MongoDB has grown significantly since 2009, with over 20 million downloads and 20,000-30,000 downloads per day. MongoDB aims to continually improve, extend, and innovate its database platform. Some recent improvements include the WiredTiger storage engine, replica set elections, and document validation. MongoDB also aims to extend its capabilities with features like the $lookup aggregation operator, BI connectors, and read-only views. MongoDB is innovating in areas like mixed storage engine sets, zones for geographical distribution, and cloud services like MongoDB Atlas.