How popular is Anthropic among developers?

Anthropic has 87.8M combined package downloads per month (27.2M npm for @anthropic-ai/sdk, 60.5M PyPI for anthropic), 2.9K GitHub stars, ranked #2 on the AI-Buzz Developer Momentum Index. Metrics are updated daily from npm, PyPI, and GitHub.

What is Anthropic's developer sentiment?

Anthropic has a negative developer sentiment on Hacker News, with 0% positive mentions across 200 analyzed comments (high confidence). Sentiment is derived from AI-Buzz's automated analysis of Hacker News discussions.

How much funding has Anthropic raised?

Anthropic has raised $58.7B across 12 funding rounds. The most recent was a Series G.

What is Anthropic's Developer Momentum Index score?

Anthropic has a Developer Momentum Index (DMI) score of 46/100, ranking it #2 among all AI companies tracked by AI-Buzz. The DMI is a composite score combining developer adoption (package downloads), community signals (Hacker News mentions and sentiment), GitHub activity, and search demand.

Anthropic

Data confidence: High

AI safety company behind Claude. OpenAI's main competitor.

Founded by: Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown

DMI: 46#2 of 262 (Top 1%)HN 30d: 2378

2,890 · 505 forks

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Anthropic has a Developer Momentum Index of 46, ranking #2 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 87.8M monthly package downloads, 2.9K GitHub stars, $58.7B in total funding.

Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

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npm Downloads (30d)

27.2M

@anthropic-ai/sdk

PyPI Downloads (30d)

60.5M

anthropic

Total Downloads (30d)

87.8M

npm + PyPI combined

Active Contributors (30d)

Unique committers, 30-day window

npm Dependents

4.2K

Packages using @anthropic-ai/sdk

Active Contributors Trend

90-day trend

github contributors remained stable at 6 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github contributors
Mar 5, 2026	6
Mar 6, 2026	6

npm Dependents Trend

Trend data not yet available

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npm Download Trend

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 27,212,551 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	27,212,551
Mar 6, 2026	27,212,551

PyPI Download Trend

90-day trend

PyPI Downloads grew from 60,172,846 to 60,539,270 over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	60,172,846
Mar 6, 2026	60,539,270

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Key Signals

Developer Community Metrics

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Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#1 in Foundation Models by HN mentions (out of 33 tracked)

HN vs Category139.9x category median (2378 vs 17 median)

GitHub VelocityCommit velocity paused (0.0x vs 4-week average)

Funding Trajectory12 rounds in 57 months, ($124M → $580M → $300M → $450M → $1.3B → $2.0B → $750M → $2.8B → $4.0B → $3.5B → $13.0B → $30.0B)

Community Sentiment0% positive HN sentiment (200 comments) • High confidence

Category Benchmark

33 Foundation Models companies

87.8M downloads/mo6383% above median

0Median: 1.4M2.7M+

30-Day Trends

npm Downloads

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 27,212,551 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	27,212,551
Mar 6, 2026	27,212,551

PyPI Downloads

90-day trend

PyPI Downloads grew from 60,172,846 to 60,539,270 over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	60,172,846
Mar 6, 2026	60,539,270

GitHub Stars

90-day trend↑ +15.0%

GitHub Stars grew from 2,509 to 2,886 (+15.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Dec 13, 2025	2,509
Dec 20, 2025	2,533
Dec 27, 2025	2,558
Jan 3, 2026	2,589
Jan 10, 2026	2,612
Jan 17, 2026	2,640
Jan 24, 2026	2,678
Jan 31, 2026	2,721
Feb 1, 2026	2,734
Feb 7, 2026	2,755
Feb 8, 2026	2,764
Feb 9, 2026	2,767
Feb 10, 2026	2,776
Feb 12, 2026	2,784
Feb 13, 2026	2,788
Feb 14, 2026	2,788
Feb 15, 2026	2,798
Feb 16, 2026	2,802
Feb 17, 2026	2,804
Feb 19, 2026	2,816
Feb 21, 2026	2,838
Feb 22, 2026	2,847
Feb 23, 2026	2,851
Feb 24, 2026	2,854
Feb 25, 2026	2,861
Feb 26, 2026	2,869
Feb 27, 2026	2,886
Feb 28, 2026	2,886

HN Mentions

90-day trend↑ +134.9%

HN Mentions grew from 2,083 to 4,892 (+134.9%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Jan 6, 2026	2,083
Jan 9, 2026	2,209
Jan 10, 2026	195
Jan 15, 2026	1,082
Jan 16, 2026	1,084
Jan 17, 2026	1,084
Jan 18, 2026	1,088
Jan 20, 2026	1,101
Jan 21, 2026	1,099
Jan 22, 2026	2,011
Jan 23, 2026	2,016
Jan 24, 2026	2,011
Jan 25, 2026	2,011
Jan 27, 2026	2,025
Jan 29, 2026	2,052
Jan 30, 2026	2,342
Jan 31, 2026	2,341
Feb 1, 2026	2,352
Feb 2, 2026	2,359
Feb 3, 2026	2,364
Feb 4, 2026	2,380
Feb 5, 2026	4,892

Funding Rounds

Series G$30.0B

2026 · Founders Fund, ICONIQ, GIC +4 more

Series F$13.0B

2025 · Insight Partners, ICONIQ, Fidelity +8 more

Series E$3.5B

2025 · Menlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Fidelity +4 more

Show 9 earlier rounds

Strategic Investment$4.0B

2024 · Amazon

Strategic Investment$2.8B

2024 · Amazon

Series D$750M

2024 · Menlo Ventures

Strategic Investment$2.0B

2023 · Google

Strategic Investment$1.3B

2023 · Amazon

Series C$450M

2023 · Google, Spark Capital, Salesforce Ventures +3 more

Series B$300M

2023 · Google

Series A$580M

2022

Seed$124M

2021 · Jaan Tallinn, Dustin Moskovitz, Eric Schmidt

Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, Anthropic has 27,212,551 npm downloads in 30 days, with 60,539,270 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 6 active contributors in 30 days, with 4,246 npm dependent packages, ranks #1 in Foundation Models for HN discussion share (out of 33 tracked with 36.4% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (200 HN comments analyzed).

Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/anthropic?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data

Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

About

Description

AI safety company behind Claude. OpenAI's main competitor.

Estimated Company Size

501 - 1000 employees

Website

anthropic.com

Details

Founded

2021

Description

Anthropic builds AI with a focus on safety and reliability. Claude is their flagship model, competing with GPT-4. Raised $7.3B total including $4B from Amazon. Valued at $18B+.

Developer Signals

How we calculate →

Community engagement metrics that indicate developer traction and interest.

Hacker News Mentions(30 days)

Mentions in HN discussions. Source: Hacker News Algolia API.

2,378current

↑139.9x category median

90-day trend↑ +694.2%

HN Mentions grew from 616 to 4,892 (+694.2%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Apr 7, 2025	616
May 7, 2025	751
Jun 6, 2025	843
Jul 6, 2025	1,162
Aug 5, 2025	1,247
Sep 4, 2025	868
Oct 4, 2025	874
Nov 3, 2025	1,252
Dec 3, 2025	859
Jan 2, 2026	1,084
Feb 1, 2026	4,892

Community Sentiment(200 comments analyzed)High confidence

Sentiment analysis of Hacker News comments only. Does not include Reddit, Discord, or other platforms.

0% positive

365-day trend

No HN Sentiment (Positive) data recorded in this period.

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Date	hn sentiment positive
Feb 1, 2026	0

GitHub Stars(total)

Total stars indicate project popularity and developer adoption.

2,890current

↓0.3x category median

90-day trend↑ +64.3%

GitHub Stars grew from 1,757 to 2,886 (+64.3%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Mar 15, 2025	1,757
Mar 22, 2025	1,782
Mar 29, 2025	1,801
Apr 5, 2025	1,820
Apr 12, 2025	1,830
Apr 19, 2025	1,840
Apr 26, 2025	1,855
May 3, 2025	1,867
May 10, 2025	1,881
May 17, 2025	1,899
May 24, 2025	1,927
May 31, 2025	1,947
Jun 7, 2025	1,972
Jun 14, 2025	2,000
Jun 21, 2025	2,028
Jun 28, 2025	2,052
Jul 5, 2025	2,068
Jul 12, 2025	2,086
Jul 19, 2025	2,104
Jul 26, 2025	2,119
Aug 2, 2025	2,136
Aug 9, 2025	2,157
Aug 16, 2025	2,175
Aug 23, 2025	2,191
Aug 30, 2025	2,206
Sep 6, 2025	2,214
Sep 13, 2025	2,226
Sep 20, 2025	2,239
Sep 27, 2025	2,266
Oct 4, 2025	2,282
Oct 11, 2025	2,297
Oct 18, 2025	2,328
Oct 25, 2025	2,360
Nov 1, 2025	2,384
Nov 8, 2025	2,407
Nov 15, 2025	2,431
Nov 22, 2025	2,454
Nov 29, 2025	2,472
Dec 6, 2025	2,488
Dec 13, 2025	2,509
Dec 20, 2025	2,533
Dec 27, 2025	2,558
Jan 3, 2026	2,589
Jan 10, 2026	2,612
Jan 17, 2026	2,640
Jan 24, 2026	2,678
Jan 31, 2026	2,734
Feb 7, 2026	2,776
Feb 14, 2026	2,804
Feb 21, 2026	2,854
Feb 28, 2026	2,886

GitHub Forks

Forks indicate active developer engagement and contribution interest.

505

Recent News

Microsoft, Google, Amazon say Anthropic Claude remains available to non-defense customers

Trump's Department of War feud with Anthropic won't impact other companies that are using Claude via Microsoft and Google products.

Mar 6, 2026•techcrunch

Anthropic's Claude found 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox over two weeks

In a recent security partnership with Mozilla, Anthropic found 22 separate vulnerabilities in Firefox — 14 of them classified as "high-severity."

Mar 6, 2026•techcrunch

Anthropic's Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts

The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including its use in autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As Anthropic’s $200 million contract fell apart, the DoD turned to OpenAI instead, which accepted and then watched ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%. As the stakes keep rising, the question remains: how much unrestricted […]

Mar 6, 2026•techcrunch

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, the SaaSpocalypse, and why competitions is good, actually

The Pentagon has officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including its use in autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. As Anthropic’s $200 million contract fell apart, the DoD turned to OpenAI instead, which accepted and then watched ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%. As the stakes keep rising, the question rem

Mar 6, 2026•techcrunch

Products & Tools

Claude

A family of large language models designed for helpful, honest, and harmless AI interactions, available in various performance tiers like Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku.

Claude API

Developer interface providing programmatic access to Anthropic's Claude models for integration into applications and services.

claude.ai

A web-based platform allowing users to directly interact with Anthropic's Claude models for conversational AI tasks.

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Data Confidence

Excellent

94/ 100

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Open Source

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Stars

499

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