Video hosting Used by UK B2C Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected video hosting market share across 10,620 UK B2C companies, with YouTube used by 96.9% of companies where a system is identified.

Among 84,728 trading UK B2C companies, 10,620 have a detectable Video hosting system. Across the 8 systems detected, YouTube accounts for 96.9% of detected companies (10,288), with Wistia next at 2.2% (235).

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Company size does not alter the split much. YouTube has 96.8% share in Under 10 employees (6,590 companies), 97.0% in 10–50 employees (3,516 companies) and 97.5% in Over 50 employees (514 companies).

The long tail is narrow rather than fragmented. Brightcove and VideoPress each sit at 0.5% (55 and 53 companies), followed by iPlayerHD at 0.4% (43), JW Player at 0.3% (33), SproutVideo at 0.2% (20) and Vidyard at 0.2% (19).

10,620

B2C with detected Video hosting

Of 84,728 UK B2C

12.5%

Detection rate

2026

8

Systems detected

In this category

96.9%

Leader share

YouTube

UK B2C Video hosting market share

iPlayerHD
JW Player
SproutVideo
Vidyard

Share of the 10,620 UK B2C with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

Video hosting compared

SystemUK B2CShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
YouTube10,28896.9%717.9%Median 7, 96.9% detected share
Wistia2352.2%720.9%Median 7, 2.2% detected share
Brightcove550.5%620%Median 6, 0.5% detected share
VideoPress530.5%818.9%Median 8, 0.5% detected share
iPlayerHD430.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
JW Player330.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
SproutVideo200.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Vidyard190.2%View these companies in Firmbase →

Systems detected below the page threshold appear with counts only; their full lists are available in the Firmbase app.

Market leader by size

The leading Video hosting system shifts with company size: among UK B2C with under 10 employees, YouTube leads at 96.8% of the 6,590 with a detectable system; among UK B2C with 10–50 employees, YouTube leads at 97% of the 3,516 with a detectable system; and among UK B2C with over 50 employees, YouTube leads at 97.5% of the 514 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

YouTube

96.8% of band

With 6,590 companies, Under 10 employees is the largest size band in this market. YouTube accounts for 96.8%, so the remaining systems serve a narrow long tail of smaller B2C firms.

10–50 employees

YouTube

97% of band

The 10–50 employees band contains 3,516 companies. YouTube accounts for 97.0%, while other Video hosting systems compete for the remainder rather than forming a separate mid-market pattern.

Over 50 employees

YouTube

97.5% of band

Over 50 employees contains 514 companies, the smallest of the three size bands. YouTube accounts for 97.5%, so larger B2C firms appear at least as concentrated as smaller firms.

How Video hosting usage is detected

Methodology

Company data

Detected companies are joined to UK Companies House records and XBRL accounts data. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.

Detection

Firmbase crawls the public website of actively-trading UK companies and fingerprints the technologies present: tracking scripts, embedded forms, chat widgets, CMS markers and similar signatures. A company is included in this list when one or more of the technology's signatures are found on its site; closely-related variants of the same product are grouped under one name. Detection covers what is visible on the public web — a company using the technology purely internally, with no website footprint, will not appear. Counts are therefore a conservative floor, not a ceiling.

Freshness

Websites are re-crawled on a rolling basis and the underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear within days of submission. The list and its statistics are regenerated when the detected cohort moves meaningfully. You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used Video hosting among UK B2C companies?
YouTube is the most-detected Video hosting among UK B2C companies, with 96.9% share (10,288 of 10,620 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Wistia (2.2%) and Brightcove (0.5%).
How many UK B2C companies have a detectable Video hosting?
10,620 of 84,728 actively-trading UK B2C companies (12.5%) have a Video hosting detectable from their public website. The remainder either run systems with no public web footprint or none at all, so detected share figures are a conservative floor.
What is a Video hosting?
A Video hosting system stores and serves video so UK B2C companies can embed playback on websites, campaign pages, help content and other customer-facing surfaces. It usually handles uploading, encoding, streaming and player embeds, reducing the need for a company to run its own video infrastructure.
How is Video hosting usage detected?
Firmbase crawls the public website of every actively-trading company in this scope and fingerprints the technologies present — scripts, widgets, booking and checkout flows. A company is attributed to a system when that system's signatures are found; systems with no public web footprint are not attributable, which is why every share figure on this page means share of companies with a detectable system.
Which has more UK B2C companies, YouTube or Wistia?
YouTube: 10,288 detected companies versus 235 for Wistia, of the 10,620 UK B2C companies with a detectable Video hosting.
What is the best Video hosting for UK B2C companies?
Observed usage is not the same as a recommendation or product score. Among 10,620 UK B2C companies with a detectable Video hosting system, YouTube accounts for 96.9% (10,288), followed by Wistia at 2.2% (235), Brightcove at 0.5% (55), VideoPress at 0.5% (53), iPlayerHD at 0.4% (43), JW Player at 0.3% (33), SproutVideo at 0.2% (20) and Vidyard at 0.2% (19). YouTube has the largest detected share in every size band: 96.8% of the 6,590 companies in Under 10 employees, 97.0% of the 3,516 companies in 10–50 employees and 97.5% of the 514 companies in Over 50 employees.

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