styled-components vs @emotion/react
Styling · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
@emotion/react is downloaded about 1.9× as often as styled-components — 20,576,102 versus 11,011,136 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, styled-components downloads changed +5.2% and @emotion/react +13.9% compared with the 90 days before, so @emotion/react is growing faster.
● styled-components● @emotion/reactweekly downloads, last 12 months
| styled-components | @emotion/react | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 11,011,136 | 20,576,102 |
| Monthly downloads | 50,140,660 | 93,298,886 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 477,574,250 | 831,249,602 |
| 90-day growth | +5.2% | +13.9% |
| Latest version | 6.6.0 | 11.14.0 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Direct dependencies | 5 | 8 |
| Description | Fast, expressive styling for React. | > Simple styling in React. |
Download counts come from the public npm registry API and include CI and mirror traffic, so treat them as a popularity signal, not a user count.