How popular is OpenAI among developers?

OpenAI has 247.6M combined package downloads per month (55.9M npm for openai, 191.6M PyPI for openai), 30.2K GitHub stars, ranked #1 on the AI-Buzz Developer Momentum Index. Metrics are updated daily from npm, PyPI, and GitHub.

What is OpenAI's developer sentiment?

OpenAI 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 OpenAI raised?

OpenAI has raised $171.7B across 9 funding rounds. The most recent was a Venture.

What is OpenAI's Developer Momentum Index score?

OpenAI has a Developer Momentum Index (DMI) score of 49/100, ranking it #1 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.

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Data confidence: High

Creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4. The company that kicked off the generative AI boom.

Founded by: Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever

DMI: 49#1 of 262 (Top 1%)HN 30d: 1157

30,169 · 4,594 forks

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OpenAI has a Developer Momentum Index of 49, ranking #1 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 247.6M monthly package downloads, 30.2K GitHub stars, $171.7B in total funding.

Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

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npm Downloads (30d)

55.9M

openai

PyPI Downloads (30d)

191.6M

openai

Total Downloads (30d)

247.6M

npm + PyPI combined

Active Contributors (30d)

Unique committers, 30-day window

npm Dependents

10.9K

Packages using openai

Active Contributors Trend

90-day trend

github contributors remained stable at 4 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github contributors
Mar 5, 2026	4
Mar 6, 2026	4

npm Dependents Trend

Trend data not yet available

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npm Download Trend

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 55,949,548 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	55,949,548
Mar 6, 2026	55,949,548

PyPI Download Trend

90-day trend

PyPI Downloads grew from 190,010,421 to 191,623,907 over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	190,010,421
Mar 6, 2026	191,623,907

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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#2 in Foundation Models by HN mentions (out of 33 tracked)

HN vs Category68.1x category median (1157 vs 17 median)

GitHub VelocityCommit velocity declining (0.2x vs 4-week average)

Funding Trajectory9 rounds in 122 months, ($1.0B → $1.0B → $2.0B → $10.0B → $300M → $800M → $6.6B → $40.0B → $110.0B)

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

Category Benchmark

33 Foundation Models companies

247.6M downloads/mo18191% above median

0Median: 1.4M2.7M+

30-Day Trends

npm Downloads

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 55,949,548 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	55,949,548
Mar 6, 2026	55,949,548

PyPI Downloads

90-day trend

PyPI Downloads grew from 190,010,421 to 191,623,907 over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	190,010,421
Mar 6, 2026	191,623,907

GitHub Stars

90-day trend↑ +1.0%

GitHub Stars grew from 29,868 to 30,169 (+1.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Feb 1, 2026	29,868
Feb 7, 2026	29,908
Feb 8, 2026	29,910
Feb 9, 2026	29,918
Feb 10, 2026	29,924
Feb 12, 2026	30,016
Feb 13, 2026	30,026
Feb 14, 2026	30,032
Feb 15, 2026	30,040
Feb 16, 2026	30,044
Feb 17, 2026	30,056
Feb 19, 2026	30,072
Feb 21, 2026	30,108
Feb 22, 2026	30,107
Feb 23, 2026	30,119
Feb 24, 2026	30,101
Feb 25, 2026	30,102
Feb 26, 2026	30,149
Feb 27, 2026	30,167
Feb 28, 2026	30,169

HN Mentions

90-day trend↑ +92.0%

HN Mentions grew from 2,223 to 4,269 (+92.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Jan 6, 2026	2,223
Jan 9, 2026	2,357
Jan 10, 2026	197
Jan 15, 2026	1,118
Jan 16, 2026	1,116
Jan 17, 2026	1,105
Jan 18, 2026	1,110
Jan 20, 2026	1,117
Jan 21, 2026	1,119
Jan 22, 2026	1,116
Jan 23, 2026	1,115
Jan 24, 2026	1,113
Jan 25, 2026	1,113
Jan 27, 2026	1,122
Jan 29, 2026	1,153
Jan 30, 2026	1,151
Jan 31, 2026	1,152
Feb 1, 2026	1,151
Feb 2, 2026	1,154
Feb 3, 2026	1,152
Feb 4, 2026	1,163
Feb 5, 2026	4,269

