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Absolute download numbers are a pure vanity metric. Relative download numbers compared to other models tell you a little bit.
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> And gemma downloads also can be from auto CI pipelines etc. Nothing concrete

Thank you for adding some clarity to this. When I calculated 900 million downloads divided by 8.3 billion people in the world, I came with a number that made it look like about one person in 10 were downloading this model.

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