Hugging Face Top Models
The most-downloaded model on Hugging Face right now is sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 with 183,847,521 downloads over the trailing 30 days.
Hugging Face is where open AI models live, and its download counter is the cleanest public measure of which models the world actually runs. This chart ranks the ten most-downloaded models, refreshed daily from the official Hugging Face API.
sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
183,847,521 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 6,051 likes.
cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L6-v2
67,732,949 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 438 likes.
BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5
50,490,370 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 662 likes.
Comfy-Org/MiniMax-H3
30,246,865 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 2,475 likes.
google-bert/bert-base-uncased
29,202,346 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 3,060 likes.
openai-community/gpt2
28,989,033 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 3,909 likes.
sentence-transformers/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2
28,889,534 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 1,496 likes.
argmaxinc/whisperkit-coreml
23,964,952 downloads in the trailing 30 days. 260 likes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most downloaded AI model on Hugging Face?
The current leader is shown at No.1 above, ranked by Hugging Face's official download counter over the trailing 30 days.
What counts as a download on Hugging Face?
Hugging Face counts a download each time a model is fetched through its Hub. The public figure is a rolling 30-day total, so it reflects recent usage rather than all-time installs.
When is this chart updated?
Every day at 00:00 UTC, directly from the official Hugging Face API.
Editor’s Notes
- Download counts are the official Hugging Face figure — downloads over the trailing 30 days.
- Counts are taken at 00:00 UTC daily; the live number on Hugging Face may be higher by the time you read this.
- Ranking reflects usage volume, not benchmark quality.
Last updated: 2026-11-02