Live Streaming Platforms Market Share & Usage Statistics (2026)
Firework runs on 1,927 live websites, 33.8% of the 5,704 sites we detect using live streaming platforms. Below, all 21 tools we detect in this category, ranked by live websites, with market share and 30-day adoption momentum.
Data updated Oct 19, 2026
- #1
Firework
Companies that use Firework: 1,927 domains in our October 2026 crawl, from Wegmans, Sysco and Mattel to Shopify brands and 180 Boutir stores. 1st of 21 in Live Streaming.
Live websites1,927Market Share33.78%Top CountryUnited States - #2
Twitch
Companies that use Twitch: 1,386 domains in our October 2026 crawl embed a Twitch player or chat, including Insomniac Games, TSG Hoffenheim's esports team and thoughtbot. 2nd of 21 in Live Streaming.
Live websites (cleaned)1,386Market Share24.3%Top CountryUnited States
Live Streaming Market Data
Adoption and 30-day momentum across 21 live streaming technologies, measured from our live detection crawl.
Biggest Movers
Where Switchers Landed
Domains that adopted a live streaming tool in the last 90 days after dropping another — ranked by where they landed.
10 switching domains tracked, most moving to StreamTheWorld.
Market Share
- Firework33.78%
- Twitch24.3%
Bambuser16.08%- LListenLive6.75%
Vonage Video API4.59%- TTrovo2.98%
- …Others11.5%
Live Streaming
FAQ.
What is Live Streaming software?
Live Streaming covers the tools a site can load or configure to handle this part of its stack. We detect one of the 21 live streaming tools in this category on 5,704 live sites. A detection means we found the technology on the site, which is not the same as a paid account.
What are the most popular live streaming platforms?
Across 5,704 detected sites, the most widely found live streaming tools are: Firework (33.78% share, 1,927 sites), Twitch (24.3% share, 1,386 sites), Bambuser (16.08% share, 917 sites). Others we see regularly include ListenLive and Vonage Video API.
Which live streaming tool has the largest market share?
Firework is the most widely detected live streaming tool at 33.78% share, on 1,927 sites. The largest share of those sites belongs to Retail companies, and to businesses in the 1-10 employee band.
Which industries use live streaming software the most?
The industries with the most detected sites in this category are Retail, Retail Apparel and Fashion, Personal Care Product Manufacturing, Computer Games, Entertainment Providers. Industry mix follows where these tools get installed, so a category carried by website builders or agency templates will lean toward the verticals those platforms serve rather than the vendor's target buyer.
Which countries have the highest adoption of live streaming tools?
We detect the most live streaming sites in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada, China. Country here is the company's registered location in our enriched data rather than where the site is served from, so read it as a ranking of markets rather than a measure of any single one.
How do I choose the right live streaming platform?
Start from your own size, industry and primary use case rather than from share. Firework, Twitch and Bambuser are the three we detect most often in this category, which tells you what is common, not what fits you. Compare their integrations, pricing tiers and support commitments against the workflow you actually run, and check each vendor's own documentation for current capabilities.
How many companies use live streaming software?
TechnologyChecker.io detects live streaming tools on 5,704 live sites. That is a count of sites carrying the technology, not a count of paying customers, and a site running two tools in this category is counted under each. We crawl 2 billion+ URLs across 29.9M live business domains each sweep.
What is the source of this data?
TechnologyChecker.io's web crawling and technology detection platform. We've logged 2.12 billion total detections over 20+ years, covering 40,000+ technologies across the 29.9M live business domains we successfully crawl each sweep. Detection methods include JavaScript analysis, HTTP headers, HTML patterns, DNS records, and certificate transparency logs.