Alibaba's Qwen3.8-27B becomes most liked open-source model on hugging face

On September 16, Hugging Face, the world's largest AI open-source community, released an updated ranking of the most popular open-source large models based on user likes. Alibaba's Qwen3.8-27B from Tongyi Lab overtook models like FLUX.1, DeepSeek-R1, Kimi-K3, and Meta-Llama-3, becoming the most liked open-source model in Hugging Face's history. The ranking emphasizes user preference rather than benchmark scores or parameter size. Qwen3.8-27B's position alongside FLUX.1, DeepSeek-R1, Kimi-K3, and Meta-Llama-3 highlights its practicality, ease of use, and community reputation. This achievement underscores the model's growing influence in the open-source AI landscape.