Hey all,
I’ve been digging into n8n template and community data for a while, and it turned into a side project: n8n Pulse.
It’s a dashboard (well, multiple… 
) that tracks the health and growth of the n8n ecosystem. Updated regularly with data from templates, creators, GitHub, and community channels.
Some interesting findings:
- 7,754 templates now in the library (up from ~729 a year ago
) - 1,768 creators actively publishing (8.8x growth in 14 months
) - 67% of templates use AI nodes
- 7 nodes have literally zero public template usage (Debug, Discord Trigger, Bitbucket, Google Forms, Typeform, Calendly, Zapier).
I get the lack of Zapier node usage , but was surprised by google forms and typeform missing out in the data. 
What you can explore:
- Growth velocity (stars, imports, new creators per week)
- Trending templates and creators, growth of the Ambassador program
- Node usage rankings (most used, least used)
- AI provider adoption (OpenAI vs Gemini vs others)
- Creator leaderboards
Check it out: Dashboard | n8n Pulse
It’s a side project, so I’m curious what data would actually be useful to you. Missing something? Have ideas? Let me know.
The site is open source if anyone wants to contribute: GitHub - gxjansen/n8n-stats: Community health dashboard for n8n - track growth, templates, nodes, creators, and events
Oh and if you want to go wild: you are not limited to the charts I created for you: I created a Playground page at https://n8n-pulse.gui.do/playground/ where you can go wild and find your own data correlations :)
Edit: for full transparency, I also added the page https://n8n-pulse.gui.do/data-sources/ with detailed info. I also added a tooltip icon to all data-displaying components showing the data source, URL, and update frequency. You can now see exactly where each metric comes from. Hope that helps!*
