Briar Downloads & RevenueBriar · Google Play
Briar gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Briar is #14 in Communication Free on Google Play in Brazil and charting in 8 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperBriar Project
CategoryCommunication
PriceFree
Released
Installs1M+
Rating★ 4.1 (4.7k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
📈Charting in a new country📈Charting in a new country📦Updated to version 1.5.24📦Updated to version 1.5.23🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on Google Play
Full timeline · 15 events
- 📈Briar charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈Briar charting in a new countryMexico
- 📈Briar entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · Communication · BR · Top Free · Communication · CA
- 📈Briar charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈Briar charting in a new country in 2 chartsAustralia · Canada
- 📈Briar charting in a new countryUnited Arab Emirates
- 📦Briar updated to version 1.5.24* Upgrade Tor to 0.4.9.15
- 📦Briar updated to version 1.5.23* Perform checks before deleting attachments
- 📈Briar entered the top 100Top Free · Communication · FR
- 📈Briar charting in a new countryFrance
- 📦Briar updated to version 1.5.22* Upgrade Tor to 0.4.9.14
- 📈Briar charting in a new countryBrazil
- 🆕Briar first spotted by AppInsiderUnited Kingdom
- 📦Briar version 1.5.20* Upgrade Tor to 0.4.9.12
- 🆕Briar released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.1 ★
4.7k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#14
Communication FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
15
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Briar on Google Play
App details
App ID
org.briarproject.briar.android
Publisher
Michael John Rogers
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone
Briar downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Briar'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | CommunicationFree | #14 |
 France | CommunicationFree | #53 |
 United Kingdom | CommunicationFree | #145 |
 Germany | CommunicationFree | #144 |
 Canada | CommunicationFree | #132 |
 Australia | CommunicationFree | #181 |
 Spain | CommunicationFree | #124 |
 Italy | CommunicationFree | #176 |
Apps near Briar on the chart
Communication Free, around #14.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.1 ★
4.7k ratings
Measured
Ratings
4.7k
Measured
Written reviews
201
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
15
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
3.3★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
29/100
faster than 22% of Communication apps
Review 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.
About Briar
Briar is a messaging app designed for activists, journalists, and anyone else who needs a safe, easy and robust way to communicate. Unlike traditional messaging apps, Briar doesn't rely on a central server - messages are synchronized directly between the users' devices. If the Internet's down, Briar can sync via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or memory cards, keeping the information flowing in a crisis. If the Internet's up, Briar can sync via the Tor network, protecting users and their relationships from surveillance.
The app features private messages, groups and forums as well as blogs. Support for the Tor network is built into the app. Everything you do in Briar is only stored on your device unless you decide to share it with other users.
There are no advertisements and no tracking. The source code of the app is completely open for anyone to inspect and has already been professionally audited. All releases of Briar are reproducible, making it possible to verify that the published source code exactly matches the app published here. Development is done by a small non-profit team.
Privacy policy: https://briarproject.org/privacy
User manual: https://briarproject.org/manual
Source code: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar
The app features private messages, groups and forums as well as blogs. Support for the Tor network is built into the app. Everything you do in Briar is only stored on your device unless you decide to share it with other users.
There are no advertisements and no tracking. The source code of the app is completely open for anyone to inspect and has already been professionally audited. All releases of Briar are reproducible, making it possible to verify that the published source code exactly matches the app published here. Development is done by a small non-profit team.
Privacy policy: https://briarproject.org/privacy
User manual: https://briarproject.org/manual
Source code: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar
What's new in 1.5.24
* Upgrade Tor to 0.4.9.15