playwright vs puppeteer
Estimated humans, week by week
- playwright
- puppeteer
- npm downloads (same color, dashed)
The 12-month chart is drawn in the browser from the npm API.
playwright vs puppeteer: which is more popular?
| package | npm / week | humans / week | inflation | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| playwright | 158,889,509 | 158,858,542–158,889,509 | less than 1% | high |
| puppeteer | 15,498,241 | 15,484,289–15,498,241 | less than 1% | high |
Snapshot from the daily build of Nov 3, 2026, last 7 days of npm data. With JavaScript on, this page recomputes it live with a 12-month chart.
By estimated real human installs, playwright is ahead of puppeteer by about 10×: about 158,883,752 vs 15,492,162 a week. npm's raw counts are 158,889,509 for playwright and 15,498,241 for puppeteer, which include mirrors, scanners and crawlers.
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 an honest confidence level.