Trending Models We Covered: Hugging Face Likes and Downloads
Rankings of the models Local Model Watch has covered (not all of Hugging Face), built by code from weekly snapshots of each model’s Hugging Face page. Likes are cumulative; downloads are Hugging Face’s own trailing-30-day count, not a lifetime total. Each row links to our article with memory requirements and variants.
Latest snapshot: 2026-W40. 49 models tracked.
Most Liked
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| # | Model | Likes | Task | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | 16,424 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
| 2 | MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 | 5,721 | Video Generation | Read |
| 3 | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash | 3,810 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
| 4 | Edge0/Edge0-35B-A3B-preview | 3,560 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 5 | prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf | 2,188 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 6 | abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF | 2,079 | Image Generation and Editing | Read |
| 7 | openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B | 1,692 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 8 | Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite | 1,025 | Audio: Speech Synthesis, Music and Speech Recognition | Read |
| 9 | m-a-p/YuE2-3B | 1,021 | Audio: Speech Synthesis, Music and Speech Recognition | Read |
| 10 | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | 852 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 11 | nex-agi/Nex-N2.5-mini | 847 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 12 | WarmBloodAban/Minimax-h3_Singularity | 677 | Video Generation | Read (Japanese) |
| 13 | nex-agi/Nex-N2.5-Pro | 670 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 14 | harshatheg/Qwen-2.5-1B-RLCD | 573 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 15 | XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-V2.6-Pro-RL | 557 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 16 | dealignai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-UNCENSORED-FP8 | 370 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
| 17 | Viggle/Qwen-Image-2.1-viggle-turbo | 341 | Image Generation and Editing | Read |
| 18 | Comfy-Org/YuE2 | 247 | — | Read |
| 19 | Jackrong/Qwopus3.8-27B-Flash-GGUF | 240 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read (Japanese) |
| 20 | DavidAU/Qwen3.8-27B-TWIN-TURBO-Fable-Cold-Fusion-709-L-Uncensored-NM-DAU-NEO-MTP-GGUF | 195 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
Most Downloaded (Trailing 30 Days)
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| # | Model | Downloads (30d) | Task | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | 6,727,629 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
| 2 | MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 | 3,672,292 | Video Generation | Read |
| 3 | prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf | 3,343,748 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 4 | abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF | 964,220 | Image Generation and Editing | Read |
| 5 | openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B | 767,352 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 6 | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash | 651,078 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
| 7 | WarmBloodAban/Minimax-h3_Singularity | 438,928 | Video Generation | Read (Japanese) |
| 8 | Jackrong/Qwopus3.8-27B-Flash-GGUF | 282,510 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read (Japanese) |
| 9 | Comfy-Org/YuE2 | 203,721 | — | Read |
| 10 | DavidAU/Qwen3.8-27B-TWIN-TURBO-Fable-Cold-Fusion-709-L-Uncensored-NM-DAU-NEO-MTP-GGUF | 199,735 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
| 11 | Viggle/Qwen-Image-2.1-viggle-turbo | 133,151 | Image Generation and Editing | Read |
| 12 | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | 116,119 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 13 | Edge0/Edge0-35B-A3B-preview | 79,503 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 14 | XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-V2.6-Pro-RL | 75,079 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 15 | dealignai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-UNCENSORED-FP8 | 40,186 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |
| 16 | Comfy-Org/Ming-Image | 36,900 | — | Read |
| 17 | nex-agi/Nex-N2.5-Pro | 32,523 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read |
| 18 | IFM/K2-Horizon-MoVA-36B-A4B-GGUF | 26,970 | Text Generation (Chat and Code) | Read (Japanese) |
| 19 | m-a-p/YuE2-3B | 26,636 | Audio: Speech Synthesis, Music and Speech Recognition | Read |
| 20 | bartowski/TheDrummer_Orion-26B-A4B-v1.1-GGUF | 23,697 | Vision-Language and Multimodal Models | Read |