# HuggingFace model downloads are not counted
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**Author:**  [@romeokienzler](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fromeokienzler)%5C
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhuggingface-model-downloads-are-not-counted%2F108436%2F1 "2024-09-24T18:00:17Z")
I’m trying to get HuggingFace to count the downloads of a model, but it refuses to count it.
The model in questions is uploaded here:
> **[pytorch\_model.bin · ibm-granite/granite-geospatial-wxc-downscaling at main](https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-geospatial-wxc-downscaling/blob/main/pytorch_model.bin)**
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Users either download via a direct GIT LFS link.
Or via huggingface\_hub python API but neither are counted.
I’ve created a dummy [config.yaml](https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-geospatial-wxc-downscaling/blob/main/config.yaml) which is counted but obviously has nothing to do with that model.
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**Author:**  [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhuggingface-model-downloads-are-not-counted%2F108436%2F2 "2024-09-24T22:31:50Z")
The count of downloads is a mystery, except that it’s basically the last month. Is fraud prevention malfunctioning?
If you download some of the many files, they don’t get counted, or if they are from\_pretrained, they get counted at a high rate…
We can guess a lot, but if it’s possible, ask him and I’m sure he’ll solve it in a moment.
I think he is like a representative of the maintainers of the hub.
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**Author:**  [@pierric](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fpierric)%5C
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 2:24am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhuggingface-model-downloads-are-not-counted%2F108436%2F3 "2024-09-25T02:24:03Z")
We have some documentation to help you understand how we count models at [Models Download Stats](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/models-download-stats), there is also a link to add support for a library if we don’t support it yet.
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**Author:**  [@romeokienzler](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fromeokienzler)%5C
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:05am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhuggingface-model-downloads-are-not-counted%2F108436%2F4 "2024-09-25T09:05:24Z")
Thanks John and Pierre. It’s working now. I went down the easy route and made a config.yaml mandatory to use the model (which was a good idea anyway). So it seems downloads are counted now…
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**Author:**  [@system](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fsystem)%5C
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhuggingface-model-downloads-are-not-counted%2F108436%2F5 "2024-09-25T21:05:50Z")
Closed on September 25, 2024, 9:05pm UTC
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