CPAN - Number of visits
Number of visits per month of search.cpan.org between January 1, 2008 and December 2018.
Number of visits per month of MetaCPAN since January 1, 2012.
search.cpan.org
MetaCPAN
The numbers
Month Visitors search.cpan.org metacpan.org total 2007.12 [5.10] 2008.01 - 2008.02 1,000,290 [1] 2008.03 1,042,169 2008.04 1,048,412 2008.05 985,663 2008.06 968,795 2008.07 1,001,548 2008.08 933,413 2008.09 994,815 2008.10 1,069,012 2008.11 1,012,150 2008.12 941,947
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2009.01 1,028,464 2009.02 1,067,971 2009.03 1,212,738 [2] 2009.04 1,112,808 2009.05 1,069,955 2009.06 1,100,949 2009.07 1,085,277 2009.08 1,047,793 2009.09 994,958 2009.10 968,173 2009.11 1,011,361 2009.12 865,705
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2010.01 919,869 2010.02 905,773 2010.03 1,036,467 2010.04 940,779 [5.12] 2010.05 862,653 2010.06 890,757 2010.07 859,316 2010.08 876,347 2010.09 893,920 2010.10 908,425 2010.11 905,158 2010.12 797,371
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2011.01 893,726 2011.02 861,803 2011.03 965,763 2011.04 877,691 2011.05 924,219 [5.14] 2011.06 886,395 2011.07 851,642 [3] 2011.08 1,018,779 2011.09 1,015,420 2011.10 1,029,273 2011.11 1,023,834 2011.12 923,987
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2012.01 973,075 95,412 1,068,487 2012.02 994,306 69,654 1,063,960 2012.03 1,001,995 81,259 1,083,254 2012.04 915,999 79,128 995,127 2012.05 925,247 76,381 1,001,528 2012.06 848,703 70,343 919,046 2012.07 851,363 71,139 922,502 2012.08 848,747 73,557 922,304 2012.09 816,021 73,015 889,036 2012.10 916,270 86,051 1,002,321 2012.11 851,380 81,319 932,699 2012.12 742,564 82,138 824,702
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2013.01 875,239 100,380 975,619 2013.02 854,261 107,042 961,303 2013.03 903,095 117,850 1,020,945 2013.04 888,229 114,239 902,468 2013.05 834,164 118,846 953,010 2013.06 799,406 113,846 913,252 2013.07 838,014 115,676 953,690 2013.08 786,665 115,208 901,873 2013.09 785,661 123,264 908,925 2013.10 846,434 146,515 992,949 2013.11 792,454 152,871 945,325 2013.12 700,382 137,474 837,856
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2014.01 781,348 158,503 939,851 2014.02 757,401 145,752 903,153 2014.03 803,466 141,660 945,126 2014.04 753,414 128,922 882,336 2014.05 650,066 152,851 802,917 2014.06 600.162 166,066 766,228 2014.07 611,084 177,210 788,294 2014.08 661,358 156,138 817,496 2014.09 695,265 158,830 854,095 2014.10 711,058 172,626 883,684 2014.11 655,059 168,229 823,288 2014.12 597,417 174,198 771,615
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2015.01 664,128 184,328 848,456 2015.02 621,171 175,485 796,656 2015.03 679,298 197,803 [5] 877,101 2015.04 605,016 190,344 795,360 2015.05 596,245 178,475 774,720 2015.06 593,134 184,750 777,884 2015.07 606.013 176.297 782,310 2015.08 543,797 164,816 708,613 2015.09 563,210 166,250 729,460 2015.10 572,557 169,535 742,092 2015.11 527,391 156,645 683,036 2015.12 472,519 143,915 616,434
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
2016.01 492,918 148,241 641,159 2016.02 515,300 153,744 669,044 2016.03 543,839 169,950 713,789 2016.04 508,157 161,126 669,283 2016.05 497,321 161,336 658,657 2016.06 468,606 154,003 622,609 2016.07 439,082 148,734 587,816 2016.08 464,306 163,913 628,219 2016.09 459,591 159,339 618,930 2016.10 453,875 159,270 612,145 2016.11 447,475 162,654 610,129 2016.12 389,318 154,980 544,298
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
Month Visitors
2017.01 432,064 155,142 587,206 2017.02 417,079 157,449 574,528 2017.03 460,839 170,304 631,143 2017.04 393,994 148,998 542,992 2017.05 423,902 158,229 582,131 2017.06 408,535 159,279 567,814 2017.07 385,929 158,399 544,328 2017.08 374,964 178,229 553,193 2017.09 363,689 140,788 504,477 2017.10 384,385 144,716 529,013 2017.11 381,200 143,256 524,456 2017.12 315,079 123,480 [7] 438,559 [4]
