npm MCP servers: the downloads a solo publisher actually gets
npm search for "mcp server" (403,857 fuzzy matches), the first 2,500 results scanned, packages with at most two maintainers kept (2,157), a seeded random sample of 168 checked for 30-day downloads and creation date.
| Downloads, 30 days | Value |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | 374 |
| Median | 939 |
| 75th percentile | 2,516 |
| 90th percentile | 7,962 |
| Maximum in sample | 364,578 |
| Published to in the last 90 days | 58.3% |
Downloads on npm include CI installs and mirrors, so real users are a fraction of these counts. Survivorship: the search index ranks by popularity and quality, so this sample overstates what a new package reaches.
Top of the sample
| Package | Downloads/30d | Created | Maintainers |
|---|---|---|---|
| agentation-mcp | 364,578 | 2026-02-04 | 1 |
| next-devtools-mcp | 354,149 | 2025-10-15 | 1 |
| @hasna/todos | 162,795 | 2026-02-15 | 1 |
| slack-mcp-server-linux-amd64 | 73,234 | 2025-04-23 | 1 |
| @gongrzhe/server-gmail-autoauth-mcp | 71,879 | 2024-12-26 | 1 |
| dataforseo-mcp-server | 51,524 | 2025-05-12 | 1 |
| figma-console-mcp | 46,736 | 2025-11-08 | 1 |
| mcp-searxng | 43,279 | 2025-04-14 | 1 |
| @negokaz/excel-mcp-server | 42,289 | 2025-02-18 | 1 |
| kubernetes-mcp-server | 37,809 | 2025-02-14 | 1 |
| @coding-solo/godot-mcp | 14,345 | 2026-02-03 | 1 |
| tokportal-mcp | 13,910 | 2026-02-12 | 1 |
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