Top 20 most downloaded Classic skins

[ariszlo]

It is better to keep all these lists together, so from now on I will post all Classic skin download stats in this thread.

Previous lists:

• 1001Skins Top 20 Classic Skins
• Winaero Top 20 Classic Skins
• Winamp Classic top 20 at DeviantArt

See also:

• Top 20 most downloaded cPro skins
• Top 20 most downloaded Modern skins

[ariszlo]

Although you can no longer browse skins at Winamp.com, the Wayback Machine has archived the stats for us.

All of these skins are still available at the Nullsoft archive but since it is blacklisted by Google Safe Browsing, alternate download links will also be provided.

1. Nucleo NLog v2G (2003): 9,096,474 downloads
   [Nullsoft] - [1001Skins] - [AllWinampSkins.com] - [DeviantArt] - [Skinz.org]
   
2. Slick ReduX (2009): 3,812,048 downloads
   [Nullsoft] - [1001Skins] - [Winaero]
   
3. KalaK Amp (2003): 3,670,794 downloads
   [Nullsoft (single skin)] - [WinCustomize (color pack)] - [1001Skins (single skin)] - [AllWinampSkins.com (single skin)]
   
4. S2 High End (2005): 3,340,304
   [Nullsoft (single skin)] - [DeviantArt (color pack)] - [1001Skins (single skin)]
   
5. TRiNiTY (2005): 2,927,381
   [Nullsoft] - [dpedu.io] - [winampskins.info]
   
6. PLAYshadeV2 (2005): 2,478,890
   [Nullsoft] - [dpedu.io] - [winampskins.info]
   
7. T i t a n i u m (2005): 1,637,441
   [Nullsoft] - [AllWinampSkins.com]
   
8. Remnant (2010): 1,495,163
   [Nullsoft] - [1001Skins] - [DeviantArt] - [Winaero]
   
9. Boxster Amp (2003): 1,490,628
   [Nullsoft] - [1001Skins] - [AllWinampSkins.com]
   
10. Sony wx-5500mdx (2003): 1,347,310
    [Nullsoft] - [1001Skins] - [DeviantArt]
    
11. Bunker (2004): 1,338,933
    [Nullsoft] - [ripe.tk (author's site)] - [1001Skins] - [WinCustomize]
    
12. WinampMP11 (2006): 1,325,717
    [Nullsoft] - [DeviantArt]
    
13. Expensive Hi-Fi 1.2 (2003): 1,228,940
    [Nullsoft] - [1001Skins] - [AllWinampSkins.com]
    
14. Aqua X (2003): 1,072,544
    [Nullsoft] - [AllWinampSkins.com]
    
15. 42 (2000): 1,056,564
    [Nullsoft] - [dpedu.io]
    
16. n3ON (2007): 1,017,859
    [Nullsoft] - [DeviantArt] - [WinCustomize]
    
17. Νike 2005 (2005): 909,280
    [Nullsoft] - [DeviantArt] - [WinCustomize]
    
18. Hand-Written v5 (2006): 860,010
    [Nullsoft] - [dpedu.io] - [winampskins.info]
    
19. Cold-Pak (2003): 783,091
    [Nullsoft] - [ripe.tk (author's site)] - [dpedu.io] - [winampskins.info]
    
20. hcdev (2003): 724,145 downloads
    [Nullsoft] - [dpedu.io] - [winampskins.info]
    

[ariszlo]

Skinbase lost most of its skin previews in 2015 but links to other sites are provided to preview the skins there.

Unreadable skins with black text on a black background are excluded from the list.

