An interesting list and a great way of displaying things. But a concerning one, the top 5 plugins all owe their position to marketing, preferential placement, and first mover advantage

Let’s look at it:

Yoast, a good plugin but overkill for most. Brilliant marketing though and was the first in the field
Jetpack, has useful features but all features have better alternatives. It has its position simply through preferential placement.
Akismet, an outmoded plugin that only has its position due to preferential placement
Elementor, an okay product when it was best in a niche, now outmoded by Gutenberg. Great marketing though
Contact form 7, okay plugin but now outmoded. No one would seriously suggest it is the best solution today. But has the first mover advantage

The repository has serious problem, you can search for a plugin by its exact name and it won’t appear on the first page of results. Instead popular plugins appear at the top. This is worrying for WordPress as plugin developers are doing great work but are not getting the attention they deserve.