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Qwen hits nearly 1 billion cumulative downloads, far surpassing rivals like Meta Platforms’ Llama and DeepSeek, researchers say.
Qwen reached nearly 1 billion cumulative downloads by March 2026, far surpassing Llama and DeepSeek.
KEY POINTS
- 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.
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