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Alibaba Cloud Dominates Open-Source AI Downloads with Qwen

4/10/2026

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Alibaba Cloud now accounts for over 50% of open-source model downloads as of March 2026, led by Qwen 3.5.
A report from Interconnects AI notes rise of Chinese AI models, with Qwen nearing 1 billion downloads.
In February 2026, Qwen generated 153.6 million downloads, more than double the next eight players.
The trend began in September 2024 with Qwen 2.5, shifting from US models to Chinese models on Hugging Face.

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Story summary

Alibaba Cloud now accounts for over 50% of open-source model downloads as of March 2026, led by Qwen 3.5.
A report from Interconnects AI notes rise of Chinese AI models, with Qwen nearing 1 billion downloads.
In February 2026, Qwen generated 153.6 million downloads, more than double the next eight players.
The trend began in September 2024 with Qwen 2.5, shifting from US models to Chinese models on Hugging Face.