Leaderboard
Two rankings based on real HuggingFace numbers — downloads over the last 30 days and community likes. Only open-weight models are measurable this way; proprietary flagships have no public usage figure. Figures as of 2026-08-13.
Most downloaded
Real HuggingFace downloads over the last 30 days (open-weight models)
5.3M downloads/mo
4.2M downloads/mo
2.5M downloads/mo
2.3M downloads/mo
1.4M downloads/mo
859.2K downloads/mo
856.0K downloads/mo
785.6K downloads/mo
743.2K downloads/mo
644.8K downloads/mo
529.7K downloads/mo
497.0K downloads/mo
481.6K downloads/mo
138.4K downloads/mo
136.6K downloads/mo
Rising
Fresh models (<90 days) with the most HuggingFace likes
5.4K likes (HF)
4.9K likes · Underrated
2.1K likes (HF)
1.6K likes (HF)
1.4K likes (HF)
743 likes (HF)
551 likes · Underrated
538 likes (HF)
437 likes · Underrated
374 likes · Underrated
343 likes (HF)
320 likes (HF)
Methodology
Most downloaded:
- • Sorted by real HuggingFace downloads (last 30 days)
- • Straight from the HF API, no estimate
- • Only models with a public HF repo (open weights)
Rising:
- • Released <90 days, sorted by real HF likes
- • Slight boost for "Underrated"-flagged models
HF figures are refreshed daily via cron. Proprietary models (GPT, Claude, Gemini) are intentionally absent — there's no public usage figure for them.