BlackHole Downloads & RevenueBlackHole · Google Play
BlackHole gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BlackHole is #15 in Video Players & Editors Free on Google Play in France and charting in 20 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 15 events
- 📈BlackHole entered the top 10Top Free · Video Players & Editors · AE
- 📈BlackHole charting in a new countrySouth Korea
- 📈BlackHole entered the top 100Top Free · Video Players & Editors · SE
- 📈BlackHole charting in a new countrySweden
- 📈BlackHole entered the top 100Top Free · Video Players & Editors · ES
- 📈BlackHole entered the top 100Top Free · Video Players & Editors · VN
- 📈BlackHole charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈BlackHole charting in a new countryThailand
- 📈BlackHole charting in a new country in 4 chartsMexico · Netherlands · Turkey · Vietnam
- 📈BlackHole entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · Video Players & Editors · NL · Top Free · Video Players & Editors · TR
- 📈BlackHole entered the top 10Top Free · Video Players & Editors · SA
- 📈BlackHole entered the top 100Top Free · Video Players & Editors · AU
- 🆕BlackHole first spotted by AppInsiderFrance
- 📦BlackHole version 48Bug fix
- 🆕BlackHole released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Video Players & Editors FreeBlackHole on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v48, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
BlackHole downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where BlackHole's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in BlackHole before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How BlackHole makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| France | Video Players & EditorsFree | #15 |
 United States | Video Players & EditorsFree | #80 |
 United Kingdom | Video Players & EditorsFree | #44 |
 Saudi Arabia | Video Players & EditorsFree | #13 |
 Germany | Video Players & EditorsFree | #42 |
 United Arab Emirates | Video Players & EditorsFree | #11 |
 Japan | Video Players & EditorsFree | #120 |
 India | Video Players & EditorsFree | #52 |
 Canada | Video Players & EditorsFree | #58 |
 Italy | Video Players & EditorsFree | #52 |
 Brazil | Video Players & EditorsFree | #77 |
 Australia | Video Players & EditorsFree | #108 |
 Spain | Video Players & EditorsFree | #90 |
 Netherlands | Video Players & EditorsFree | #59 |
 Russia | Video Players & EditorsFree | #128 |
 Turkey | Video Players & EditorsFree | #63 |
 Sweden | Video Players & EditorsFree | #66 |
 Mexico | Video Players & EditorsFree | #198 |
 Vietnam | Video Players & EditorsFree | #93 |
 Thailand | Video Players & EditorsFree | #168 |
Apps near BlackHole on the chart
Video Players & Editors Free, around #15.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about BlackHole
From the 60 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's ease of use and video downloading capabilities, often rating it highly for functionality. However, a significant portion of negative feedback focuses on intrusive advertising that disrupts usage and occasional failures in download processes.
Mostly positive (78% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for few ads. The main complaints are about ads.
What people like
- Ads: “But l don't like the AD.:(”
Common complaints
- Ads: “It's all ads, I don't post anything”