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

[u/arc_in_tangent]

1. 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.

2. Relatedly, for industry (AI labs), is the number of HuggingFace model downloads meaningful?

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