15%
10% YoY
#3
Summary
- Hugging Face ranks #3 within the Model Serving & Inference category, down 1 position month-over-month.
- As of October 2026, 15% of organizations who have a vendor in the Model Serving & Inference category use Hugging Face: down 10 percentage points from last year.
- Hugging Face has the highest adoption among enterprise companies (18%), compared to mid-market (15%), small-to-medium businesses (15%), and micro-SMB (15%).
- Hugging Face key capabilities include open-source model hosting, transformer libraries, and collaborative machine learning workflows, supporting AI model development and deployment at scale.
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Key stats
15%
10% YoY
Mid-Market, 38%
6%
11%
#4
#3
Adoption Rates by company size
| Company size | Adoption rate |
|---|---|
| SMB | 15% |
| Mid-market | 15% |
| Enterprise | 18% |
About Hugging Face
Hugging Face is an open platform for machine learning models, datasets, and tools that power modern AI applications. It fosters collaboration and provides APIs for model deployment and evaluation.
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| Date | New adopter share | Competitor switch rate | Dominant FTE segment | Adoption rate (Enterprise) | Adoption rate (Mid-Market) | Adoption rate (SMB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 6% | 11% | Mid-Market, 38% | 18% | 15% | 15% |
| Aug 2026 | 7% | 11% | Mid-Market, 39% | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Jul 2026 | 5% | 12% | Mid-Market, 40% | 21% | 17% | 16% |
| Jun 2026 | 4% | 11% | Mid-Market, 38% | 22% | 18% | 16% |
| May 2026 | 8% | 12% | Mid-Market, 38% | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Apr 2026 | 4% | 12% | Mid-Market, 40% | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Mar 2026 | 8% | 13% | Mid-Market, 39% | 24% | 20% | 20% |
| Feb 2026 | 6% | 13% | Mid-Market, 41% | 27% | 21% | 22% |
| Jan 2026 | 8% | 13% | Mid-Market, 39% | 26% | 22% | 24% |
| Dec 2025 | 8% | 13% | Mid-Market, 37% | 26% | 21% | 25% |
| Nov 2025 | 13% | 13% | Enterprise, 38% | 30% | 22% | 25% |
| Oct 2025 | 16% | 13% | Enterprise, 37% | 32% | 22% | 25% |
| Sep 2025 | 11% | 13% | Mid-Market, 40% | 31% | 23% | 26% |
| Aug 2025 | 13% | 12% | Mid-Market, 40% | 26% | 25% | 27% |
| Jul 2025 | 9% | 13% | Mid-Market, 38% | 28% | 27% | 27% |
| Jun 2025 | 11% | 15% | Mid-Market, 40% | 32% | 30% | 29% |
| May 2025 | 22% | 14% | Mid-Market, 40% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
| Apr 2025 | 23% | 13% | Enterprise, 40% | 36% | 34% | 31% |
| Mar 2025 | 30% | 12% | Enterprise, 42% | 42% | 34% | 31% |
| Feb 2025 | 14% | 12% | Enterprise, 41% | 42% | 33% | 30% |
| Jan 2025 | 13% | 14% | Enterprise, 41% | 44% | 38% | 34% |
| Dec 2024 | 31% | 14% | Enterprise, 46% | 47% | 46% | 39% |
| Nov 2024 | 15% | 14% | Enterprise, 46% | 56% | 50% | 41% |
| Oct 2024 | 21% | 13% | Enterprise, 50% | 56% | 53% | 44% |
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