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Packages w/ +1 Million monthly downloads
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| const downloadCounts = require('download-counts'); | |
| const entries = Object.entries(downloadCounts); | |
| console.log(`Total packages in dataset: ${entries.length.toLocaleString()}\n`); | |
| // Count packages at various download thresholds | |
| const thresholds = [ | |
| 1_000_000, | |
| 5_000_000, | |
| 10_000_000, | |
| 50_000_000, | |
| 100_000_000, | |
| ]; | |
| for (const threshold of thresholds) { | |
| const count = entries.filter(([, downloads]) => downloads >= threshold).length; | |
| console.log(`Packages with ${(threshold / 1_000_000).toLocaleString()}M+ monthly downloads: ${count.toLocaleString()}`); | |
| } | |
| // Get top 50 packages | |
| console.log('\n--- Top 50 packages by monthly downloads ---'); | |
| const sorted = entries.sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1]); | |
| sorted.slice(0, 50).forEach(([name, downloads], i) => { | |
| console.log(`${String(i + 1).padStart(3)}. ${name.padEnd(40)} ${downloads.toLocaleString()}`); | |
| }); | |
| // Distribution analysis for 1M+ packages | |
| const millionPlus = entries.filter(([, d]) => d >= 1_000_000); | |
| console.log(`\n--- Distribution of ${millionPlus.length.toLocaleString()} packages with 1M+ downloads ---`); | |
| const buckets = [ | |
| [1_000_000, 5_000_000, '1M - 5M'], | |
| [5_000_000, 10_000_000, '5M - 10M'], | |
| [10_000_000, 50_000_000, '10M - 50M'], | |
| [50_000_000, 100_000_000, '50M - 100M'], | |
| [100_000_000, 500_000_000, '100M - 500M'], | |
| [500_000_000, Infinity, '500M+'], | |
| ]; | |
| for (const [low, high, label] of buckets) { | |
| const count = millionPlus.filter(([, d]) => d >= low && d < high).length; | |
| console.log(` ${label.padEnd(15)} ${String(count).padStart(6)} packages`); | |
| } | |
| // Filter out obvious scoped/internal packages to estimate "real" packages | |
| const scopedCount = millionPlus.filter(([name]) => name.startsWith('@')).length; | |
| const unscopedCount = millionPlus.length - scopedCount; | |
| console.log(`\nOf ${millionPlus.length.toLocaleString()} packages with 1M+ downloads:`); | |
| console.log(` Scoped (@org/pkg): ${scopedCount.toLocaleString()}`); | |
| console.log(` Unscoped: ${unscopedCount.toLocaleString()}`); |
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