Would replacing requests with httpx speed up long queries?

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❓ Question

Would replacing requests with httpx speed up long queries about very popular dependencies?

https://www.python-httpx.org is designed to be highly compatible with requests but adds async support. Would this help to accelerate long-running queries like:
% time pipx run github-dependents-info --repo benjaminp/six --minstars=1000 --sort=stars
--> 280.98s user 17.35s system 5% cpu 1:36:46.54 total which visits 3,631 pages to return 68 repos.

📎 Additional context

https://www.python-httpx.org