Alibaba Qwen tops global open-source AI downloads, outpacing Google and Meta - CHOSUNBIZ

According to Hugging Face's open-source model status report, Alibaba's Qwen recorded about 2.045 billion downloads in 2026. This places Qwen ahead of Google, which recorded roughly 418 million downloads, and Meta, which recorded roughly 227 million downloads. The article describes Alibaba as topping global open-source AI downloads. The title of the article, published by CHOSUNBIZ, says Alibaba outpaced Google and Meta. These figures are the main download data presented in the article.

The same report indicates that Chinese institutes released larger open models than US institutes in most months. That finding is part of the Hugging Face status report covered by the article. The article does not provide additional specifics about the models' sizes or the months in which they were released. The report's data is attributed to Hugging Face, a platform for hosting open-source models. The article presents this as a consistent trend across most of 2026.

The article frames the download figures as evidence of Alibaba's leading position in the open-source AI segment. It contrasts Alibaba's performance with that of Google and Meta. The report's finding about Chinese institutes releasing larger open models than US ones is also presented as a notable trend. The article does not include responses from Alibaba, Google, or Meta. The excerpt ends with the download totals and the comparison between the three companies.