VLC media player Downloads & RevenueVLC media player · App Store
VLC media player is #31 in Photo & Video Free in United States and charting in 30 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperVideoLAN
CategoryPhoto & Video
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 3.7 (6k)
Version3.7.4
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide
✏️Added hidden keywords: songs, films✏️Added hidden keywords: mpg🔎Top 10 for “xender”📦Updated to version 3.7.4📦First update in 193 days🔎Top 10 for “jellyfin”📈Entered the top 10📈New best rank in the overall chart: #91🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 34 events
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: songs, filmswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: mpgwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: lecteurswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player: app got smaller195 MB → 70 MB (-64%)
- ✏️VLC media player: needs a newer iOSiOS 9.0 → iOS 13.0
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: timeswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎VLC media player reached Top 10 for “xender”#4 in Argentina search · popularity 94
- 📦VLC media player updated to version 3.7.4· require iOS 13 or later due to Apple's enforcement, drop support for iOS 9 to 12
· drop support for 32bit iOS devices
· update linked SDK to version 26
· update libvlc to version 3.0.24
· codecs: use FFmpeg 8.1 (upgraded from 4.4)
· codecs: add support for APV, Atrac3 and Atrac9 decoding
· demuxers: add support for CEA-708 closed captions in MP4
· demuxers: improve subtitle language detection from filenames and SSA/ASS metadata
· demuxers: fix several MKV crashes, hangs and malformed file handling issues
· network: improve SMB2 share enumeration
· network: drop legacy RealRTSP support
· casting: disable HEVC for original Chromecast devices
· fix security issues in metadata parsing, decoders, subtitles, demuxers, network inputs and bundled libraries (SB-VLC3024)
· fix audio track selection issue on iPadOS 27… more - ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: filmswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦VLC media player: first update in 193 days
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: lecteur, lecteurswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎VLC media player reached Top 10 for “jellyfin”#10 in China search · popularity 81
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: movies, voxwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: audiowords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈VLC media player entered the top 10Top Free · Photo & Video · SE
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: plai, vicemergency, originals, prayerwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: aviwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: viewer, moviewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: extremewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: vtc, moviewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: challengewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: plc, discounts, changerwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: pass'régionwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎VLC media player reached Top 10 for “video”#8 in Japan search · popularity 38
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: fileswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: htmlwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈VLC media player new best rank in the overall chart: #91Top Free · All Apps · IN
- 📈VLC media player entered the top 10Top Free · Photo & Video · IN
- 📈VLC media player entered the top 10Top Free · Photo & Video · AE
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: audiowords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️VLC media player added hidden keywords: remotewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🆕VLC media player first spotted by AppInsider#40 in Top Free · Photo & Video · Italy
- 📦VLC media player version 3.7.3No release notes
- 🆕VLC media player released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.7 ★
6k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#31
Photo & Video FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
66
▲ +24% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
VLC media player on the App Store
App details
App ID
650377962
Publisher
VideoLAN
On the store since
Jul 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
48
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Size
70 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
VLC media player downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where VLC media player'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.
