This process strikes me as one that is a mix of art and science. An additional thought is that you might wish to cross-check the "top 100" from CPAN logs with the modules that are packaged for inclusion in various *nix distributions, which indicates some degree of demand. Likewise, if you can get access to ActiveState PPM logs, that would be another valuable source of data.
-xdg
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