Company research
Research as of
- Metric
- +52.7%npm dependents
- Measured values
- 252 vs 165Jul 11 vs Apr 12
- Sources
- 3 sourcesLibraries.io API + npm registry +1 more · as of July 12, 2026
- Cited source
- The Next WebDeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing · Jul 1
DeepSeek announced it will double the price of its V4 models for API customers during peak hours, according to The Next Web, while DeepSeek's npm dependents increased 52.7% over the last 90 days, with Libraries.io API data through Jul 11.
What this does not prove: Does not show install volume, runtime use, paid use, customer count, revenue, market share, product quality, or code that consumes the package without declaring it in npm metadata.
Metric receipt (3 sources)
Measured public metrics
- Libraries.io API: DeepSeek npm dependents · July 11, 2026
- npm registry: DeepSeek npm downloads · July 10, 2026
Cited source
- The Next Web: DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing · July 1, 2026
- MetricMetric: npm dependentsDefinition: npm packages that list one of the company's npm packages in dependencies or devDependencies.Source: Libraries.io APIScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 48h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Counts direct and dev dependents.
- npm dependents
- Observed window
- Last 90 days (2026-04-12 to 2026-07-11)
- Comparison
- Compared with the prior reading
- Start value
- 165 on 2026-04-12
- End value
- 252 on 2026-07-11
- Calculation
- ((252 - 165) / 165) * 100 = +52.7%
- Metric receipt
- Retained AI-Buzz metric receipt; not externally reproducible from a single public URL.
- Relationship
- Cited sources provide context and do not prove they caused the measured metric change.
Additional measured changes
npm downloads increased 40% over the last 30 days.
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