MCP Ecosystem Hits 13,000 Servers and 97M Monthly Downloads by Mid-2026
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem has grown rapidly, surpassing 13,000 servers on npm and GitHub as of May 2026. Monthly SDK downloads have tripled in six months to 97 million, while new server registrations have grown 400% year-over-year. Anthropic's official filesystem server alone records 48,500 downloads per month, reflecting strong developer adoption. MCP is increasingly becoming the standard interface for connecting AI models to external tools such as databases, APIs, and file systems. Despite this growth, discovering the right MCP server remains a challenge, prompting community-driven tools like mcp-hub to offer search, installation, and enterprise registry features.
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