Is MediaElement.js or YouTube more popular?

YouTube is used by more websites in our catalog: 11,030 use MediaElement.js and 82,680 use YouTube.

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

YouTube sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (MediaElement.js: 17, YouTube: 29).

Is MediaElement.js or YouTube growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, MediaElement.js went from 0.53% to 1.3% of all tracked sites, while YouTube went from 11% to 9.4%. MediaElement.js is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both MediaElement.js and YouTube?

1,958 websites in our catalog use both MediaElement.js and YouTube.

Where does this MediaElement.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.

MediaElement.js vs YouTube — Site Stats Database

MediaElement.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	MediaElement.js	YouTube
Websites	11,030	82,680
Market share	9.6%	72%
Share of top 10K sites	0.00%	7.3%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#3	#1

Median DR	17	29

Average DR	20	31

Median keywords	581	977

Median referring domains	167	386

Median domain age	13 yrs	13 yrs

Average domain age	14 yrs	15 yrs

Average monthly traffic	10,327	88,414

Combined monthly traffic	113,901,997	7,310,056,587

bengies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)42
Total Keywords2,430
Referring Domains783
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)769,890
Traffic Trend
TechnologyMediaElement.js
altaunited.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)3.1
Total Keywords353,750
Referring Domains89
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)609,233
Traffic Trend
Technology
golfcarts.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)33
Total Keywords9,925
Referring Domains314
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)594,331
Traffic Trend
Technology
zannavandijk.co.uk
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)42
Total Keywords3,669
Referring Domains533
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)472,899
Traffic Trend
Technology
goodwillsp.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)58
Total Keywords9,636
Referring Domains1,183
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)461,360
Traffic Trend
Technology
crockerpark.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords8,838
Referring Domains1,319
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)418,983
Traffic Trend
Technology
ruthschrisva.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)31
Total Keywords1,593
Referring Domains51
Domain Age2 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)388,118
Traffic Trend
Technology
ventureriver.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)37
Total Keywords1,639
Referring Domains233
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)361,760
Traffic Trend
Technology
southernhillfarms.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)40
Total Keywords5,317
Referring Domains486
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)354,604
Traffic Trend
Technology
halalfoundation.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords4,403
Referring Domains906
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)342,342
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
bengies.com	English	42	2,430	783	26 yrs	769,890		MediaElement.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