1. Energy Amplifier (2003): 128,259 downloads
   Preview
   → Download the latest version updated for Winamp 5 from the Nullsoft archive
   
2. Sony wx-5500mdx (2002): 18,558 downloads
   Preview
   → Download the latest version updated for Winamp 5 from 1001Skins
   
3. Remake Color Pack 7 in 1 (2004): 14,661 downloads
   Preview
   
4. Rapture (2003): 13,389
   Preview
   
5. High Contrast Amp (2004): 10,707
   Preview
   
6. united.Rock (2005): 10,344
   Preview
   
7. E_0008 (2003): 10,115
   Preview, Color Pack
   
8. Aqua Metallic final version (2005): 10,085
   Preview
   
9. GIR AMP (2005): 9,767
   Preview
   
10. TWS Sunburn (2005): 9,404
    Preview
    
11. H2so4 (2002): 9,030
    Preview
    
12. Nucleo REVO (2003): 8,291
    Preview
    
13. Red Cobra (2003): 8,213
    Preview
    
14. Winamp Modern Light Skin (2006): 7,739
    Preview
    
15. ZePh (2004): 7,672
    Preview
    
16. XXX Winamp Classic (2005): 7,391
    Preview
    
17. Misanthrope III (2003): 7,005
    Preview
    
18. 4JL Winamp Classic (2005): 6,597
    Preview
    → Download the latest version from WinCustomize
    
19. Skulls inc Cross (2007): 6,472
    Preview
    → Download the latest version from WinCustomize
    
20. Crystal KDE (2002): 6,114
    Preview
    

[ariszlo]

AllWinampSkins.com was a crisp online gallery of Winamp skins by a fan of Natalie Imbruglia. Its collection was finalized in 2005 and the site was up until the end of the past summer.

1. Blizzard v2.0: 169,524 downloads
   → Download latest version from 1001 Skins
   
2. Expensive Hi-Fi v1.2: 112,027 downloads
   → Download from 1001 Skins, Nullsoft or winampskins.info
   
3. Hand Written: 86,217 downloads
   → Download latest version from or Nullsoft or winampskins.info
   
4. Black Dawn: 72,543 downloads
   → Download from Nullsoft
   
5. KalaK Amp: 56,277 downloads
   → Download color pack from customize.org or WinCustomize
   
6. Winamp 5: 56,006 downloads
   → Download Winamp5 Classified v5.5 from Nullsoft
   
7. BMW Club Belarus: 51,070 downloads
   → Download from Nullsoft
   
8. Denon Antique: 43,660 downloads
   → Download v1.5 from 1001 Skins or winampskins.info
   
9. My First Sony 2: 42,251 downloads
   → Download from Nullsoft or winampskins.info
   
10. Breeder Unit: 42,206 downloads
    → Download from breedArt, 1001 Skins or Nullsoft
    
11. Energy Amplifier: 40,268 downloads
    → Download Energy Amplifier v5 from Nullsoft or winampskins.info
    
12. HiFi 3: 39,932 downloads
    → Download latest version from customize.org
    
13. Halloween Town (aka The Nightmare Before Christmas): 39,234 downloads
    → Download from 1001 Skins, DeviantArt, WinCustomize, Nullsoft or winampskins.info
    
14. Aqua X: 38,872 downloads
    → Download from Nullsoft or winampskins.info
    
15. Nucleo AlienMind: 36,659 downloads
    → Download latest version from Nullsoft or winampskins.info
    
16. C U J A M: 35,582 downloads
    → Download latest version from ripewinampskins or Nullsoft
    
17. Aiwa NSX: 34,966 downloads
    → Download from Nullsoft or winampskins.info
    
18. Beautiful Elizabeth Hurley: 34,295 downloads
    → Download from Nullsoft
    
19. FIFFASamp V2a blue: 34,179 downloads
    → Download from Nullsoft
    
20. Dark Skull: 33,215 downloads
    → Download latest version from mercioner or 1001 Skins
    

[ariszlo]

1. FONY (2002): 87,673 downloads
   
2. C2 (2006): 33,671 downloads
   
3. Vizor (2002-02-24) and Vizor (2002-09-01): 23,768 + 7,411 = 31,179 downloads
   → Download latest version from Nullsoft
   
