With all the verbal sparring between Apple and Adobe regarding Flash videos, one important statistic floated quietly to the top. Most videos on the internet don’t use Flash’s proprietary codec. Most videos are the open standard H.264. Erick Schonfeld in TechCrunch:
So how much video exactly is available in H.264? The H.264 format went from 31 percent of all videos to 66 percent, and is now the largest format by far. Meanwhile, Flash is represented by Flash VP6 and FLV, which combined represent only 26 percent of all videos. That is down from a combined total of 69 percent four quarters ago. So the native Flash codecs and H.264 have completely flipped in terms of market share (Flash also supports H.264, however, but you don’t need a Flash player to watch H.264 videos).
Goodbye, Flash.