Alibaba Group said its open-source large language model family Qwen has logged more than 3 billion cumulative downloads worldwide over the past six months, putting it ahead of rivals including Meta and Alphabet and making it the most downloaded open-source AI model currently on the market. The company also said the Qwen lineup now includes more than 460 open-source models, while the broader ecosystem has produced over 300,000 derivative models.
The figures were cited alongside Hugging Face’s "State of Open Models" report. According to that report, Google’s models recorded about 418 million downloads in 2026, while Meta’s reached about 227 million. The report added that Qwen has become one of the default workflows for developers when fine-tuning and deploying models. Bloomberg said this has helped position Alibaba as one of the key foundations in the open AI ecosystem.
Alibaba Group said its open-source large language model family Qwen has surpassed 3 billion cumulative global downloads over the past six months, overtaking rivals including Meta and Alphabet to become the most downloaded open-source AI model family currently available.
The company said the Qwen series has released more than 460 open-source models, and that more than 300,000 derivative models have been built across its ecosystem.
According to Hugging Face’s "State of Open Models" report, Google’s models logged about 418 million downloads in 2026, while Meta’s reached about 227 million. The report said Qwen has become one of the default workflows developers use for model fine-tuning and deployment, helping make Alibaba one of the key foundations of the open AI ecosystem. Bloomberg reported the development.
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