Alibaba’s Qwen family captures over 50% of global open-source downloads, report finds
SCMP Tech / 4/10/2026
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- A report says Alibaba’s Qwen model family accounts for more than 50% of global downloads across open-source AI models, significantly outpacing major competitors.
- Qwen is reported to have reached nearly 1 billion cumulative downloads, indicating strong adoption among developers and downstream projects.
- The findings highlight how open-source popularity can quickly shift model leadership in the AI ecosystem, affecting both tooling choices and integration priorities.
- By surpassing widely used alternatives such as Meta’s Llama and DeepSeek, Qwen’s download momentum may influence enterprise and community selection of models and hosting paths.
Alibaba Cloud captured more than 50 per cent of global open-source model downloads as of March following the release of its Qwen 3.5 model series, a new report has found.
The finding underscores the dominance of Chinese models in the global open-source artificial intelligence landscape, though some US companies including OpenAI and Nvidia are also making early gains.
Qwen reached nearly 1 billion cumulative downloads by March, far surpassing rivals like Meta Platforms’ Llama and DeepSeek,...
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