zod vs yup
Estimated humans, week by week
- zod
- yup
- npm downloads (same color, dashed)
The 12-month chart is drawn in the browser from the npm API.
zod vs yup: which is more popular?
| package | npm / week | humans / week | inflation | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zod | 446,662,406 | 446,608,065–446,662,406 | less than 1% | high |
| yup | 16,204,821 | 16,196,384–16,204,821 | 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, zod is ahead of yup by about 28×: about 446,650,334 vs 16,204,435 a week. npm's raw counts are 446,662,406 for zod and 16,204,821 for yup, 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.