diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
index dd748bb5..0c23761c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,25 @@ jobs:
           fi
           python -m json.tool website/data/github_stars.json > /dev/null
 
+      - name: Restore PyPI download data cache
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: website/data/pypi_downloads.tsv
+          key: pypi-downloads-${{ steps.date.outputs.today }}
+          restore-keys: pypi-downloads-
+
+      - name: Fetch PyPI downloads
+        id: fetch-downloads
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: make fetch_pypi_downloads
+
+      - name: Save PyPI download data cache
+        if: steps.fetch-downloads.outcome == 'success'
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        with:
+          path: website/data/pypi_downloads.tsv
+          key: pypi-downloads-${{ steps.date.outputs.today }}
+
       - name: Build website
         run: make build
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8debe6a9..5a07ad91 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ install:
 fetch_github_stars:
 	uv run python website/fetch_github_stars.py
 
+fetch_pypi_downloads:
+	uv run python website/fetch_pypi_downloads_via_clickpy.py
+
 test:
 	uv run pytest website/tests/ -v
 
diff --git a/website/build.py b/website/build.py
index 347c4fb0..cba524fa 100644
--- a/website/build.py
+++ b/website/build.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TypedDict
 
+from fetch_pypi_downloads_via_clickpy import normalize
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from readme_parser import AlsoSee, ParsedGroup, ParsedSection, parse_readme, parse_sponsors, slugify
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class TemplateEntry(TypedDict):
     groups: list[str]
     subcategories: list[TemplateSubcategory]
     stars: int | None
+    downloads: int | None
     owner: str | None
     last_commit_at: str | None
     source_type: str | None
@@ -96,6 +98,22 @@ def load_stars(path: Path) -> dict[str, dict]:
     return {}
 
 
+def load_downloads(path: Path) -> dict[str, int]:
+    """Load last-30-day download counts from the TSV cache, keyed by normalized README name.
+
+    Columns: name, package, downloads, fetched_at. Skips the header and
+    NOT_FOUND rows. Returns empty dict if the file doesn't exist.
+    """
+    if not path.exists():
+        return {}
+    downloads: dict[str, int] = {}
+    for line in path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()[1:]:
+        parts = line.split("\t")
+        if len(parts) >= 3 and parts[2].isdigit():
+            downloads[parts[0]] = int(parts[2])
+    return downloads
+
+
 def sort_entries(entries: Sequence[TemplateEntry]) -> list[TemplateEntry]:
     """Sort entries by stars descending, then name ascending.
 
@@ -481,6 +499,7 @@ def extract_entries(
                     groups=[],
                     subcategories=[],
                     stars=None,
+                    downloads=None,
                     owner=None,
                     last_commit_at=None,
                     source_type=detect_source_type(entry["url"]),
@@ -535,6 +554,7 @@ def build(repo_root: Path) -> None:
     build_date = datetime.now(UTC)
 
     stars_data = load_stars(website / "data" / "github_stars.json")
+    downloads_data = load_downloads(website / "data" / "pypi_downloads.tsv")
 
     repo_self = stars_data.get("vinta/awesome-python", {})
     repo_stars = None
@@ -551,6 +571,9 @@ def build(repo_root: Path) -> None:
             entry["stars"] = sd["stars"]
             entry["owner"] = sd["owner"]
             entry["last_commit_at"] = sd.get("last_commit_at", "")
+        # Built-in entries would hit same-named PyPI backports (e.g. asyncio), not the stdlib.
+        if entry.get("source_type") != "Built-in":
+            entry["downloads"] = downloads_data.get(normalize(entry["name"]))
 
