diff --git a/server/utils/fetchData.ts b/server/utils/fetchData.ts
index 290aa84..46f11b7 100644
--- a/server/utils/fetchData.ts
+++ b/server/utils/fetchData.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import {$modrinthFetch} from "~/utils/modrinthFetch";
 
-export async function getProjectIds(offset: number, type: string): Promise<string[]> {
+export async function getProjectIds(offset: number, type: string, limit: number): Promise<string[]> {
     const data = await $modrinthFetch<SimpleProjects>("/search", {
         query: {
-            limit: 100,
+            limit: limit,
             offset: offset,
-            //todo - remove newest
-            index: "newest",
+            index: import.meta.dev ? "newest" : "downloads",
             facets: `[[\"project_types:${type}\"]]`
         }
     })
diff --git a/server/utils/statistics.ts b/server/utils/statistics.ts
index 2f6d07a..3cb94eb 100644
--- a/server/utils/statistics.ts
+++ b/server/utils/statistics.ts
@@ -22,17 +22,37 @@ async function saveStats(stats: AllStats, type: string) {
 }
 
 async function getStatistics(type: string): Promise<AllStats> {
-    const projectIds = await getProjectIds(0, type);
-    console.log("project ids", projectIds.length);
+    const BATCH_COUNT = import.meta.dev ? 1 : 10;
+    let data: StatsData = new Map()
 
-    const versionIds = (await getVersionIds(projectIds))
-    console.log("version ids", versionIds.length);
+    let index = 0;
 
-    let data: StatsData = new Map()
-    await analyzeVersionsFromIds(versionIds, data);
+    while (true) {
+        let done = false;
 
-    let versions = await getGameVersions()
+        const batchProjectIds = []
+        for (let i = 0; i < BATCH_COUNT; i++) {
+            const projectIds = await getProjectIds(index, type, 100);
+            batchProjectIds.push(...projectIds);
+            index += 100;
+
+            if (projectIds.length != 100) {
+                done = true;
+                break
+            }
+        }
 
+        console.log("project ids", batchProjectIds.length);
+
+        const versionIds = (await getVersionIds(batchProjectIds))
+        console.log("version ids", versionIds.length);
+
+        await analyzeVersionsFromIds(versionIds, data);
+
+        if (done || import.meta.dev) break
+    }
+
+    let versions = await getGameVersions()
     let allDownloads = StatsFromData(versions, data);
     let {gameVersions: minorGameVersions, downloads: minorVersionDownloads} = onlyMinorVersions(versions, allDownloads);
     let majorVersionDownloads = onlyMajorVersions(minorGameVersions, minorVersionDownloads);