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Babel JavaScript installs statistics

By Michael McDermott · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

VSCode syntax highlighting for today's JavaScript

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Babel JavaScript has 4,039,318 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #204 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
4,039,318
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
7-day growth
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Rank
#204
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.24 / 5 from 29 ratings

About Babel JavaScript

vscode-language-babel

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JavaScript syntax highlighting for ES201x, React JSX, Flow and GraphQL.

I highly recommend using this syntax highlighting with a theme that supports it.

• My favorite is Theme - Oceanic Next (shown in the screenshot below)

This project supports:

• ES201x JavaScript • React (including JSX) • FlowType • Support for GraphQL code highlighting within template strings: • styled-components, emotion CSS inside tagged template strings plus additional highlighting via /* CSS */ comment

Comparison to Sublime Babel

See #1

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • Babel JavaScript
  • javascript
  • JavaScript React
  • javascriptreact
  • json
  • jsx
  • jsx-attr
  • jsx-tags
  • styled-css

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Adoption over time

Babel JavaScript installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 4,039,318 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Babel JavaScriptInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days4,039,318installs4M4M4M4M4M4M4M4M4M4MJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Babel JavaScript installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 4,039,318 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Babel JavaScript installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Babel JavaScriptInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace4,039,318installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Babel JavaScript installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Babel JavaScript VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #204 (by installs).Babel JavaScriptVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#204current rank#202#203#204#205#206Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Babel JavaScript VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #204 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Babel JavaScript ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 29 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Babel JavaScriptRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days29ratings26272829303132Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Babel JavaScript ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 29 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 11, #4 (overall #204)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 5, #4 (overall #84)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

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Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for Babel JavaScript
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mgmcdermott.vscode-language-babel. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.