[liotier]

I agree, but naive new Perl users might benefit from some prominent showcasing of well-known good modules or maybe comparison charts between modules in the same functional niche... Maybe that is a subject better left to Perl bloggers rather than to the neutral CPAN, but first contact with Perl is sometimes an embarrassment of riches.

Anyway, I love the CPAN - whatever I imagine myself wanting to do, five people have done it already !

[phaylon]

Well, MetaCPAN has a leaderboard of modules, but it could be a bit more prominent: https://metacpan.org/favorite/leaderboard