Since this is on the topic of package popularity, this blog post on the metrics of gem (package) popularity in Ruby by Loren Segal may be of interest (arguably a roughly similar problem): http://gnuu.org/2011/10/19/gem-downloads-and-usage/
On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:03:31 PM UTC+10, Michael Smith wrote: > > Is there some sort of way to rank the popularity of Julia packages? > Haven't found anything like that (and apologies if I have missed > anything). > > The reason I'm asking is that, although I am aware that relying purely > on rankings has several disadvantages, I still do believe that there are > some strong advantages in having a rough idea about what the really > important (or widely-used) packages are. > > This is particularly important considering the fact that the number of > Julia packages is increasing, and for newbies it will be difficult to > find their way around. > > Thanks, > > M >
