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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Twitch
122,862 websites

Twitch is free to use

https://www.twitch.tv/

Live streaming video platform

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, Twitch 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 Arts & Entertainment, Adult, Lifestyle, News & Media and 16 other categories.

2 Twitch is leading in Games, Computers Electronics & Technology, Gambling and Jobs & Career.

Geography

1 HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is leading in most countries, including United States, China, United Kingdom, Canada and 135 other countries.

2 Twitch is leading in Germany, France, Japan, Spain and 18 other countries.