Thanks Ryan; this is what i'm looking for!  

Would be cool if this kind of stuff was real-time and open and machine-readable.

jeff

Arcane Research's State of Lightning report is the closest that I know of. They're planning on doing updates every 6 months or so.

https://www.research.arcane.no/the-state-of-lightning

bitcoin

Is anybody publishing average fees, transaction count, or estimated number of daily users for LN?

Arcane Research's State of Lightning report is the closest that I know of. They're planning on doing updates every 6 months or so.
https://www.research.arcane.no/the-state-of-lightning