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Serial Monitor installs statistics

By Microsoft (224 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Visualization

Send and receive text from serial ports.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 23, 2026

Serial Monitor has 2,148,330 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, a change of +0.4% over the past 7 days, ranking #333 of 2,502 tracked listings.

Installs
2,148,330
Official API · Oct 23, 2026
7-day growth
+0.4%
+8K installs
30-day growth
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Insufficient history
90-day growth
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Insufficient history
Rank
#333
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 3.63 / 5 from 38 ratings

About Serial Monitor

Serial Monitor

The Serial Monitor extension provides a serial monitor to view output from as well as send messages to serial ports. This is often useful when testing or debugging programs on embedded devices.

Get Started

To get started with this extension, you should open the Serial Monitor by completing the following steps:

  1. Open the Panel by clicking Terminal -> New Terminal.
  2. You should see the Serial Monitor terminal. Serial Monitor
  3. Open it up and start using it!

Feedback

We appreciate any feedback you have to help improve this extension. To submit feedback, please create an issue on our GitHub page.

Documentation

The Serial Monitor extension and the general embedded support for Visual Studio Code are documented here.

Data/Telemetry

This extension collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft to help improve our products and services. Collection of telemetry is controlled via the same setting provided by Visual Studio Code: "telemetry.enableTelemetry". Read our privacy statement to learn more.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • embedded
  • monitor
  • port
  • serial

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Charts

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Adoption over time

Serial Monitor installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 2,148,330 installs as of Oct 23, 2026.Serial MonitorInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days2,148,330installs2.1M2.1M2.1M2.1M2.1M2.2MJul 25Aug 9Aug 24Sep 8Sep 23Oct 8Oct 23installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026 · 8 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Serial Monitor installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 2,148,330 installs as of Oct 23, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Serial Monitor installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: +0.4% over 7 days, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Serial MonitorInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace2,148,330installs now7-day growth+8,017 installs · approx.+0.4%30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 23, 2026pluginstats.com
Serial Monitor installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: +0.4% over 7 days, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Serial Monitor VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #333 (by installs).Serial MonitorVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#333current rank#331#332#333#334#335Jul 25Aug 9Aug 24Sep 8Sep 23Oct 8Oct 23rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026 · 8 observations · Updated Oct 23, 2026pluginstats.com
Serial Monitor VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #333 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Serial Monitor ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 38 ratings as of Oct 23, 2026.Serial MonitorRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days38ratings3436384042Jul 25Aug 9Aug 24Sep 8Sep 23Oct 8Oct 23ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026 · 8 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Serial Monitor ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 38 ratings as of Oct 23, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,502 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 17, #13 (overall #333)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Visualization76 listings · 4 pages · page 1, #10 (overall #10)
Visualization: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Testing77 listings · 4 pages · page 1, #17 (overall #17)
Testing: 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.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

Full history (8)
Recent installs observations for Serial Monitor
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
2,148,330+848
2,147,482+1.6K
2,145,919+2K
2,143,923+1.3K
2,142,580+695
2,141,885+709
2,141,176+863
2,140,313—

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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=ms-vscode.vscode-serial-monitor. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 23, 2026. See the methodology.