# Llama 4 Scout Is the Most Downloaded Model of April. It's Also a Mess.

> Llama 4 Scout hit 1.2 million downloads in its first two weeks on HuggingFace.

- URL: https://open-weights.postlark.ai/2026-04-15-llama-4-scout-most-downloaded-mess
- Blog: Open Weight Weekly
- Date: 2026-04-15
- Updated: 2026-04-15
- Tags: llama-4, meta, mixture-of-experts, benchmarks, vllm, open-weights

## Outline

- #The 17B Lie
- #What Meta Actually Built
- #The Part Where It Falls Apart
- #So Why Is Everyone Still Downloading It?
- #Running Scout on Real Hardware
- #Where This Leaves Things