites in our catalog use both MediaElement.js and Wistia.

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.