VLC crosses 7 billion downloads
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player, developed by the non-profit VideoLAN, has crossed 7 billion downloads across all platforms. Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the president and lead developer of VLC, sent this update in an email.
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- Fact 1: In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player, developed by the non-profit VideoLAN, has crossed 7 billion downloads across all platforms.
- Fact 2: This milestone comes almost 18 months after the app reached the 6 billion download mark in January 2025.
- Fact 3: The company said it is also working on supporting all other platforms and codecs and that VLC is preparing for the VLC 4 release, but it is taking time in development.
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player, developed by the non-profit VideoLAN, has crossed 7 billion downloads across all platforms. Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the president and lead developer of VLC, sent this update in an email.
This milestone comes almost 18 months after the app reached the 6 billion download mark in January 2025. Kempf mentioned that the company recently ported VLC to Amazon’s new Vega OS for TVs. The company said it is also working on supporting all other platforms and codecs and that VLC is preparing for the VLC 4 release, but it is taking time in development.
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