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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.

24,395
Packages
71%
Passing checks
78%
Top-1% download share
+347
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
1.5M
ERROR
7
1.4M
ERROR
8
1.4M
ERROR
9
1.3M
ERROR
10
1.2M
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
6,037
ERROR
2
2,999
ERROR
3
2,519
ERROR
4
2,353
ERROR
5
1,908
ERROR
6
1,836
ERROR
7
1,033
ERROR
8
774
ERROR
9
704
ERROR
10
691
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
+61500%
2026-06-29
2
+2662.5%
2026-06-21
3
+2253.9%
2025-11-13
4
+1410.5%
2026-04-03
5
+930.2%
2026-04-13
6
+927%
2026-06-15
7
+751.7%
2026-02-04
8
+373.5%
2026-06-12
9
+224%
2025-12-11
10
+129.9%
2026-04-21

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
1,033
53 mo
2
818
53 mo
3
697
51 mo
4
679
28 mo
5
647
33 mo
6
569
22 mo
7
469
85 mo
8
448
29 mo
9
393
19 mo
10
391
25 mo