     entries = sort_entries(entries)
     category_urls = {cat["name"]: category_path(cat) for cat in categories}
diff --git a/website/static/main.js b/website/static/main.js
index d5b337b3..073bb6c4 100644
--- a/website/static/main.js
+++ b/website/static/main.js
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ function getSortValue(row, col) {
     const num = parseInt(text, 10);
     return isNaN(num) ? -1 : num;
   }
+  if (col === "downloads") {
+    const text = row
+      .querySelector(".col-downloads")
+      .textContent.trim()
+      .replace(/,/g, "");
+    const num = parseInt(text, 10);
+    return isNaN(num) ? -1 : num;
+  }
   if (col === "commit-time") {
     const attr = row.querySelector(".col-commit").getAttribute("data-commit");
     return attr ? new Date(attr).getTime() : 0;
@@ -467,7 +475,10 @@ if (backToTop) {
   const order = params.get("order");
   if (q && searchInput) searchInput.value = q;
   if (
-    (sort === "name" || sort === "stars" || sort === "commit-time") &&
+    (sort === "name" ||
+      sort === "stars" ||
+      sort === "downloads" ||
+      sort === "commit-time") &&
     (order === "desc" || order === "asc")
   ) {
     activeSort = { col: sort, order: order };
diff --git a/website/static/style.css b/website/static/style.css
index 93056570..1cd3a9f9 100644
--- a/website/static/style.css
+++ b/website/static/style.css
@@ -893,6 +893,14 @@ th[data-sort].sort-asc::after {
   letter-spacing: 0.02em;
 }
 
+.col-downloads {
+  width: 9.5rem;
+  text-align: right;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  color: var(--ink-soft);
+}
+
 .col-commit {
   width: 9rem;
   white-space: nowrap;
@@ -1041,7 +1049,8 @@ th[data-sort].sort-asc::after {
   color: var(--line-strong);
 }
 
-.expand-commit {
+.expand-commit,
+.expand-downloads {
   display: none;
 }
 
@@ -1606,11 +1615,13 @@ th[data-sort].sort-asc::after {
     justify-self: start;
   }
 
-  .col-commit {
+  .col-commit,
+  .col-downloads {
     display: none;
   }
 
-  .expand-commit {
+  .expand-commit,
+  .expand-downloads {
     display: inline;
   }
 
diff --git a/website/templates/category.html b/website/templates/category.html
index 6e4b03e7..51542767 100644
--- a/website/templates/category.html
+++ b/website/templates/category.html
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
           <th class="col-stars" data-sort="stars">
             <button type="button" class="sort-btn">GitHub Stars</button>
           </th>
+          <th class="col-downloads" data-sort="downloads">
+            <button type="button" class="sort-btn">Downloads/Month</button>
+          </th>
           <th class="col-commit" data-sort="commit-time">
             <button type="button" class="sort-btn">Last Commit</button>
           </th>
@@ -156,6 +159,10 @@
               >{{ entry.source_type }}</span
             >{% else %}&mdash;{% endif %}
           </td>
+          <td class="col-downloads">
+            {% if entry.downloads is not none %}{{
+            "{:,}".format(entry.downloads) }}{% else %}&mdash;{% endif %}
+          </td>
           <td
             class="col-commit"
             {%
@@ -213,14 +220,14 @@
         {% if entry.description %}
         <tr class="desc-row" aria-hidden="true">
           <td class="col-num"></td>
-          <td colspan="5">
+          <td colspan="6">
             <div class="desc-text">{{ entry.description | safe }}</div>
           </td>
         </tr>
         {% endif %}
         <tr class="expand-row" id="expand-{{ loop.index }}">
           <td></td>
-          <td colspan="4">
+          <td colspan="5">
             <div class="expand-content">
               {% if entry.also_see %}
               <div class="expand-also-see">
@@ -249,6 +256,10 @@
                   ><time datetime="{{ entry.last_commit_at }}"
                     >{{ entry.last_commit_at[:10] }}</time
                   ></span
+                >{% endif %} {% if entry.downloads is not none %}<span
+                  class="expand-downloads"
+                  ><span class="expand-sep">/</span>{{
+                  "{:,}".format(entry.downloads) }} downloads/month</span
                 >{% endif %}
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/website/templates/index.html b/website/templates/index.html
index e7f1c9ea..dc20049f 100644
--- a/website/templates/index.html
+++ b/website/templates/index.html
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@
           <th class="col-stars" data-sort="stars">
             <button type="button" class="sort-btn">GitHub Stars</button>
           </th>
+          <th class="col-downloads" data-sort="downloads">
+            <button type="button" class="sort-btn">Downloads/Month</button>
+          </th>
           <th class="col-commit" data-sort="commit-time">
             <button type="button" class="sort-btn">Last Commit</button>
           </th>
@@ -207,6 +210,10 @@
               >{{ entry.source_type }}</span
             >{% else %}&mdash;{% endif %}
           </td>
+          <td class="col-downloads">
+            {% if entry.downloads is not none %}{{
+            "{:,}".format(entry.downloads) }}{% else %}&mdash;{% endif %}
+          </td>
           <td
             class="col-commit"
             {%
@@ -260,14 +267,14 @@
         {% if entry.description %}
         <tr class="desc-row" aria-hidden="true" hidden>
           <td class="col-num"></td>
-          <td colspan="5">
+          <td colspan="6">
             <div class="desc-text">{{ entry.description | safe }}</div>
           </td>
         </tr>
         {% endif %}
         <tr class="expand-row" id="expand-{{ loop.index }}">
           <td></td>
-          <td colspan="4">
+          <td colspan="5">
             <div class="expand-content">
               {% if entry.description %}
               <div class="expand-desc">{{ entry.description | safe }}</div>
@@ -298,6 +305,10 @@
                   ><time datetime="{{ entry.last_commit_at }}"
                     >{{ entry.last_commit_at[:10] }}</time
                   ></span
+                >{% endif %} {% if entry.downloads is not none %}<span
+                  class="expand-downloads"
+                  ><span class="expand-sep">/</span>{{
+                  "{:,}".format(entry.downloads) }} downloads/month</span
                 >{% endif %}
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/website/tests/test_build.py b/website/tests/test_build.py
index 0af6c0de..3b417b24 100644
--- a/website/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/website/tests/test_build.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from build import (
     detect_source_type,
     extract_entries,
     extract_github_repo,
+    load_downloads,
     load_stars,
     sort_entries,
     subcategory_path,
@@ -429,6 +430,40 @@ class TestBuild:
         # Expand content present
         assert "expand-content" in html
 
