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· today in ai · 2026-08-15
Qwen now has 151,000+ derivative models
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Hugging Face's Summer 2026 open-models report finds Qwen-based derivatives outnumber Llama's by 4.7x, the clearest ecosystem-size signal yet in open weights.
Hugging Face’s Summer 2026 open-models report finds Qwen-based models now account for 151,448 derivatives on the Hub, 2.6 times Meta’s total footprint and 4.7 times the Llama repositories specifically, the clearest single measure yet of which open-weight base model developers are actually building on.
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- 01State of Open Models: Summer 2026 Observationshuggingface.co · primary
Rami Steitieh