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Insights

Where CRAN packages stand. Each board shows the top ten with its noise floor stated; rankings refresh as the pipelines run.

24,331
Packages
71%
Passing checks
78%
Top-1% download share
+349
Net growth (30d)

Popular but at risk

Packages with a WARNING or ERROR CRAN check, ordered by 30-day downloads: the failing packages whose breakage reaches the most users.

Downloads (30d)
1
2.1M
ERROR
2
2M
ERROR
3
1.7M
ERROR
4
1.7M
ERROR
5
1.6M
ERROR
6
1.4M
ERROR
7
1.4M
ERROR
8
1.3M
ERROR
9
1.2M
ERROR
10
1.1M
ERROR

Load-bearing but fragile

Widely depended-on packages that currently have a WARNING or ERROR check. Ordered by distinct direct reverse-dependents.

Dependents
1
2,987
ERROR
2
2,510
ERROR
3
2,345
ERROR
4
1,899
ERROR
5
1,834
ERROR
6
1,170
ERROR
7
1,032
ERROR
8
769
ERROR
9
702
ERROR
10
690
ERROR

Rising newcomers

First published in the last 12 months and growing fast. Packages under 1,000 downloads in the last 30 days are excluded as noise.

Trend
1
+1360.7%
2025-11-13
2
+1136.1%
2026-06-15
3
+783.2%
2026-04-03
4
+680.1%
2026-02-04
5
+590.7%
2026-04-13
6
+196%
2025-12-11
7
+141.6%
2026-01-14
8
+92.9%
2026-05-29
9
+73.2%
2025-11-04
10
+70%
2026-06-09

Abandoned but depended-on

No new version in 18 months, yet many packages still depend on them. Ordered by distinct direct reverse-dependents.

Dependents
1
1,032
53 mo
2
818
53 mo
3
696
51 mo
4
675
28 mo
5
648
33 mo
6
568
22 mo
7
470
85 mo
8
446
29 mo
9
391
25 mo
10
390
19 mo