TL;DR

On 29 October 2026 the Hugging Face Official Benchmarks Map counted 53 official benchmarks, 46 with a leaderboard, 1,132 entries, 448 models and 108 organizations. Grouping each leaderboard's #1 by the publisher's country:

Country #1 spots Share Entries

China 24 52% 668

Korea 12 26% 45

USA 3 7% 233

India 1 2% 1

Unknown 6 13% 126

Korea submits 4% of all entries and holds 26% of the #1 spots. All 12 come from one organization.

Efficiency: few entries, many wins

The ratio of #1 spots to entries is the clearest difference. China's organizations hold 24 #1 spots on 668 entries (one per 28 entries). US organizations hold 3 on 233 (one per 78). Korea holds 12 on 45 (one per 4).…