ES6 Singleton example. Use: import Singleton from 'Singleton'; let instance = Singleton.instance;

Singleton.js

'use strict';

/**
 * Created by Alexander Litvinov
 * Email: alexander@codeordie.ru
 * May be freely distributed under the MIT license
 */

let singleton = Symbol();
let singletonEnforcer = Symbol();

class Singleton {

    /**
     * @param enforcer
     */
    constructor(enforcer) {
        if (enforcer !== singletonEnforcer) {
            throw "Cannot construct singleton"
        }
    }

    /**
     * @returns Singleton
     */
    static get instance() {
        if (!this[singleton]) {
            this[singleton] = new Singleton(singletonEnforcer);
        }
        return this[singleton];
    }

}

export default Singleton;

@StevenLangbroek export default new MyClass() pattern is using in ReactJS dispacher which is a single component for a ReactJS app. I think, you are correct about it.
Refer: https://gist.github.com/milankarunarathne/c565aa5970987aeca88b