"As you have have noticed the download counts on PyPI are no longer updating. Originally this was due to an issue with the script that processes these download counts. However I have now removed the download counts from the PyPI webui and their use via the API is considered deprecated."
Hey,
Bad news: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2013-May/020855.html :(
"As you have have noticed the download counts on PyPI are no longer updating. Originally this was due to an issue with the script that processes these download counts. However I have now removed the download counts from the PyPI webui and their use via the API is considered deprecated."
Best,
Laszlo