Weekly update 2026-10-19

README.md

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ configs:
 - config_name: release_changes
   data_files: upcoming/release_changes.parquet
 - config_name: gp_followers
-  data_files: gp/followers/*.csv.gz
+  data_files: gp_parquet/followers/*.parquet
 - config_name: gp_players
-  data_files: gp/players/*.csv.gz
+  data_files: gp_parquet/players/*.parquet
 - config_name: events
   data_files: events.parquet
 - config_name: tags
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ configs:
 
 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 `gp_` configs daily). Last update: 2026-10-15.
+(the raw `gp/` files daily). Last update: 2026-10-18.
 
 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 +42,16 @@ No personal data: no Steam IDs, usernames or review texts, only counts.
 
 | Config | Kind | Rows | What |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| `history` | today's view | 83,219 | 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 | 301,616 | 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 | 61,055 | name, developers, publishers, tags with vote weights, languages, demo; `last_seen` is the last day the game was coming soon |
-| `release_changes` | derived | 62,535 | 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`) |
+| `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, daily | grows daily | 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 day |
-| `gp_players` | raw, daily | grows daily | concurrent players, hourly, for the first month after launch, from Games Popularity; same columns with `players` |
+| `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` |
 | `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 | 6 | one row per daily collection: games, requests, whether the wishlist crawl worked |
+| `runs` | log | 9 | one row per daily collection: games, requests, whether the wishlist crawl worked |
 
 ```python
 from datasets import load_dataset
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ history = load_dataset("<this repo>", "history")
   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
-  over several fetch-day files.
+  over several fetch days, and so over several fetch-month files.
 - **Frozen before launch:** a launched game's `upcoming_apps` row stops updating
   when it leaves the coming-soon list, so its tags, publisher, demo and languages
   are pre-launch values when `last_seen` is before the launch date.
@@ -106,9 +106,11 @@ trademarks of their owners. Whether you may reuse the data depends on Valve's
 terms for Steam data and on your local law. The `gp_` follower and player
 histories come from [Games Popularity](https://games-popularity.com) and are
 republished with its owner's permission (2026-10-12); credit them if you use them.
-The `gp/` folder also holds `latest_followers.csv`, the newest follower count
-per game (appid, followers, observed_at), and `state.csv` and `runs.csv`, the
-collector's working files (what was fetched when, and with what result).
+The `gp/` folder holds the same points as gzip CSV, one file per fetch day,
+updated daily; the `gp_` configs are a weekly Parquet copy of them. It also holds
+`latest_followers.csv`, the newest follower count per game (appid, followers,
+observed_at), and `state.csv` and `runs.csv`, the collector's working files
+(what was fetched when, and with what result).
 
 Full methods: [README](https://github.com/wyc79/steam-launch-window#readme) and
 [endpoint notes](https://github.com/wyc79/steam-launch-window/blob/main/docs/endpoints.md).

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manifest.json

@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@
   ],
   "rows": 308
  },
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+  "columns": [
+   "appid",
+   "followers",
+   "observed_at",
+   "fetched_at"
+  ],
+  "rows": 247208
+ },
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+  "columns": [
+   "appid",
+   "players",
+   "observed_at",
+   "fetched_at"
+  ],
+  "rows": 954691
+ },
  "history/games.parquet": {
   "columns": [
    "appid",
@@ -54,7 +72,7 @@
    "last_listed",
    "reviews_purchase"
   ],
-  "rows": 83219
+  "rows": 83974
  },
  "tags.parquet": {
   "columns": [
@@ -73,13 +91,14 @@
    "franchises",
    "tags",
    "demo_appids",
+   "demo_release_ts",
    "is_free",
    "languages",
    "audio_languages",
    "first_seen",
    "last_seen"
   ],
-  "rows": 61055
+  "rows": 62123
  },
  "upcoming/release_changes.parquet": {
   "columns": [
@@ -95,7 +114,7 @@
    "prev_date",
    "prev_date_end"
   ],
-  "rows": 62535
+  "rows": 65020
  },
  "upcoming/runs.parquet": {
   "columns": [
@@ -107,9 +126,10 @@
    "date_mismatch",
    "requests",
    "seconds",
-   "ranking_ok"
+   "ranking_ok",
+   "demos_ok"
   ],
-  "rows": 6
+  "rows": 9
  },
  "upcoming/snapshots/2026-10.parquet": {
   "columns": [
@@ -126,6 +146,6 @@
    "wishlist_rank",
    "price_cents"
   ],
-  "rows": 301616
+  "rows": 485319
  }
 }

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