Hugging Face Download Counting Change Causes ~30% Drop for Top Open LLMs
natolambert · x · 2026-10-11
Nat Lambert (interconnects) reports a 30% and ongoing drop in Hugging Face downloads across top open LLMs, likely due to a change in HF's download counting methodology rather than real usage decline; he is asking for alternative explanations. Affects anyone tracking downloads for leaderboards.
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