Daily open-model dashboard shows China still far ahead of the US
natolambert · x · 2026-07-23
The author points to a daily-updated dashboard tracking open-model adoption by organization, with a broader comparison across the US, China, and the rest of the world. The dashboard suggests:
- US usage is growing slowly
- China still leads by a wide margin
- NVIDIA is emerging as a notable model maker in the visible adoption data
The attached chart shows cumulative downloads by organization over time, giving a high-level view of which open-model groups are gaining traction.
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