# Obtaining a numeric value for "number of users" or downloads for grant applications and stuff

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**Created:** [May 30, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/obtaining-a-numeric-value-for-number-of-users-or-downloads-for-grant-applications-and-stuff/62078 "2021-05-30T10:14:28Z")
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### Author: ![Sukera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/obtaining-a-numeric-value-for-number-of-users-or-downloads-for-grant-applications-and-stuff/62078/2 "2021-05-30T10:17:25Z")

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The keyword to look for is “Telemetry”, either here on discourse or on the Pkg.jl repo. Be warned, it’s a somewhat controversial topic.

The TL;DR is (and I hope it’s correct) - there were plans, there is some very limited telemetry, it’s complicated. The page to check for what you may need is **snip** though I’m unsure whether that particular page is still up to date, since if I recall correctly, telemetry wasn’t merged after all…

EDIT: I’ve removed the link, since it’s [out of date](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-jl-telemetry-should-be-opt-in/42209/395).

There’s also [this](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-ecosystem-statistics/48673) post about the very limited data that is available, so that’s an avenue to investigate as well.

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