diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-stats.yml b/.github/workflows/package-stats.yml
index ba24b645..09f648b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-stats.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-stats.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           files=(
-            docs/assets/package-downloads-monthly.svg
+            docs/assets/package-downloads-daily.svg
             docs/assets/package-downloads.md
             docs/assets/package-downloads-history.jsonl
           )
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ jobs:
           done
 
           git add "${files[@]}"
+          # Drop superseded monthly chart so the data branch does not keep a stale SVG.
+          if [ -f docs/assets/package-downloads-monthly.svg ]; then
+            git rm -f docs/assets/package-downloads-monthly.svg
+          fi
           if git diff --cached --quiet; then
             echo "Package stats already up to date."
             exit 0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a8655bd..b04a5d48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ separately from standalone release downloads. Charts refresh daily via
 [`package-stats.yml`](.github/workflows/package-stats.yml). Exact numbers:
 [package-downloads.md](https://github.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/blob/release-stats-data/docs/assets/package-downloads.md).
 
-![Monthly DPM package downloads](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/release-stats-data/docs/assets/package-downloads-monthly.svg)
+![Daily DPM package downloads](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/release-stats-data/docs/assets/package-downloads-daily.svg)
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/scripts/package-stats-daily.jq b/scripts/package-stats-daily.jq
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bbdc390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package-stats-daily.jq
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Daily download counts from cumulative daily snapshots.
+#
+# Input: JSON array of { date, total, ... } (use jq -s on a JSONL history file).
+# Output: [ { date: "YYYY-MM-DD", downloads: N }, ... ] oldest first.
+# The first snapshot is baseline only and contributes no delta. Negative steps clamp to 0.
+
+sort_by(.date)
+| . as $rows
+| [ range(1; length)
+    | { date: $rows[.].date,
+        downloads: ([($rows[.].total - $rows[.-1].total), 0] | max) } ]
diff --git a/scripts/package-stats-monthly.jq b/scripts/package-stats-monthly.jq
deleted file mode 100644
index 663ca9a1..00000000
--- a/scripts/package-stats-monthly.jq
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Monthly download counts from cumulative daily snapshots.
-#
-# Input: JSON array of { date, total, ... } (use jq -s on a JSONL history file).
-# Output: [ { month: "YYYY-MM", downloads: N }, ... ] oldest first.
-# Missing calendar months between the first and last observed delta month are filled with 0.
-# The first snapshot is baseline only and contributes no delta. Negative steps clamp to 0.
-
-def year_month:
-  .[0:7];
-
-def month_index:
-  ((.[0:4] | tonumber) * 12) + (.[5:7] | tonumber);
-
-def from_month_index:
-  ((. - 1) / 12 | floor) as $y
-  | ((. - 1) % 12 + 1) as $m
-  | ($m | tostring | if length == 1 then "0\(.)" else . end) as $mm
-  | "\($y)-\($mm)";
-
-sort_by(.date)
-| . as $rows
-| [ range(1; length)
-    | { month: ($rows[.].date | year_month),
-        idx: ($rows[.].date | year_month | month_index),
-        delta: ([($rows[.].total - $rows[.-1].total), 0] | max) } ]
-| group_by(.month)
-| map({ month: .[0].month, idx: .[0].idx, downloads: (map(.delta) | add) })
-| . as $observed
-| if ($observed | length) == 0 then []
-  else
-    ($observed | map(.idx) | min) as $first
-    | ($observed | map(.idx) | max) as $last
-    | ($observed | map({(.month): .downloads}) | add) as $by_month
-    | [ range($first; $last + 1)
-        | from_month_index as $m
-        | { month: $m, downloads: ($by_month[$m] // 0) } ]
-  end
diff --git a/scripts/package-stats.sh b/scripts/package-stats.sh
index 2a126ff0..6e2b3073 100755
--- a/scripts/package-stats.sh
+++ b/scripts/package-stats.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 #   https://github.com/bitdynamics-ab/canton-devkit/pkgs/container/canton-devkit
 #
 # Outputs (into docs/assets/):
-#   package-downloads-monthly.svg   — new downloads per calendar month (line; last 6 months)
-#   package-downloads.md            — total + monthly summary table
+#   package-downloads-daily.svg     — new downloads per day (line; last 30 days)
+#   package-downloads.md            — total + daily summary table (last 30 days)
 #   package-downloads-history.jsonl — appended daily snapshot (total + last30Days)
 #
 # Environment:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ snapshot_date="${SNAPSHOT_DATE:-$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)}"
 touch "${HISTORY_FILE}"
 history_len="$(jq -s 'length' "${HISTORY_FILE}" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
 
