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Rust crates · category · data Oct 24, 2026
Internationalization (i18n) crates by real downloads
crates.io describes this category as: “Crates to help develop software capable of adapting to various languages and regions.” Below are the 14 crates in it among the 300 most-downloaded crates, ranked by real downloads (quiet-day baseline) instead of raw count.
Short answerBy steady daily use, icu_provider leads Internationalization (i18n) with 2,521,500 real downloads a day (few direct dependents and steady). 2 of the 14 have 1,000+ dependents; 1 have shipped nothing in 2+ years. The median crate here got 6% of its Jul 27, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 downloads within 2 days of a release.
14 crates
| Compare | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| icu_providerPulled in | 2,521,500 | 93 | 2d | +5% | 681M | |
| icu_collectionsPulled in | 2,507,923 | 25 | 2d | +5% | 678M | |
| icu_properties_dataPulled in | 2,505,718 | 8 | 2d | +3% | 684M | |
| icu_propertiesEstablished | 2,501,772 | 118 | 2d | +3% | 68M | |
| icu_normalizer_dataPulled in | 2,473,115 | 10 | 2d | +4% | 672M | |
| icu_normalizerPulled in | 2,472,932 | 89 | 2d | +4% | 669M | |
| idna_adapterPulled in | 2,429,162 | 41 | 6mo | +0% | 644M | |
| zerotriePulled in | 2,273,735 | 20 | 2mo | +10% | 503M | |
| potential_utfPulled in | 2,261,800 | 17 | 2mo | +10% | 5M | |
| icu_locale_coreEstablished | 2,233,122 | 107 | 2d | +9% | 499M | |
| unicode-widthWidely used | 2,194,046 | 3,230 | 13mo | -2% | 901M | |
| utf8_iterPulled in | 2,136,300 | 12 | 2.9y | +4% | 605M | |
| iana-time-zoneEstablished | 2,009,518 | 109 | 9mo | +0% | 758M | |
| encoding_rsWidely used | 1,414,714 | 1,424 | 30d | +8% | 594M |
Click a column to sort; press + to add a crate to a comparison. Real / day = median downloads on days with no release that day or the day before. Each crate's page shows its verdict and the 4 rules behind it. Why this method · this category on crates.io