You can get download numbers for PyPI packages (or projects) from a Google BigQuery dataset. You need a Google account and credentials, and Google gives 1 TiB of free quota per month. Each month, I have automation to fetch the download numbers for the 8,000 most popular packages over the past 30 days, and make it available as more accessible JSON and CSV files at Top PyPI Packages. This data is widely used for research in academia and industry. However, as more packages and releases are uploa...
