TL;DR: OpenClaw went from zero to 335K GitHub stars in four months. 27 million monthly visitors, 2 million active users, 13,729 ClawHub skills, and 172 startups generating $361K/month. Every chart on this page is interactive. Hover for details. All sources linked below each chart.
This page collects every public OpenClaw metric I could verify as of March 2026. Numbers come from GitHub, SimilarWeb, npm, TrustMRR, and industry reports. Each chart links its source.
If you're writing about OpenClaw and need a number, it's here. Cite freely: there's a citation block at the bottom.
GitHub star growth
OpenClaw went from 0 to 335K stars in four months, passing React (10+ years to reach 250K) on March 3, 2026. Peak: 34,168 stars in 48 hours.
Website traffic
Monthly visitors jumped from 7.25M to 27M between February and March 2026. Average session: 45 minutes. Desktop: 70.8%, mobile: 29.2%.
Traffic by country
China grew 1,436% month-over-month, fueled by Tencent and Baidu integrations. The USA leads in total share at 16.29%.
User segments
65% of OpenClaw users come from the enterprise sector. Finance accounts for 25% of enterprise adoption.
Ecosystem revenue
172 startups built on OpenClaw generated $360,734 in March 2026. The top startup pulled ~$50K/month. Total ecosystem spend: $5M-15M/month.
Skills marketplace growth
ClawHub grew from 5,700 skills in early February to 13,729 by March 2026. Over 65% of skills wrap MCP servers. 1,000+ community MCP servers.
Monthly hosting costs
Running OpenClaw ranges from $8/month (budget VPS + light API use) to $60/month (power setup). Most users land in the $20-32/month range.
Timeline
Published March 27, 2026.
https://openclawvps.io/blog/openclaw-statistics
Methodology and sources
All data on this page was collected between March 24-27, 2026. GitHub metrics come from the openclaw/openclaw repository and star-history.com. Website traffic figures are from SimilarWeb. Ecosystem revenue data comes from TrustMRR and was cross-referenced with industry reports. Skills marketplace counts are from ClawHub and the awesome-openclaw-skills repository.
Hosting cost ranges are based on current pricing from major VPS providers (Hostinger, Contabo, DigitalOcean), combined with typical API usage reported by the community.
Numbers change fast. If something looks off, open an issue or reach out. I update this page monthly.
Running your own OpenClaw instance on a VPS takes about five minutes. If you want DeepSeek as the backend, the DeepSeek setup guide covers both cloud API and local Ollama paths. For a comparison with hosted alternatives, see OpenClaw vs ChatGPT or OpenClaw vs Claude.
