# Qwen hits nearly 1 billion cumulative downloads, far surpassing rivals like Meta Platforms’ Llama and DeepSeek, researchers say.

*genai · news · 2026-04-10 · South China Morning Post*

## Key points

- Qwen reached nearly 1 billion cumulative downloads by March 2026, far surpassing Llama and DeepSeek.
- Alibaba Cloud captured over 50% of global open-source model downloads after releasing Qwen 3.5.
- Qwen generated 153.6 million downloads in February 2026, more than double the next eight competitors combined.
- Chinese open-source AI models overtook US models in downloads on Hugging Face starting September 2024.

**Companies:** Alibaba Group Holding, Meta Platforms, OpenAI, Nvidia
**Countries:** China, United States

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