“We will begin to see the economic and employment growth potential of AI, with 15M AI builders on Hugging Face. [Prediction for 2025.]”

Hugging Face's own Spring 2026 review reports the platform grew to 13 million users in 2025 (from about 7 million when the prediction was made) — close to a doubling, but short of the 15 million target; it passed roughly 18 million builders by September 2026.