Hidden keywords
VLC media player shows up in App Store search (US) for 1 word that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Photo & VideoFree | #31 |
 Germany | Photo & VideoFree | #21 |
 Japan | Photo & VideoFree | #49 |
 United Kingdom | Photo & VideoFree | #31 |
 India | Photo & VideoFree | #16 |
 Canada | Photo & VideoFree | #17 |
 France | Photo & VideoFree | #29 |
 Australia | Photo & VideoFree | #24 |
 China | Photo & VideoFree | #97 |
 South Korea | Photo & VideoFree | #44 |
 United Arab Emirates | Photo & VideoFree | #11 |
| Italy | Photo & VideoFree | #26 |
 Spain | Photo & VideoFree | #32 |
| India | All AppsFree | #137 |
 Russia | Photo & VideoFree | #47 |
 Brazil | Photo & VideoFree | #62 |
 Saudi Arabia | Photo & VideoFree | #41 |
 Netherlands | Photo & VideoFree | #28 |
 Poland | Photo & VideoFree | #30 |
 Mexico | Photo & VideoFree | #54 |
 Sweden | Photo & VideoFree | #28 |
 Taiwan | Photo & VideoFree | #59 |
 Turkey | Photo & VideoFree | #46 |
 Indonesia | Photo & VideoFree | #90 |
| United Arab Emirates | All AppsFree | #175 |
 South Africa | Photo & VideoFree | #31 |
 Argentina | Photo & VideoFree | #43 |
 Colombia | Photo & VideoFree | #45 |
 Vietnam | Photo & VideoFree | #68 |
 Malaysia | Photo & VideoFree | #50 |
 Philippines | Photo & VideoFree | #71 |
 Thailand | Photo & VideoFree | #104 |
Apps near VLC media player on the chart
Photo & Video Free, around #31.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.7 ★
6k ratings
Measured
Ratings
6k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
66
▲ +24% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
5.5
US App Store
Recent ratings
4.3★
vs 3.6★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
2.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
79/100
faster than 88% of Photo & Video apps
Growing fastest in Germany ▲ +100% · India ▲ +25%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 33% | ▲ +11% |
| India | 13 | 22% | ▲ +25% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 9% | ▲ +20% |
| Germany | 4 | 7% | ▲ +100% |
| France | 3.8 | 7% | ▼ -11% |
| Russia | 2.5 | 4% | ▼ -29% |
| Japan | 2.2 | 4% | ▼ -17% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% | ▲ +50% |
| Australia | 1.8 | 3% | – |
| Spain | 1.8 | 3% | – |
| Netherlands | 1.5 | 3% | – |
| Taiwan | 1.5 | 3% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
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.
What users say about VLC media player
From the 83 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report significant regressions in recent updates, particularly regarding iOS compatibility, file visibility, and playback stability. While the app remains valued for its free, ad-free local media support, core features like Picture-in-Picture are missing or broken.
Mixed (39% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Crashes & bugs: “Does it have bugs that need fixed?”
- Features & content: “The only thing that could make it better would be a Picture in Picture feature!”
- Updates: “Yes does it need to be updated?”
- Connection & sync: “With this aside this app is extremely good for listening to tracks offline”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “So bug there beyond it being a hassle”
- Updates: “I will update review asap”
- Design: “CONS: Awful, awful, AWFUL user interface”
- Features & content: “It lacks MOST basic playback features for audio”
About VLC media player
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player.
It can play all your movies, shows and music in most formats directly without conversion.
It allows file synchronization with Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, Box, iCloud Drive, iTunes, direct downloads and through Wi-Fi sharing as well as streaming from SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS, UPnP/DLNA media servers and the web.
VLC offers support for advanced subtitles including full SSA compatibility, multi-track audio, playback speed control and rendering through Chromecast.
VLC is completely free and open source.
It can play all your movies, shows and music in most formats directly without conversion.
It allows file synchronization with Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, Box, iCloud Drive, iTunes, direct downloads and through Wi-Fi sharing as well as streaming from SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS, UPnP/DLNA media servers and the web.
VLC offers support for advanced subtitles including full SSA compatibility, multi-track audio, playback speed control and rendering through Chromecast.
VLC is completely free and open source.
Latest updates
3.7.4
· require iOS 13 or later due to Apple's enforcement, drop support for iOS 9 to 12
· drop support for 32bit iOS devices
· update linked SDK to version 26
· update libvlc to version 3.0.24
· codecs: use FFmpeg 8.1 (upgraded from 4.4)
· codecs: add support for APV, Atrac3 and Atrac9 decoding
· demuxers: add support for CEA-708 closed captions in MP4
· demuxers: improve subtitle language detection from filenames and SSA/ASS metadata
· demuxers: fix several MKV crashes, hangs and malformed file handling issues
· network: improve SMB2 share enumeration
· network: drop legacy RealRTSP support
· casting: disable HEVC for original Chromecast devices
· fix security issues in metadata parsing, decoders, subtitles, demuxers, network inputs and bundled libraries (SB-VLC3024)
· fix audio track selection issue on iPadOS 27
3.7.3
Store changes
What VLC media player changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got smaller
195 MB → 70 MB (-64%)
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 9.0 → iOS 13.0