Download statistics for package registered on Pypi can be obtained, in RSS format, by subscribing your favorite RSS reader (e.g. GoogleReader) with the following:
http://www.jldupont.com/services/pypirss/rss/$package_name
Example
[http://www.jldupont.com/services/pypirss/rss/pypp]
Q: I tried http://www.jldupont.com/services/pypirss/rss/lockfile but got an error. Does something need to be set up for each package?