Popcorn Time
Shares rank 28 of 30 music players by recommenders
Free, open-source app for streaming movies that people run on their own machine, now rebuilt as Popcorn Time R3 with an integrated EVM wallet.
5 people recommended Popcorn Time in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 2
The record
Recommended in 4 of 12 months
In 6 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 6 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 20% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 7 of the 8 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free and open source
“Free software clients like Popcorn Time provide a better experience and would be able to exist without threats from copyright trolls.”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Congress Just Rushed Through a Disastrous Copyright Office Overhaul” “open source, nobody owns it, nobody hosts it, you run it and creates a server you can use, simple”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits” Rebuilt on R3 with EVM wallet
“Revolutionary comeback: Popcorn Time rebuilt on R3 architecture with integrated EVM wallet”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Popcorn Time R3 – The Reboot on Ethereum” “Result: Netflix-like streaming + creator payments + reputation, all on pure flux”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “IR³Pidgins – Universal Language via Pure Flux”
Other music players people recommend
The four most recommended other music players, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLC media player | 139 | 31 | 79 | 64% | 12 | — | — |
| mpv media player | 68 | 11 | 11 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Infuse video player | 61 | 14 | 9 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Winamp | 53 | 6 | 6 | 90% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Popcorn TimeThis page | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
Also compared with Kodi, foobar2000, iTunes and Plexamp.
What people said
7 of the 8 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a standard auto update mechanism coded in a insecure way”
“basically streaming illegal pirated movies to begin with”
“open source, nobody owns it, nobody hosts it, you run it and creates a server you can use, simple”
“Free software clients like Popcorn Time provide a better experience and would be able to exist without threats from copyright trolls.”
“Result: Netflix-like streaming + creator payments + reputation, all on pure flux”
“Revolutionary comeback: Popcorn Time rebuilt on R3 architecture with integrated EVM wallet”
“Popcorn Time back in the day made that hurdle trivial.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 3 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.