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I often put files in my public Dropbox folder and send the public link to people by email. Is there a way to get some sort of report of how often files were accessed? Or is it possible to know the number of downloads?

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At present (February 2011) this is not possible to do in Dropbox. It is on the wish list though.

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Thank you for the link! I've added some of my votes to it. :) for all who also are intested in this feature: please vote it up on Dropbox. – splattne Feb 22 '11 at 11:44
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You could use a URL shortener (such as bit.ly or goo.gl) to create a link to the Dropbox public link and get the stats from the URL shortener service.

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If your file is a .exe file (and maybe other types), bit.ly will warn the user that the file 'is potentially dangerous', which may stop your user from downloading the file. I myself distrust sites that make you download a .exe file without giving you the file extension in the link (like a shortened url), so I decided not to use bit.ly for that, I will have to zip the .exe an re-upload the file. – Marcel Valdez Orozco May 6 at 13:57

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