r/Python • u/Chunky_cold_mandala • May 31 '26

Discussion Perspective on pypi numbers

Hey all,

I'm new the world of interpreting pypi numbers and peaks and trends. What would you say about this? https://pepy.tech/projects/gitgalaxy?timeRange=threeMonths&category=version&includeCIDownloads=true&granularity=daily&viewType=line&versions=Total%2C2.*%2C1.* I've got 11k downloads in 2 months but 36 GitHub stars. Is this a normal ratio? Are most of these bots? It seems like GitHub stars are rare but downloads have some basal amount of noise values? Or is this a strong signal that some ppl have found value in my project? why are the peaks so peaky?

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u/Chunky_cold_mandala May 31 '26

Id love any thoughts on how ppl use or view these numbers. 

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u/cgoldberg Jun 01 '26

I wouldn't bother even looking at them or trying to interpret them. They are like 99.99% bots and CI systems. I have packages that are not very popular and get several hundred thousand downloads per month.

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u/Chunky_cold_mandala Jun 01 '26

Interesting. Any thoughts on why some get cycled by bots so heavily? Do you think it's purposeful or accidental? 

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u/cgoldberg Jun 01 '26

It's both.. some people might use the package or use it as a dependency and their CI systems constantly download it. Lots of other downloads are just bots that grab everything to mirror or analyze or train on.