Funding Rounds

Venture$110.0B

2026 · Amazon, SoftBank, Nvidia

Venture$40.0B

2025 · Founders Fund, Coatue, Microsoft +3 more

Venture$6.6B

2024 · Fidelity, Microsoft, Thrive Capital +5 more

Show 6 earlier rounds

Venture$800M

2024 · Thrive Capital, Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz +2 more

Venture$300M

2023 · Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global +2 more

Strategic Investment$10.0B

2023 · Microsoft

Strategic Investment$2.0B

2021 · Microsoft

Strategic Investment$1.0B

2019 · Microsoft

Venture$1.0B

2015 · Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel +1 more

Investors

Altimeter Capital Amazon Andreessen Horowitz Coatue Elon Musk Fidelity Founders Fund Khosla Ventures Lightspeed Venture Partners Microsoft Nvidia Peter Thiel Reid Hoffman Sam Altman Sequoia Capital SoftBank Thrive Capital Tiger Global

Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, OpenAI has 55,949,548 npm downloads in 30 days, with 191,623,907 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 4 active contributors in 30 days, with 10,869 npm dependent packages, ranks #2 in Foundation Models for HN discussion share (out of 33 tracked with 17.7% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (200 HN comments analyzed), with 2 commits/week (declining).

Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/open-ai?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

Creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4. The company that kicked off the generative AI boom.

Estimated Company Size

501 - 1000 employees

Website

openai.com

Details

Founded

2015

Description

OpenAI builds general-purpose AI systems. Their GPT models power ChatGPT and thousands of apps via API. DALL-E generates images. Sora creates video. They're the 800-lb gorilla of AI.

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.

1,157current

↑68.1x category median

90-day trend↑ +105.0%

HN Mentions grew from 2,082 to 4,269 (+105.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Apr 7, 2025	2,082
May 7, 2025	1,901
Jun 6, 2025	1,723
Jul 6, 2025	2,640
Aug 5, 2025	2,079
Sep 4, 2025	2,171
Oct 4, 2025	2,633
Nov 3, 2025	2,688
Dec 3, 2025	1,852
Jan 2, 2026	1,105
Feb 1, 2026	4,269

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.

30,169current

↑3.3x category median

90-day trend↑ +1.0%

GitHub Stars grew from 29,868 to 30,169 (+1.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Jan 31, 2026	29,868
Feb 7, 2026	29,924
Feb 14, 2026	30,056
Feb 21, 2026	30,101
Feb 28, 2026	30,169

GitHub Forks

Forks indicate active developer engagement and contribution interest.

4,594

Commit Velocity(weekly)

Weekly commit activity indicates ongoing development momentum and team productivity.

2commits/week

declining

90-day trend↓ -87.5%

github commits declined from 16 to 2 (-87.5%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	github commits
Mar 8, 2025	16
Mar 15, 2025	17
Mar 22, 2025	8
Mar 29, 2025	7
Apr 5, 2025	17
Apr 12, 2025	11
Apr 19, 2025	13
Apr 26, 2025	7
May 3, 2025	8
May 10, 2025	9
May 17, 2025	5
May 24, 2025	2
May 31, 2025	3
Jun 7, 2025	3
Jun 14, 2025	10
Jun 21, 2025	14
Jun 28, 2025	4
Jul 5, 2025	18
Jul 12, 2025	10
Jul 19, 2025	4
Jul 26, 2025	4
Aug 2, 2025	23
Aug 9, 2025	13
Aug 16, 2025	8
Aug 23, 2025	11
Aug 30, 2025	19
Sep 6, 2025	3
Sep 13, 2025	7
Sep 20, 2025	8
Sep 27, 2025	7
Oct 4, 2025	8
Oct 11, 2025	9
Oct 18, 2025	5
Oct 25, 2025	5
Nov 1, 2025	5
Nov 8, 2025	7
Nov 15, 2025	3
Nov 29, 2025	11
Dec 6, 2025	5
Dec 13, 2025	12
Jan 3, 2026	3
Jan 10, 2026	2
Jan 17, 2026	7
Jan 24, 2026	9
Jan 31, 2026	5
Feb 7, 2026	17
Feb 14, 2026	5
Feb 21, 2026	0
Feb 28, 2026	2

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