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AI model usage rankings - August 9, 2026

As published on August 9, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 22.1%. Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch), MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code entered the leaderboard for the first time. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch) moved 13 places up since August 8, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 22.1% usage share
  2. #2 Tencent: Hy3 - 17.3% usage share
  3. #3 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 6.9% usage share
  4. #4 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 6.3% usage share
  5. #5 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - 5.1% usage share
  6. #6 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 3.9% usage share
  7. #7 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 3.7% usage share
  8. #8 Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) - 2.6% usage share
  9. #9 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free) - 2.3% usage share
  10. #10 Claude Opus 5 (batch) - 2.1% usage share
Change since August 8, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042322.1%no change
02Tencent: Hy317.3%no change
03Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.56.9%no change
04OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)6.3%no change
05Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)5.1%+2 (+1.4pts)
06NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)3.9%no change
07DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04233.7%-2 (-0.5pts)
08Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)2.6%no change
09MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)2.3%no change
10Claude Opus 5 (batch)2.1%+2 (+0.3pts)
11MoonshotAI: Kimi K32.1%no change
12StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash1.8%-2 (-0.1pts)
13Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)1.1%no change
14Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.1%+1 (0pts)
15Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)1.0%+1 (0pts)
16OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)1.0%-2 (-0.1pts)
17Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.9%+1 (0pts)
18OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)0.8%+2 (+0.1pts)
19Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.8%no change
20Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.7%+4 (+0.1pts)
21Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.7%+1 (0pts)
22Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)0.7%-5 (-0.2pts)
23OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.7%-2 (0pts)
24OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b0.6%+5 (+0.1pts)
25Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.6%-2 (0pts)
26DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.6%-1 (0pts)
27Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro0.6%-1 (0pts)
28NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.5%no change
29Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.5%-2 (-0.1pts)
30Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.4%+4 (+0.1pts)
31inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash0.4%+1 (0pts)
32OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch)0.4%+13 (+0.2pts)
33Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)0.3%-3 (-0.2pts)
34SpaceXAI: Grok 4.50.3%-3 (-0.1pts)
35Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B0.3%+9 (+0.1pts)
36OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)0.3%-1 (0pts)
37MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 (free)0.3%+1 (0pts)
38Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)0.3%-2 (0pts)
39Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)0.3%-2 (0pts)
40Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch) New0.3%-
41Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)0.2%-8 (-0.1pts)
42MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code New0.2%-
43Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.2%-2 (0pts)
44OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch)0.2%-5 (0pts)
45Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)0.2%+3 (0pts)
46OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b0.2%-4 (0pts)
47Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash0.2%-4 (0pts)
48Mistral: Mistral Nemo0.2%-8 (-0.1pts)

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on August 9, 2026. Later corrections to the data pipeline appear as new dated snapshots - this page's figures never change.

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 9, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.