Glossary
Hugging Face downloads
Downloads of the official Hugging Face repository, in that source's 30-day window.
What it measures
Downloads of the official Hugging Face repository, in that source's 30-day window.
When it matters
It is an adoption signal for open models. A high number can come from a well-known repository or from a simple setup. I do not use this column alone to judge quality.
How to read it
Compare downloads between models of the same type, in Hugging Face's 30-day window. A high number can come from a well-known repository or from a simple setup.
Who leads
- Qwen3 14B Alibaba 12,907,991
- Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba 7,443,748
- Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Alibaba 7,052,170
- Qwen3.5-9B Alibaba 6,370,574
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Alibaba 6,075,622
- Gemma 4 26B A4B Google 5,439,703
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba 4,177,044
- Qwen3-TTS Alibaba 3,744,562
- Whisper large-v3 OpenAI 3,560,236
- Qwen3 32B Alibaba 3,001,273