NPM Downloads

Overview NPM Download Trends track how frequently specific software packages are downloaded from the NPM registry over time. In TickerTrends, this data is used as a proxy for real world developer adoption, product usage, and infrastructure demand. It is especially powerful for monitoring growth in SaaS platforms, developer tools, APIs, and cloud infrastructure companies.

Historical Length Historical coverage varies by package but typically spans from the package’s initial release date through present. For many major packages, this provides 3+ years of continuous daily history.

Granularity Daily data is the default for NPM downloads. In TickerTrends, we standardize these daily counts into consistent time series so users can analyze short term product releases as well as long term platform adoption cycles.

Update Frequency Data is updated daily. Users generally see less than a week of lag between real world developer activity and availability inside TickerTrends.

Methodology NPM provides raw daily download counts for individual packages. We ingest this data directly and normalize it for consistency across time. This allows users to focus on relative changes in developer adoption rather than absolute download counts, while still retaining the ability to analyze raw volume when needed.

Example Visualization

Use Cases

• Track real time adoption of developer platforms, APIs, and cloud services.

• Detect early growth in software tools before revenue is reported.

• Monitor demand for SDKs tied to public companies such as payments, data infrastructure, and AI tooling.

• Identify competitive shifts between open source platforms and proprietary software products.