Rust crate owner · data Oct 24, 2026
pcwalton: Rust crates and real downloads
Every crate pcwalton can publish on crates.io, among the top 1000. pcwalton on GitHub · on crates.io
Short answerPatrick Walton (crates.io pcwalton) owns 4 of the 1000 most-downloaded Rust crates. Together they get about 2,853,261 real downloads a day on quiet days (release-day spikes removed), rank #119 of the 492 owners we track. The biggest is core-foundation at 1,508,076 a day with 523 crates depending on it. 2 shipped a release in the last 90 days; 3 are gaining on the field and 0 losing ground.
Their crates, by real downloads
| Crate | Real downloads a day | Dependents | Trend vs field | Last release | crates.io rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| core-foundation Established | 1,508,076 | 523 | -2% | 17mo | #284 |
| string_cache Pulled in | 605,733 | 78 | +18% | 2mo | #587 |
| cssparser Established | 431,240 | 223 | +12% | 47d | #890 |
| core-graphics Established | 308,212 | 244 | +14% | 17mo | #991 |
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Owners: crates.io owners API (users only; teams are not listed), fetched Oct 24, 2026. Real downloads a day = the median day with no release that day or the day before, per crate, summed. Trend = last 30 days against the first 30, read against the median tracked crate. Method: our crates.io study.
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