marked vs markdown-it
Real installs, week by week
- marked
- markdown-it
- npm downloads (same color, dashed)
The 12-month chart is drawn in the browser from the npm API.
marked vs markdown-it: which is more popular?
| package | npm / week | real installs / week | noise | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| marked | 125,671,592 | 126M | under 1% | high |
| markdown-it | 39,170,294 | 39.2M | under 1% | high |
Noise: the share of npm's count that mirror spikes and crawlers account for. What remains still includes CI and dependency installs.
Snapshot from the daily build of Nov 6, 2026, last 7 days of npm data. With JavaScript on, this page recomputes it live with a 12-month chart.
By real installs, marked is ahead of markdown-it by about 3.2×: about 126M vs 39.2M a week. npm's raw counts are 125,671,592 for marked and 39,170,294 for markdown-it, which include mirrors, scanners and crawlers. Mirror spikes and crawlers removed. CI and dependency installs still count, so this is not a head count.
How the estimate works
- Cut the spike every new version gets from mirrors in its first days.
- Subtract the flat floor robots download from every version each week.
- Show what is left as a range, with a confidence level. It still includes CI and dependency installs, so it is not a count of people.