On MELPA website, the number of downloads of each package is given.
I am wondering if one can see this info within Emacs. It seems that the built-in package installer list-package does not provide this info.
I know the package paradox can give the popularity of many packages on github. I just interested in the numbers of downloads.
Paradox can show it
paradox-display-download-count is a variable defined in `paradox-menu.el'. Its value is nil
You can customize this variable.
This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in version 1.2.3 of the paradox package.
Documentation: If non-nil, adds a "Download" column to the Package Menu.
You can also use the HTTP API (https://melpa.org/download_counts.json) directly, e.g.,
$ curl https://melpa.org/download_counts.json | jq .magit
2502996
Another choice is https://github.com/emacscollective/epkg via M-x epkg-list-packages, it shows GitHub stars and Melpa downloads out-of-box.
Don't forget it's Melpa downloads count, other elpas such as gnu elpa does not have such info, and people sometimes use Melpa through Melpa mirrors, the downloads count is not included.
