Growing Hugging Face
The Hub's filters run on model card metadata. Fill in the license, task, datasets and tags on every model you publish.
Basics
How many models and organizations are on Hugging Face?
More than 2 million models and 400,000 organizations, Hugging Face's home page says. It gives no date for its counts and no user total.
| Hugging Face count | Total |
|---|---|
| Organizations | 400,000+ |
| Models | 2M+ |
| Applications | 1M+ |
| Datasets | 500k+ |
Sources [1]
How do people find your models on Hugging Face?
Through the model card, the README.md whose metadata feeds the filters at huggingface.co/models.
| Metadata | What it does |
|---|---|
| license | Shown on the model page; people filter by it |
| pipeline_tag | Sets the task people filter by, and the widget |
| datasets | Links your training data; people filter by it |
| base_model | Lets people find models derived from another |
| tags | Your own tags, shown under the model name |
Give your organization a card too: a README.md in a public Space named README shows on your profile.
Using the same name on GitHub or a website? Check it on GitHub and the .com too.[2, 3]
Advanced
Which Hugging Face paid plans are worth it?
Publish on the free plan first; pay when you need private storage, analytics or team controls. The order is our view.
| Option | Cost | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| PRO | $9 a month | 10 times the private storage, $2 of inference credits, a PRO badge |
| Team | $20 per user a month | Single sign-on, audit logs, a publisher analytics dashboard |
| Enterprise | From $50 per user a month | Higher limits and email support with an SLA |
What are Hugging Face's API limits?
Free accounts get 1,000 Hub API requests every 5 minutes; paid plans get more.
| Account | API requests per 5 minutes |
|---|---|
| Not signed in | 500 per IP address |
| Free | 1,000 |
| PRO | 2,500 |
| Team | 3,000 |
| Enterprise | 6,000 |
Hugging Face set these in September 2025 and says free and anonymous limits may change.[4]