title: PyPi download counts seem unrealistic
body: <p>I put <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/powerlaw" rel="noreferrer">a package on PyPi</a> for the first time ~2 months ago, and have made some version updates since then. I noticed this week the download count recording, and was surprised to see it had been downloaded hundreds of times. Over the next few days, I was more surprised to see the download count increasing by sometimes hundreds <em>per day</em>, even though this is a niche statistical test toolbox. In particular, older versions of package are continuing to be downloaded, sometimes at higher rates than the newest version.</p>
  
  <p>What is going on here?</p>
  
  <p>Is there a bug in PyPi's downloaded counting, or is there an abundance of crawlers grabbing open source code (as mine is)?</p>