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For academia/industry, do HuggingFace model downloads mean anything for academic job market? [D]

I am applying to academic jobs. We are told to include a section on "impact". I am wondering if the total number of HuggingFace downloads of custom models I have trained would be considered legit impact, or if people would think this was all bots. Relatedly, for industry (AI labs), is the number of…

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  1. 2026-10-02 00:36 · r/MachineLearning
    For academia/industry, do HuggingFace model downloads mean anything for academic job market? [D]

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