Alibaba (BABA) Stock: Qwen AI Downloads Top 3 Billion, Passing Meta and Google

TLDR

• Alibaba’s Qwen AI model family has surpassed 3 billion cumulative global downloads, overtaking Meta and Google.
• On Hugging Face, Qwen recorded 2.045 billion downloads in 2026 vs. 418 million for Google and 227 million for Meta.
• Qwen has over 460 open-source models and 300,000-plus derivative models built on top of it.
• Developers have created 151,448 Qwen-derived models on Hugging Face, 2.6x more than Meta-derived models.
• BABA stock was up 1.35% as the news broke, while META slipped 0.86% and GOOG dipped 0.12%.

Alibaba’s Qwen AI model family has crossed 3 billion cumulative global downloads, making it the world’s most downloaded open AI model, according to a report published by Hugging Face on August 14.

BABA stock gained 1.35% on the news. META fell 0.86% and GOOG dropped 0.12%.

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On Hugging Face alone, Qwen pulled in roughly 2.045 billion downloads in 2026. Google’s models came in at 418 million. Meta managed 227 million.

Those Hugging Face numbers don’t even include China’s ModelScope platform, so the real reach is larger than the headline figures suggest.

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