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RST Preview installs statistics

By Thomas Haakon Townsend (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Provides ability to preview RST documents.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

RST Preview has 166,790 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1735 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
166,790
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#1735
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 2.38 / 5 from 24 ratings

About RST Preview

ReStructured Text Previewer

An extension to preview restructured text and provide syntax highlighting

The extension can be activate in two ways

  • Toggle Preview - ctrl+shift+r
  • Open Preview to the Side - ctrl+k r

Note: Files must be encoded in utf-8 to be correctly parsed

Requirements

Python 2 or 3

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • keybindings
  • ReStructured Text
  • rst

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Adoption over time

RST Preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 166,790 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.RST PreviewInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days166,790installs166.7K166.7K166.7K166.8K166.8K166.8KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
RST Preview installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 166,790 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

RST Preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.RST PreviewInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace166,790installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
RST Preview installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

RST Preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1735 (by installs).RST PreviewVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1735current rank#1733#1734#1735#1736#1737Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
RST Preview VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1735 (by installs).

Ratings over time

RST Preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.RST PreviewRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days24ratings21222324252627Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
RST Preview ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 24 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 87, #15 (overall #1,735)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 29, #19 (overall #579)
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.

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 (5)
Recent installs observations for RST Preview
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
166,790+38
166,752+12
166,740+19
166,721+13
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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=tht13.rst-vscode. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.