playwright vs selenium-webdriver
Real installs, week by week
- playwright
- selenium-webdriver
- npm downloads (same color, dashed)
The 12-month chart is drawn in the browser from the npm API.
playwright vs selenium-webdriver: which is more popular?
| package | npm / week | real installs / week | noise | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| playwright | 165,327,020 | 165M | under 1% | high |
| selenium-webdriver | 2,083,342 | 2.08M | 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, playwright is ahead of selenium-webdriver by about 79×: about 165M vs 2.08M a week. npm's raw counts are 165,327,020 for playwright and 2,083,342 for selenium-webdriver, 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.