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
Month Visitors
2018.01 355,107 141.532 496,639 2018.02 339,366 149,183 488,549 2018.03 328,993 163,407 492,400 2018.04 283,986 [6] 169,513 453,499 2018.05 294,176 181,892 476,068 2018.06 211,627 [8] 207,698 419,325 [?] 2018.07 1,537 352,269 354,806 2018.08 484 389,088 389,512 2018.09 261 380,064 380,325 2018.10 104 465,367 [9] 465,471 2018.11 88 454,161 454,249 2018.12 99 401,127 401,236
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
Month Visitors
2019.01 0 447,333 2019.02 0 417,731 2019.03 0 423,432 2019.04 0 394,025 2019.05 0 405,771 2019.06 0 384,441 2019.07 0 406,751 2019.08 0 393,963 2019.09 0 381,562 2019.10 0 404,004 2019.11 0 405,352 2019.12 0 376,479
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
Month Visitors
2020.01 0 378,850 2020.02 0 359,300 2020.03 0 367,059 2020.04 0 381,072 2020.05 0 386,734 2020.06 0 380,981 2020.07 0 370,093 2020.08 0 338,276 2020.09 0 427,217 2020.10 0 398,860 2020.11 0 377,555 2020.12 0 358,837
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
Month Visitors
2021.01 0 371,234 2021.02 0 350,430 2021.03 0 399,510 2021.04 0 412,077 2021.05 0 352,353 2021.06 0 297,665 2021.07 0 254,037 2021.08 0 246,044 2021.09 0 241,605 2021.10 0 251,110 2021.11 0 248,165 2021.12 0 232,233
search.cpan.org metacpan.org total
Month Visitors
2022.01 0 236,831 2022.02 0 228,274 2022.03 0 255,452 2022.04 0 232,601 2022.05 0 232,756 2022.06 0 234,548 2022.07 0 224,303 2022.08 0 350,704 2022.09 0 249,304 2022.10 0 238,940 2022.11 0 230,317 2022.12 0 221,982
2023.01 0 232,001 2023.02 0 255,882 2023.03 0 227,041 2023.04 0 197,352 2023.05 0 203,506 2023.06 0 212,537 2023.07 0 196,382 2023.08 0 200,289 2023.09 0 194,661 2023.10 0 25,391 [10]
[1] Apparently Google Analytics was added to search.cpan.org during January 2008.
[2] 2009.03 had the highest number of total visits to search.cpan.org : 1,212,738.
[3] MetaCPAN went live on July 13, 2011, but it did not have Google Analytics until the end of the same year.
[4] 2017.12 had the lowest number of visits to CPAN (search.cpan.org + MetaCPAN).
[5] 2015.03 had the highest number of visits to MetaCPAN before removing search.cpan.org.
[6] 2018.04 had the lowest number of visits to search.cpan.org.
[7] 2017.12 had the lowest number of visits to MetaCPAN since its first peak.
[8] On 2018.06.24 all the traffic from search.cpan.org was redirected to MetaCPAN.
[9] 2018.10 had the highest number of visits to MetaCPAN.
[5.8] 2002.07.18 release of perl 5.8
[5.10] 2007-12-18 release of perl 5.10
[5.12] 2010-04-12 release of perl 5.12
[5.14] 2011-05-14 release of perl 5.14
[10] Google introduced a new analytics system. This one has not received any traffic since October 5, 2023. I don't have access to the new stats.
Average monthly visitors and annual change in %
(In 1000s)
2008: (1000+1042+1048+985+968+1001+933+994+1069+1012+941)/11 = 999 2009: (1028+1067+1212+1112+1069+1100+1085+1047+994+968+1011+865)/12 = 1046 +4% 2010: (919+905+1036+940+862+890+859+876+893+908+905+797)/12 = 899 -14% 2011: (893+861+965+877+924+886+851+1018+1015+1029+1023)/12 = 861 -4% 2012: (1068+1063+1083+995+1001+919+922+922+889+1002+932+824)/12 = 968 +12% 2013: (975+961+1020+902+953+913+953+901+908+992+945+837)/12 = 938 -3% 2014: (939+903+945+882+802+766+788+817+854+883+823+771)/12 = 847 -10% 2015: (848+796+877+795+774+777+782+708+729+742+983+616)/12 = 785 -8% 2016: (641+669+713+669+658+622+587+628+618+612+610+544)/12 = 630 -20% 2017: (587+574+631+542+582+567+544+553+504+529+524+438)/12 = 547 -13% 2018: (496+488+492+453+476+419+354+389+380+465+454+401)/12 = 438 -20% 2019: (447+417+423+394+405+384+406+393+381+404+405+376)/12 = 402 -9% 2020: (379+359+367+381+387+381+370+338+427+398+377+358)/12 = 376 -7% 2021: (371+350+399+412+352+297+254+246+241+251+248+232)/12 = 304 -19% 2022: (237+228+255+233+233+235+224+350+249+239+230+222)/12 = 244 -19% 2023: (232+256+227+197+204+213+196+200+195)/9 = 213 -13%