+    def test_build_with_downloads_renders_column(self, tmp_path):
+        readme = textwrap.dedent("""\
+            # T
+
+            ## Projects
+
+            ## Stuff
+
+            - [My-Lib](https://github.com/org/mylib) - On PyPI.
+            - [no-pypi](https://example.com/none) - Not on PyPI.
+            - [asyncio](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html) - Built-in.
+
+            # Contributing
+
+            Done.
+        """)
+        (tmp_path / "README.md").write_text(readme, encoding="utf-8")
+        self._copy_real_templates(tmp_path)
+
+        data_dir = tmp_path / "website" / "data"
+        data_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+        # Keyed by normalized README display name, like fetch_pypi_downloads_via_clickpy.py writes it
+        (data_dir / "pypi_downloads.tsv").write_text(
+            "name\tpackage\tdownloads\tfetched_at\nasyncio\tasyncio\t26305454\t2026-08-16\nmy-lib\tmy-lib\t1234567\t2026-08-16\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+
+        build(tmp_path)
+
+        html = (tmp_path / "website" / "output" / "index.html").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        assert "1,234,567" in html
+        # Built-in entries never show PyPI counts: the asyncio row is the backport package
+        assert "26,305,454" not in html
+
     def test_build_fails_when_group_and_category_slug_collide(self, tmp_path):
         readme = textwrap.dedent("""\
             # T
@@ -974,6 +1009,7 @@ def _template_entry(name: str, stars: int | None, source_type: str | None = None
         groups=[],
         subcategories=[],
         stars=stars,
+        downloads=None,
         owner=None,
         last_commit_at=None,
         source_type=source_type,
@@ -1199,3 +1235,16 @@ class TestAnnotateEntriesWithStars:
         markdown = "- [foo](https://github.com/owner/foo) - A foo."
         stars = {"owner/foo": {"stars": 5, "owner": "owner"}}
         assert annotate_entries_with_stars(markdown, stars) == ("- [foo](https://github.com/owner/foo) - A foo. (5 GitHub stars)")
+
+
+class TestLoadDownloads:
+    def test_parses_tsv_and_skips_not_found(self, tmp_path):
+        tsv = tmp_path / "pypi_downloads.tsv"
+        tsv.write_text(
+            "name\tpackage\tdownloads\tfetched_at\naiohttp\taiohttp\t649105404\t2026-08-16\npytorch\ttorch\t50000000\t2026-08-16\ndead-pkg\t-\tNOT_FOUND\t2026-08-16\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        assert load_downloads(tsv) == {"aiohttp": 649105404, "pytorch": 50000000}
+
+    def test_missing_file_returns_empty(self, tmp_path):
+        assert load_downloads(tmp_path / "nope.tsv") == {}