4. Genesis (2001): 27,391 downloads
   
5. Zaxon Remake (2001): 25,056 downloads
   → Download latest version from WinCustomize
   
6. Pestilance (2001-09-24) and Pestilance (2001-10-03): 22,169 + 1,257 = 23,426 downloads
   → Download latest version
   
7. Mac OS X v1.5 (Graphite) (2003): 23,324 downloads
   
8. Mac OS X v1.5 (Aqua) (2003): 23,097 downloads
   
9. CHROMEngine_Indigo (2002): 22,009 downloads
   → Download CHROMEngine Indigo v5 (2005) from Nullsoft or winampskins.info
   
10. Science (2001): 19,670 downloads
    
11. GSM (2007): 19,112 downloads
    
12. WSWA ECNMY skin pack (2007): 19,065 downloads
    
13. Smooth Stripes Gloss (2003): 18,000 downloads
    
14. minimalistic_black (2007): 17,115 downloads
    
15. E_0008 (2003): 15,951 downloads
    → Check out the E_0008 Color Pack at DeviantArt
    
16. Secret Spyamp (2002-05-19) and Secret Spyamp (2002-06-26): 13,090 + 1,750 = 14,840 downloads
    → Download latest version
    
17. TopazAmp (1999): 14,737 downloads
    → Download TopazAmp v5 (2005) from Nullsoft or winampskins.info
    
18. Cyanian (2007): 14,555 downloads
    
19. blazeamp (2002) and blazeamp 3 - colorpack (2003): 9,970 + 3,390 = 13,360 downloads
    → Download the color pack
    
20. Nano Winamp (color pack) (2004): 12,870 downloads
    

[ariszlo]

This is today’s snapshot of the most downloaded Winamp Classic skins at WinCustomize.

1. Sputnik (2001): 73,167 downloads
   
2. Leather Box (2001): 69,333 downloads
   
3. Winamp XP (2001): 55,590 downloads
   
4. Winamp XP Metallic (2001): 39,297
   
5. Pioneer OEL (2002): 38,621
   
6. Matrix Xtream (2005): 33,402
   
7. Pioneer Special Edition (2001): 28,198
   
8. iBDE V4 For Winamp (2001): 27,760
   
9. Tronnix (2005): 26,435
   
10. WinAquaAmp (2001): 25,656
    
11. GT3 (2006): 25,336
    
12. XP AMP (2001): 25,223
    
13. iTuned (2003): 25,085
    
14. HiFi 3 (2001): 24,483
    → Download latest verstion from Customize.org
    
15. RIPoste Blue (2003): 24,017
    
16. Skinister-Amp (2006): 23,440
    
17. Zippo (2004): 18,663
    
18. advance4 (2003): 17,052
    
19. iBDE HiFi V5 Blue (2002): 17,042
    
20. Attacker (2001): 16,369
    

[ariszlo]

Skin Consortium was a community of coders and designers of Modern skins but they also accepted Classic skins. The two Classic skins hosted at Skin Consortium were:

1. IroniseSC (2007): 14,335 downloads
   A color variant of Ironise: [1001 Skins] – [DeviantArt] – [Nullsoft]
   
2. FusionAmp WA-2 (2009): 10,397 downloads
   Download latest version from Wildrose-Wally’s
   

[Creator]

oooohh - there's so many to choose from

[ariszlo]

Thank you for your comment. It made me recheck the download numbers at Skin Consortium and, to my regret, I found that I gave the number of page views instead of downloads for IroniseSC. So here is the fixed ranking:

1. FusionAmp WA-2 (2009): 10,397 downloads
   Download latest version from Wildrose-Wally’s
2. IroniseSC (2007): 3,502 downloads
   A color variant of Ironise: [1001 Skins] – [DeviantArt] – [Nullsoft]

The download numbers of FusionAmp WA-2 were checked on September 7, 2017 when the downloads were already broken but the skin pages were still accessible. The download numbers of IroniseSC were recovered from archive.org.

[OffTheMapTravel]

Interesting read dude

[avxs]

Some real classics there!

[jakjakjak]

Haha Nucleo NLog is SUCH a classic!

[Croccultist]

nice ranking

[ethanaidenies]

Hi Interesting read dude

[ariszlo]

Found IroniseSC.

[kleopartitia]

This is beautyful for me

[DeviLinge]

yep, there was a time!