Weekly update 2026-10-26

README.md

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 Data behind [steam-launch-window](https://github.com/wyc79/steam-launch-window),
 a tool that helps indie developers pick a Steam launch week. Updated weekly
-(the raw `gp/` files daily). Last update: 2026-10-18.
+(the raw `gp/` files daily). Last update: 2026-10-25.
 
 Not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve. The data comes from Steam's public
 store pages and endpoints, collected politely (rate-limited, no logins), and the
@@ -42,16 +42,15 @@ No personal data: no Steam IDs, usernames or review texts, only counts.
 
 | Config | Kind | Rows | What |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| `history` | today's view | 83,974 | games launched on Steam since 2022: launch date and type, price, tags, languages, demo, reviews in the first day, week and 30 days |
-| `upcoming_snapshots` | raw, daily | 485,319 | one row per coming-soon game per day (2026-10 to 2026-10): release date and its precision, Early Access, wishlist rank, price if set |
-| `upcoming_apps` | latest | 62,123 | name, developers, publishers, tags with vote weights, languages, demo and its release time; `last_seen` is the last day the game was coming soon |
-| `release_changes` | derived | 65,020 | each game's first day in the snapshots, every change of its release date text or range, each day it left the coming-soon list, and each day it came back (`returned`) |
-| `followers` | raw | 0 | Steam community hub follower counts, with fetch time |
-| `gp_followers` | raw | 247,208 | Steam follower history from [Games Popularity](https://games-popularity.com), about one point a day since 2024-03-15: `appid`, `followers`, `observed_at` (their time, UTC), `fetched_at` (ours); one file per fetch month |
-| `gp_players` | raw | 954,691 | concurrent players, hourly, for the first month after launch, from Games Popularity; same columns with `players` |
+| `history` | today's view | 84,716 | games launched on Steam since 2022: launch date and type, price, tags, languages, demo, reviews in the first day, week and 30 days |
+| `upcoming_snapshots` | raw, daily | 919,717 | one row per coming-soon game per day (2026-10 to 2026-10): release date and its precision, Early Access, wishlist rank, price if set |
+| `upcoming_apps` | latest | 64,250 | name, developers, publishers, tags with vote weights, languages, demo and its release time; `last_seen` is the last day the game was coming soon |
+| `release_changes` | derived | 69,953 | each game's first day in the snapshots, every change of its release date text or range, each day it left the coming-soon list, and each day it came back (`returned`) |
+| `gp_followers` | raw | 588,863 | Steam follower history from [Games Popularity](https://games-popularity.com), about one point a day since 2024-03-15: `appid`, `followers`, `observed_at` (their time, UTC), `fetched_at` (ours); one file per fetch month |
+| `gp_players` | raw | 1,115,494 | concurrent players, hourly, for the first month after launch, from Games Popularity; same columns with `players` |
 | `events` | curated | 308 | Steam sales, Next Fests, themed fests, major releases, regional holidays, each with a source; `starts_at`/`ends_at` (UTC) give the exact window: Steam events run from 10:00 Pacific on `start` to 10:00 Pacific on `end` |
 | `tags` | latest | 446 | Steam tag id to name, in English and in Steam's Simplified Chinese (`name_schinese`) |
-| `runs` | log | 9 | one row per daily collection: games, requests, whether the wishlist crawl worked |
+| `runs` | log | 16 | one row per daily collection: games, requests, whether the wishlist crawl worked |
 
 ```python
 from datasets import load_dataset
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ history = load_dataset("<this repo>", "history")
 ## When each value was observed
 
 - **Observed at the time:** `upcoming_snapshots` (one row per day, `snapshot_date` in UTC),
-  `followers` (`fetched_at`), `runs`. Use these for "what was known before launch".
+  `runs`. Use these for "what was known before launch".
   The `gp_` configs were recorded at the time by Games Popularity (`observed_at`)
   but fetched by us later, often long after (`fetched_at`). Each fetch only asks
   for points newer than the ones already fetched, so a game's series is spread

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manifest.json

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