I found a very handy package to get R package download information. The dlstats, from Guangchuang Yu.

The package is pretty easy to use, although I had some problems when queried multiple times. The plot functions work well.

Load required pacakges.

l l l i i i b b b r r r a a a r r r y y y ( ( ( " " " d g s l g c s p a t l l a o e t t s s 2 " " " ) ) )

Query CRAN pacakge and plot

p l o t _ s x y c c l l r a a a a l b b n e ( ( _ _ " " s y T N t _ i u a c m m t o e b s n " e ( t ) r c i ( n o " u f d o p u d l s o y ( w r l n " a l , b o e a " l d g s " g ) p = l o l t a 2 b " e , l _ " c s o c m a m l a e ( s ) " ) ) + ) +

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Query Bioconductor pacakge and plot

p l o t _ s x y b c l l i a a a o l b b c e ( ( _ _ " " s y T N t _ i u a c m m t o e b s n " e ( t ) r c i ( n o " u f l o i u d m s o m ( w a l n " a l , b o " e a D l d E s " S ) e = q 2 l " a , b e " l e _ d c g o e m R m " a ) ( ) ) + ) +

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