• npm download counts are closer to the number of times the npm registry actually transfers a package tarball than to the number of local installs or CI runs. A pnpm store hit or CI cache hit therefore does not increase the count.
blog.npmjs.orgnpm Blog Archive: numeric precision matters: how npm download counts worknpm Blog (Archive); updates from the npm team are now published on the GitHub Blog and the GitHub Changelog (opens in a new window)