And on DistroWatch (last 30 days) its still place 16, just above NixOS. :D Shows again why DistroWatch shouldn't be used as a generalized popularity comparison: https://distrowatch.com/index.php?dataspan=4 (Note the link will have different data after time goes on.)

Last 30 days on Dec. 4, 2025:

Rank    Distribution        HPD*
---------------------------------
1       CachyOS             4695>
2       MX Linux            2460<
3       Mint                2325>
4       Debian              1611<
5       EndeavourOS         1536>
6       Zorin               1420>
7       Pop!_OS             1316>
8       Fedora              1080<
9       Ubuntu              1061<
10      Manjaro             1045=
11      AnduinOS            914>
12      Arch                853<
13      openSUSE            729<
14      antiX               726<
15      Nobara              714>
16      Bazzite             692=
17      NixOS               647>

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How can they even tell how many truly downloaded a distro?

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, they don't. Its actually described. Distrowatch just tracks how many clicks the pages on Distrowatch has. That's all. But lot of people don't understand and take these numbers as general popularity index.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.