-# Backfill when history has fewer than 2 rows so monthly deltas are possible
+# Backfill when history has fewer than 2 rows so daily deltas are possible
 # immediately from the page sparkline.
 if [ "${history_len}" -lt 2 ]; then
   echo "seeding history from sparkline (history_len=${history_len})" >&2
@@ -221,19 +221,21 @@ today_row="$(jq -nc --arg d "${snapshot_date}" --argjson total "${total}" --argj
 mv "${HISTORY_FILE}.tmp" "${HISTORY_FILE}"
 echo "updated ${HISTORY_FILE} (snapshot ${snapshot_date})"
 
-# --- Monthly chart from history deltas ------------------------------------
-monthly_rows="$(jq -s -f "${script_dir}/package-stats-monthly.jq" "${HISTORY_FILE}")"
+# --- Daily chart from history deltas --------------------------------------
+# GitHub only exposes a cumulative total. Diff consecutive snapshots, clamp
+# negatives, then chart the trailing window so x-axis labels stay readable.
+daily_rows="$(jq -s -f "${script_dir}/package-stats-daily.jq" "${HISTORY_FILE}")"
 
-by_month_data="$(printf '%s' "${monthly_rows}" | jq '
-  .[-6:] as $months
-  | { labels: [ $months[].month ],
+by_day_data="$(printf '%s' "${daily_rows}" | jq '
+  .[-30:] as $days
+  | { labels: [ $days[].date[5:] ],
       series: [ { name: "Downloads",
                   color: "#2563eb",
-                  values: [ $months[].downloads ] } ]
+                  values: [ $days[].downloads ] } ]
   }
 ')"
-render_line_chart "${OUT_DIR}/package-downloads-monthly.svg" \
-  "Monthly DPM package downloads (last 6 months)" "Month (oldest -> newest)" "${by_month_data}"
+render_line_chart "${OUT_DIR}/package-downloads-daily.svg" \
+  "Daily DPM package downloads (last 30 days)" "Day (oldest -> newest)" "${by_day_data}"
 
 # --- Markdown summary -----------------------------------------------------
 {
@@ -244,14 +246,14 @@ render_line_chart "${OUT_DIR}/package-downloads-monthly.svg" \
   printf '**Last 30 days (page sparkline):** %s.\n\n' "${last30}"
   echo "Source: [GitHub Packages](${PACKAGE_URL})."
   echo
-  echo "### Monthly downloads"
+  echo "### Daily downloads (last 30 days)"
   echo
-  echo "| Month | Downloads |"
+  echo "| Date | Downloads |"
   echo "|---|---|"
-  if [ "$(printf '%s' "${monthly_rows}" | jq 'length')" -eq 0 ]; then
+  if [ "$(printf '%s' "${daily_rows}" | jq 'length')" -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "| — | 0 (need at least two daily snapshots) |"
   else
-    printf '%s' "${monthly_rows}" | jq -r 'reverse[] | "| \(.month) | \(.downloads) |"'
+    printf '%s' "${daily_rows}" | jq -r '.[-30:] | reverse[] | "| \(.date) | \(.downloads) |"'
   fi
   echo
 } > "${OUT_DIR}/package-downloads.md"
diff --git a/scripts/package-stats_test.sh b/scripts/package-stats_test.sh
index 4032f229..bdbf1a8a 100755
--- a/scripts/package-stats_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/package-stats_test.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Regression checks for scripts/package-stats.sh and package-stats-monthly.jq.
+# Regression checks for scripts/package-stats.sh and package-stats-daily.jq.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-jq_filter="${script_dir}/package-stats-monthly.jq"
+jq_filter="${script_dir}/package-stats-daily.jq"
 fixture="${script_dir}/testdata/package-stats-page.html"
 tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
 trap 'rm -rf "${tmp}"' EXIT
@@ -28,25 +28,16 @@ assert_file_contains() {
   fi
 }
 
