HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
171,029 websites

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is free to use

https://developer.apple.com/streaming/

Send live or pre-recorded audio and video to iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac using an ordinary web server.

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SoundCloud
131,824 websites

SoundCloud is free to use

http://soundcloud.com

SoundCloud is the world's leading social sound platform where anyone can create sounds and share them everywhere. Recording and uploading sounds to SoundCloud lets people easily share them privately with their friends or publicly to blog...

Market Share by Top Websites

1 HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is leading in Top 10K Sites, Top 100K Sites, Top 1M Sites and The Entire Web.

2 In terms of market share, SoundCloud is clearly lagging behind, losing to HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) in all segments.

Websites Categories

1 HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) has better usage coverage in more websites categories. Including Games, Computers Electronics & Technology, Adult, Lifestyle and 15 other categories.

2 SoundCloud is leading in Arts & Entertainment, Science & Education, Community & Society, Law & Government and one other category.

Geography

1 HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is leading in most countries, including United States, China, Germany, Canada and 111 other countries.

2 SoundCloud is leading in United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Belgium and 44 other countries.