Updates to the Top pytest Plugins - now 200

I’m working on some updates to the Top pytest plugins list.

For January’s numbers, I’ve used a tweak on the process. Starting with the process documented by Hugo for the Top PyPI Packages, I’m grabbing the entire data set through BigQuery so that I can grab a nice round number of the top 200 pytest plugins.

I am still working my way through the list to come up with an exclusion list, but having control of the data set allows me to play with the process a bit.

I’ll try to remember to document the changes as the process settles to a regular process.

Feb 2025 udpate: Hugo has updated Top Packages to now list the top 15,000 packages, and a filter for pytest reveals 231 possible plugins. So, that’s what we’re running with for now. :)

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