diff --git a/src/components/Home.astro b/src/components/Home.astro
index bf48b5f..dcf3a91 100644
--- a/src/components/Home.astro
+++ b/src/components/Home.astro
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 import { libraries as allLibraries } from '../content'
 import { AREA_TEXT, AREAS, repositoryUrl } from '../content/catalog'
-import { MAIN_ID, SITE, TEXT } from '../content/site'
+import { MAIN_ID, releaseDate, SITE, TEXT } from '../content/site'
 import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro'
 import Icon from './Icon.astro'
 import HeroCompose from './HeroCompose.astro'
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ const origin = Astro.site ?? Astro.url.origin
                       <span class="tb-card__summary">{library.data.description}</span>
                       <span class="tb-card__foot">
                         <span class="tb-chip">{library.data.version}</span>
-                        {library.data.usedBy.length > 0 && (
-                          <span class="tb-chip">{TEXT.library.usedByCount(library.data.usedBy.length)}</span>
-                        )}
+                        <time class="tb-chip" datetime={library.data.released}>
+                          {releaseDate(library.data.released)}
+                        </time>
                       </span>
                     </a>
                   </li>
diff --git a/src/components/LibraryPage.astro b/src/components/LibraryPage.astro
index 2c0852f..88eca60 100644
--- a/src/components/LibraryPage.astro
+++ b/src/components/LibraryPage.astro
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { render } from 'astro:content'
 import type { Library } from '../content'
 import { AREA_TEXT, packagistUrl, repositoryUrl } from '../content/catalog'
-import { MAIN_ID, TEXT } from '../content/site'
+import { MAIN_ID, releaseDate, TEXT } from '../content/site'
 import BaseLayout from '../layouts/BaseLayout.astro'
 import Icon from './Icon.astro'
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ const packageName = `tiny-blocks/${data.name}`
 const install = `composer require ${packageName}`
 const origin = Astro.site ?? Astro.url.origin
 const url = new URL(`/${data.name}/`, origin).href
-const released = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { dateStyle: 'medium', timeZone: 'UTC' }).format(new Date(data.released))
-const downloads = new Intl.NumberFormat('en').format(data.downloads.monthly)
+const released = releaseDate(data.released)
 /** Search engines show about 160 characters, so a short summary is completed with what the library is. */
 const completed = `${data.description} ${TEXT.library.pitch}`
 const description = completed.length <= 165 ? completed : data.description
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ const relations = [
             <li>{TEXT.library.version} <strong>{data.version}</strong>, {TEXT.library.released} {released}</li>
             <li>{TEXT.library.php} <strong>{data.php}</strong></li>
             <li>{TEXT.library.license} <strong>{data.license}</strong></li>
-            <li>{TEXT.library.downloads} <strong>{downloads}</strong> {TEXT.library.perMonth}</li>
             <li>
               <a href={repositoryUrl(data.name)} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
                 {TEXT.library.source} <Icon name="external" size={12} />
diff --git a/src/content.config.ts b/src/content.config.ts
index 40cd0ef..091fea1 100644
--- a/src/content.config.ts
+++ b/src/content.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { z } from 'astro/zod'
 import { AREAS, CATALOG } from './content/catalog'
 import { dependencyGraph } from './content/graph'
 import { documentation } from './content/readme'
-import { composerFile, downloads, latestRelease, readme } from './content/sources'
+import { composerFile, latestRelease, readme } from './content/sources'
 
 const libraries = defineCollection({
   loader: {
@@ -15,19 +15,18 @@ const libraries = defineCollection({
       const names = new Set(CATALOG.map((entry) => entry.name))
       const sources = await Promise.all(
         CATALOG.map(async (entry) => {
-          const [text, composer, release, stats] = await Promise.all([
+          const [text, composer, release] = await Promise.all([
             readme(entry.name),
             composerFile(entry.name),
             latestRelease(entry.name),
-            downloads(entry.name),
           ])
-          return { entry, text, composer, release, stats }
+          return { entry, text, composer, release }
         }),
       )
       const graph = dependencyGraph(new Map(sources.map((source) => [source.entry.name, source.composer])))
 
       store.clear()
-      for (const [index, { entry, text, composer, release, stats }] of sources.entries()) {
+      for (const [index, { entry, text, composer, release }] of sources.entries()) {
         const node = graph[index]
         if (node === undefined) {
           throw new Error(`No node of the graph for ${entry.name}.`)
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ const libraries = defineCollection({
             license: [composer.license ?? 'MIT'].flat().join(', '),
             version: release.version,
             released: release.time,
-            downloads: stats,
             dependsOn: node.dependsOn,
             usedBy: node.usedBy,
             testedWith: node.testedWith,
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ const libraries = defineCollection({
     license: z.string(),
     version: z.string(),
     released: z.string(),
-    downloads: z.object({ total: z.number(), monthly: z.number() }),
     dependsOn: z.array(z.string()),
     usedBy: z.array(z.string()),
     testedWith: z.array(z.string()),
diff --git a/src/content/site.ts b/src/content/site.ts
index 8ef8f8a..5c9aebe 100644
--- a/src/content/site.ts
+++ b/src/content/site.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ export const TEXT = {
     released: 'released',
     php: 'PHP',
     license: 'License',
-    downloads: 'Downloads',
-    perMonth: 'a month',
     source: 'Source',
     packagist: 'Packagist',
     dependsOn: 'Stands on',
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ export const TEXT = {
     headline: (title: string) => `${title} for PHP`,
     /** What closes the description of a library page when the summary of the library is short. */
     pitch: 'A small, framework-agnostic PHP library from Tiny Blocks.',
-    usedByCount: (count: number) => (count === 1 ? 'used by 1 library' : `used by ${count} libraries`),
   },
   search: {
     title: 'Search the libraries',
@@ -82,3 +79,8 @@ export const TEXT = {
   },
   notFound: { title: 'Page not found', lede: 'This address does not exist or has moved.', back: 'Back to home' },
 } as const
+
+/** The day a release was published, from its ISO 8601 instant, as the site shows it: Oct 24, 2026. */
+export function releaseDate(instant: string): string {
+  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { dateStyle: 'medium', timeZone: 'UTC' }).format(new Date(instant))
+}
diff --git a/src/content/sources.ts b/src/content/sources.ts
index 6c3f284..4aa09fa 100644
--- a/src/content/sources.ts
+++ b/src/content/sources.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * What the site reads about each library when it is built: the README and the `composer.json` from
- * its repository, and the latest release and the downloads from Packagist. A failed request fails the
+ * its repository, and the latest release from Packagist. A failed request fails the
  * build, so the site never publishes a library with half of its page missing.
  */
 import { ORGANIZATION, rawUrl } from './catalog'
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ export interface Release {
   readonly time: string
 }
 
-export interface Downloads {
-  readonly total: number
-  readonly monthly: number
-}
-
 async function fetchOk(url: string): Promise<Response> {
   const response = await fetch(url)
   if (!response.ok) {
@@ -49,10 +44,3 @@ export async function latestRelease(name: string): Promise<Release> {
   }
   return { version: release.version, time: release.time }
 }
-
-export async function downloads(name: string): Promise<Downloads> {
-  const body = (await (await fetchOk(`https://packagist.org/packages/${ORGANIZATION}/${name}/stats.json`)).json()) as {
-    downloads: Downloads
-  }
-  return { total: body.downloads.total, monthly: body.downloads.monthly }
-}