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| license: other
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| license_name: tensorust-sample-license
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| license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/hf-model-adoption/
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| pretty_name: "Open Model Adoption Tracker (free sample)"
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| language:
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| - en
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| tags:
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| - tensorust
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| - sample
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| - agent-ai-economy
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| - government-data
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| - finance
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| size_categories:
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| - n<1K
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| configs:
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| - config_name: sample
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| data_files:
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| - split: train
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| path: sample.csv
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| - config_name: summary
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| data_files:
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| - split: train
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| path: summary_by_task.csv
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| ---
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| # Open Model Adoption Tracker: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
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| The 50,000 most-pulled open models on Hugging Face with downloads, likes and trend, rolled up by family and org: BERT family, Qwen and E5/BGE/GTE embeddings are the most-pulled named families.
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| **Headline:** A lab's own download count understates its reach: most of an open model family's pulls go to other people's fine-tunes, quantizations and merges, and nobody reports that number.
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| This repository is a **free teaser**, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has **50,000 rows** and is sold by Tensorust LLC: **[https://tensorust.com/datasets/hf-model-adoption/](https://tensorust.com/datasets/hf-model-adoption/)**.
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| ## Files here
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| | file | what it is |
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| |---|---|
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| | `sample.csv` | 25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
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| | `summary_by_task.csv` | row counts and totals by task across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
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| ## Summary by task (largest groups)
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| | Task | rows | Downloads, last 30 days |
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| |---|---|---|
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| | (blank) | 19,132 | 313,304,181 |
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| | text-generation | 13,895 | 430,487,850 |
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| | image-text-to-text | 4,137 | 315,766,154 |
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| | text-to-image | 1,698 | 63,387,815 |
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| | image-classification | 1,080 | 76,427,990 |
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| | automatic-speech-recognition | 1,023 | 207,391,156 |
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| | token-classification | 955 | 53,001,835 |
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| | text-classification | 913 | 64,256,024 |
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| | feature-extraction | 738 | 147,524,861 |
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| | text-to-speech | 642 | 54,666,142 |
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| | sentence-similarity | 617 | 362,820,092 |
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| | fill-mask | 553 | 107,061,547 |
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| | TOTAL | 50,000 | 2,636,516,536 |
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| Full table: `summary_by_task.csv`.
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| ## What the full file has
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| - 50,000 rows
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| - Key fields: model_id, org, family, base_model, derivative, task, library, downloads_30d, downloads_all_time, likes
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| - Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
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| - Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
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| Coverage: Top 50,000 models by 30-day downloads (Hugging Face hosts over two million); 9,182 orgs. Hugging Face API pull of Nov 6, 2026 (change columns compare with the Nov 5, 2026 pull of the top 200)
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| ### Columns in the full file
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| | column | meaning |
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| |---|---|
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| | `model_id` | Model repo |
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| | `org` | Publishing org or user |
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| | `family` | Model family |
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| | `base_model` | Declared base model |
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| | `derivative` | original, fine-tune, quantized, adapter or merge |
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| | `task` | Pipeline task |
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| | `library` | Library |
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| | `downloads_30d` | Downloads in the last 30 days |
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| | `downloads_all_time` | All-time downloads |
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| | `likes` | Likes |
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| | `trending_score` | Hugging Face trending score |
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| | `gated` | Gated access |
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| | `license` | License tag |
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| | `gguf` | Has GGUF files |
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| | `created_at` | Created |
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| | `last_modified` | Last modified |
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| | `url` | Model page |
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| | `downloads_30d_nov5` | 30-day downloads in the Nov 5 pull (top 200 only) |
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| | `likes_nov5` | Likes on Nov 5 (top 200 only) |
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| | `downloads_30d_change_1d` | Change since Nov 5 |
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| | `likes_change_1d` | Like change since Nov 5 |
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| | `rank_downloads_30d` | Rank by 30-day downloads |
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| ## Get the full file
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| | tier | price | includes |
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| |---|---|---|
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| | Snapshot file | $900 | All 50,000 models and both rollups. |
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| | Weekly tracker | $600 a month | A fresh pull every week with week-over-week change per model, family and org. |
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| | Enterprise license | $12,000 a year | Daily pulls, full history, custom family definitions and use across your company. |
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| Email **mattbusel@tensorust.com** with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: [https://tensorust.com/datasets/hf-model-adoption/](https://tensorust.com/datasets/hf-model-adoption/). All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
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| ## Method and limits
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| Page through /api/models sorted by downloads, 1,000 at a time, with downloads, all-time downloads, likes, trending score, tags, task and library. Family comes from the base_model tag where present, else the model id, matched against named family patterns (build.py). Derivative type comes from the base_model relation tags. Rollups sum by org and by family. Change columns exist for the 200 models in the Nov 5 pull; each new pull extends the change history.
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| Not usage or inference volume: a download is a file pull, and CI systems and mirrors inflate some counts. Not the whole Hub (top 50,000 by downloads). Family tagging is pattern-based and can misfile a model. Not affiliated with Hugging Face.
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| ## Sources
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| - Hugging Face Hub API, /api/models sorted by downloads, https://huggingface.co/api/models (pulls of Nov 5 and Nov 6 2026)
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| ## License
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| The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/hf-model-adoption/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
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| Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com
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