VLC 3.0.6 can be downloaded now, AirPlay support coming soon. The developers say that they are working on VLC 4, a big release that will add to the long-awaited feature. In 2012 VLC touched the number 1 billion downloads, and in 2016 touched 2 billion downloads, it is not surprising that until now it has reached more than 3.7 billion downloads a few days after VLC touched the first 3 billion downloads. But here is how many times the application has been downloaded from the official website. Statistics provided by VideoLAN developers do not include specific platforms that are managed through the App Store, including GNU / Linux distribution repositories. Most widely used video and audio codecs are included in the application for an hassle free video playback experience. VLC Media Player is known to be one of the most popular media player applications because of its ability to play all types of videos without requiring a codec package. But did you know that VLC Media Player has already penetrated 3 billion downloads in its countdown at their outlet at CES 2019. Who does not know about VLC Media Player, a cross-platform application that is available on almost all operating systems, namely Mac and Linux, even myself as a Linux user using VLC as the main media player besides Rythmbox and Clementine.