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AI model usage rankings - August 16, 2026

As published on August 16, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 20.9%. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch), Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B, OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b entered the leaderboard for the first time. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch) moved 26 places down since August 15, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 20.9% usage share
  2. #2 Tencent: Hy3 - 10.3% usage share
  3. #3 Claude Opus 5 (batch) - 7.6% usage share
  4. #4 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 6.3% usage share
  5. #5 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 5.5% usage share
  6. #6 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - 5.4% usage share
  7. #7 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 4.9% usage share
  8. #8 Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) - 4.8% usage share
  9. #9 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 4.3% usage share
  10. #10 Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) - 2.3% usage share
Change since August 15, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042320.9%no change
02Tencent: Hy310.3%no change
03Claude Opus 5 (batch)7.6%+1 (+2.1pts)
04OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)6.3%-1 (-0.6pts)
05Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.55.5%+2 (+0.8pts)
06Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)5.4%-1 (-0.1pts)
07NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)4.9%+1 (+0.7pts)
08Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)4.8%+4 (+3.4pts)
09DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04234.3%-3 (-0.9pts)
10Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)2.3%-1 (-0.2pts)
11MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)2.0%-1 (-0.2pts)
12Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)1.4%+1 (0pts)
13MoonshotAI: Kimi K31.4%-2 (-0.1pts)
14StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash1.1%+2 (-0.1pts)
15NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)1.0%no change
16OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)1.0%+1 (-0.1pts)
17Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)0.9%+1 (-0.2pts)
18Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.9%+2 (0pts)
19Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.8%no change
20Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.8%+2 (0pts)
21OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)0.8%no change
22Upstage: Solar Pro 40.7%+2 (0pts)
23OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.6%no change
24OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch) New0.6%-
25DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.6%no change
26Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro0.6%no change
27Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.5%+5 (0pts)
28OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b0.5%+2 (0pts)
29Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.5%no change
30NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.5%-2 (-0.1pts)
31Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.4%no change
32SpaceXAI: Grok 4.60.4%-5 (-0.2pts)
33Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%no change
34Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.3%no change
35Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B New0.3%-
36Mistral: Mistral Nemo0.3%+2 (0pts)
37Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)0.3%-2 (0pts)
38MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 (free)0.3%+3 (0pts)
39Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.3%-3 (-0.1pts)
40Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch)0.2%-26 (-1.1pts)
41Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)0.2%+5 (0pts)
42Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)0.2%-2 (-0.1pts)
43OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)0.2%no change
44Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash0.2%no change
45OpenAI: GPT-5.4 (batch)0.2%-3 (-0.1pts)
46Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)0.2%+1 (0pts)
47OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b New0.2%-

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on August 16, 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 16, 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.