# Watch Hugging Face Model Competitors by ID

**Use case:** 

Monitor three public Hugging Face model ids. Replace the sample namespace/name ids and keep stateNamespace stable. First run returns BASELINE; later runs return metadata and metric changes of at least 5%. Missing ids have free NOT_FOUND rows. Watchlist rank is input order, not Hub popularity.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    {
      "kind": "watchlist",
      "modelIds": [
        "google-bert/bert-base-uncased",
        "Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B",
        "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "mode": "monitor",
  "outputMode": "changesOnly",
  "stateNamespace": "model-competitors",
  "maxModelRows": 200,
  "metricChangeThresholdPct": 5,
  "confirmMassRemoval": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "model_id": {
    "label": "Model id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "rank_previous": {
    "label": "Previous rank",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "change_type": {
    "label": "Change type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "changed_fields": {
    "label": "Changed fields",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "previous_values": {
    "label": "Previous values",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "downloads": {
    "label": "Downloads",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "downloads_delta": {
    "label": "Downloads delta",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "likes": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "likes_delta": {
    "label": "Likes delta",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "license": {
    "label": "License",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Verification status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "event_id": {
    "label": "Event id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scraped_at": {
    "label": "Observed at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Hugging Face Model Rankings API & Monitor](https://apify.com/automa-flow/huggingface-model-rankings-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automa-flow/huggingface-model-rankings-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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