what new models are hot right now

Here are some of the hottest AI models available right now, based on their download counts:

1. sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2

   • Downloads: 242,249,202
   • Likes: 6,157
   • Task: Sentence similarity
   • License: Apache 2.0
   • Gated: No
   • Last Updated: June 1, 2026

2. cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L6-v2

   • Downloads: 85,835,476
   • Likes: 354
   • Task: Text ranking
   • License: Apache 2.0
   • Gated: No
   • Last Updated: August 9, 2026

3. BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5

   • Downloads: 63,277,870
   • Likes: 596
   • Task: Feature extraction
   • License: MIT
   • Gated: No
   • Last Updated: February 22, 2024

4. sentence-transformers/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2

   • Downloads: 48,901,305
   • Likes: 1,417
   • Task: Sentence similarity
   • License: Apache 2.0
   • Gated: No
   • Last Updated: January 28, 2026

5. google/electra-base-discriminator

   • Downloads: 46,162,532
   • Likes: 189
   • Task: General purpose
   • License: Apache 2.0
   • Gated: No
   • Last Updated: February 29, 2024

These models are notable for both their popularity (downloads) and general community engagement (likes), indicating they are well-regarded in the AI community.