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AI model usage rankings - August 12, 2026

As published on August 12, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 21.5%. Upstage: Solar Pro 4, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 entered the leaderboard for the first time. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) moved 27 places up since August 11, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 21.5% usage share
  2. #2 Tencent: Hy3 - 14.0% usage share
  3. #3 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 7.8% usage share
  4. #4 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - 4.7% usage share
  5. #5 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 4.5% usage share
  6. #6 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 4.2% usage share
  7. #7 Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) - 3.4% usage share
  8. #8 Claude Opus 5 (batch) - 3.1% usage share
  9. #9 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 2.3% usage share
  10. #10 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free) - 2.1% usage share
Change since August 11, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042321.5%no change
02Tencent: Hy314.0%no change
03OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)7.8%no change
04Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)4.7%+1 (-1pts)
05DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04234.5%+1 (+0.8pts)
06Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.54.2%-2 (-2.2pts)
07Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)3.4%+5 (+1.7pts)
08Claude Opus 5 (batch)3.1%-1 (+0.8pts)
09NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)2.3%no change
10MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)2.1%no change
11Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)2.1%no change
12MoonshotAI: Kimi K31.9%-4 (-0.2pts)
13Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.6%no change
14OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)1.3%+2 (0pts)
15StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash1.2%-1 (-0.4pts)
16Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)1.2%+1 (-0.1pts)
17Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)1.0%+2 (-0.1pts)
18OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)1.0%+2 (0pts)
19NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)1.0%+27 (+0.8pts)
20Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.9%-2 (-0.2pts)
21Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.9%no change
22Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.8%no change
23Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro0.7%+3 (+0.1pts)
24OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.7%-9 (-0.6pts)
25OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b0.6%-2 (-0.1pts)
26Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.6%-2 (-0.1pts)
27Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.6%-2 (0pts)
28Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.5%+2 (+0.1pts)
29SpaceXAI: Grok 4.50.5%no change
30DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.5%-2 (0pts)
31Upstage: Solar Pro 4 New0.4%-
32Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.4%-5 (-0.1pts)
33Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)0.4%no change
34OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch)0.4%+4 (+0.1pts)
35NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.4%-4 (-0.1pts)
36Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%+4 (+0.1pts)
37Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)0.3%-3 (0pts)
38Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)0.3%-6 (-0.1pts)
39inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash0.3%-2 (0pts)
40OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch)0.3%-4 (0pts)
41Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)0.3%+2 (+0.1pts)
42OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (batch)0.3%-3 (0pts)
43OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)0.3%-8 (0pts)
44MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 (free)0.2%-3 (0pts)
45Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (batch)0.2%-3 (0pts)
46OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b0.2%-2 (0pts)
47MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 New0.2%-
48Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)0.2%-3 (0pts)

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on August 12, 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 12, 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.