-# --- Monthly jq (same contract as release-stats-monthly.jq) ----------------
+# --- Daily jq -------------------------------------------------------------
 cat > "${tmp}/history.jsonl" <<'EOF'
 {"date":"2026-07-06","total":10}
-{"date":"2026-07-20","total":12}
-{"date":"2026-07-28","total":15}
-{"date":"2026-08-05","total":18}
+{"date":"2026-07-07","total":12}
+{"date":"2026-07-08","total":15}
+{"date":"2026-07-09","total":18}
 EOF
-assert_eq "monthly aggregation" \
+assert_eq "daily aggregation" \
   "$(jq -s -f "${jq_filter}" "${tmp}/history.jsonl")" \
-  '[{"month":"2026-07","downloads":5},{"month":"2026-08","downloads":3}]'
-
-cat > "${tmp}/history-gap.jsonl" <<'EOF'
-{"date":"2026-07-06","total":10}
-{"date":"2026-07-10","total":14}
-{"date":"2026-09-02","total":20}
-EOF
-assert_eq "gap fill" \
-  "$(jq -s -f "${jq_filter}" "${tmp}/history-gap.jsonl")" \
-  '[{"month":"2026-07","downloads":4},{"month":"2026-08","downloads":0},{"month":"2026-09","downloads":6}]'
+  '[{"date":"2026-07-07","downloads":2},{"date":"2026-07-08","downloads":3},{"date":"2026-07-09","downloads":3}]'
 
 cat > "${tmp}/history-clamp.jsonl" <<'EOF'
 {"date":"2026-08-03","total":20}
@@ -55,13 +46,19 @@ cat > "${tmp}/history-clamp.jsonl" <<'EOF'
 EOF
 assert_eq "negative delta clamp" \
   "$(jq -s -f "${jq_filter}" "${tmp}/history-clamp.jsonl")" \
-  '[{"month":"2026-08","downloads":2}]'
+  '[{"date":"2026-08-04","downloads":0},{"date":"2026-08-05","downloads":2}]'
 
 printf '%s\n' '{"date":"2026-08-03","total":20}' > "${tmp}/history-one.jsonl"
 assert_eq "single snapshot" \
   "$(jq -s -f "${jq_filter}" "${tmp}/history-one.jsonl")" \
   '[]'
 
+# Chart window: last 30 days only (full series may be longer).
+window="$(printf '%s' "$(jq -n '[range(1;41) | {date: ("2026-01-" + (if . < 10 then "0\(.)" else "\(.)" end)), downloads: .}]')" | jq -c '.[-30:] | { labels: [.[].date[5:]], values: [.[].downloads] }')"
+assert_eq "chart last-30 window length" \
+  "$(printf '%s' "${window}" | jq '.labels | length')" \
+  '30'
+
 # --- End-to-end against HTML fixture --------------------------------------
 out="${tmp}/out"
 mkdir -p "${out}"
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ OUT_DIR="${out}" \
 
 history="${out}/package-downloads-history.jsonl"
 md="${out}/package-downloads.md"
-svg="${out}/package-downloads-monthly.svg"
+svg="${out}/package-downloads-daily.svg"
 
 [ -f "${history}" ] || { echo "FAIL: missing history" >&2; exit 1; }
 [ -f "${md}" ] || { echo "FAIL: missing markdown" >&2; exit 1; }
@@ -92,8 +89,8 @@ assert_eq "first seeded row" \
   '{"date":"2026-08-01","total":10,"last30Days":null}'
 
 assert_file_contains "md total" "${md}" "**Total downloads:** 100"
-assert_file_contains "md month" "${md}" "| 2026-10 | 50 |"
-assert_file_contains "svg title" "${svg}" "Monthly DPM package downloads"
+assert_file_contains "md day" "${md}" "| 2026-10-20 | 20 |"
+assert_file_contains "svg title" "${svg}" "Daily DPM package downloads"
 
 # Idempotent same-day re-run must not duplicate rows.
 OUT_DIR="${out}" \