Alibaba’s Qwen family of open AI models has crossed 3 billion downloads globally in six months, surpassing models from Google, Meta and Chinese rivals. With more than 460 open-source models and 300,000 derivatives, Qwen is emerging as a major foundation for developers building and customizing artificial intelligence applications
Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen family of artificial intelligence models has emerged as the world’s most downloaded open AI model ecosystem, recording more than 3 billion downloads globally over the past six months.
The Chinese technology giant said the figure has helped Qwen overtake major US technology companies and domestic competitors in the open-model race.
According to the open-source AI platform Hugging Face, Google, which is owned by Alphabet, recorded about 418 million downloads in 2026, while Meta Platforms had 227 million.
Alibaba said Qwen has also released more than 460 open-source models, while its ecosystem has generated over 300,000 derivative models.
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