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AI model usage rankings - August 23, 2026
As published on August 23, 2026, Ox Alpha led real OpenRouter usage share at 33.2%. Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp entered the leaderboard for the first time. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch) moved 15 places up since August 22, 2026.
- #1 Ox Alpha - 33.2% usage share
- #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 15.0% usage share
- #3 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 9.1% usage share
- #4 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 5.5% usage share
- #5 Tencent: Hy3 - 4.7% usage share
- #6 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 2.5% usage share
- #7 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - 2.5% usage share
- #8 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 2.5% usage share
- #9 Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) - 2.4% usage share
- #10 Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) - 1.3% usage share
| # | Model | Usage share | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ox Alpha | 33.2% | no change |
| 02 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | 15.0% | no change |
| 03 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 | 9.1% | no change |
| 04 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | 5.5% | +1 (+0.3pts) |
| 05 | Tencent: Hy3 | 4.7% | -1 (-0.7pts) |
| 06 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) | 2.5% | no change |
| 07 | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) | 2.5% | +1 (+0.2pts) |
| 08 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | 2.5% | -1 (-0.1pts) |
| 09 | Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) | 2.4% | no change |
| 10 | Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) | 1.3% | no change |
| 11 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free) | 1.2% | no change |
| 12 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) | 1.1% | +3 (+0.1pts) |
| 13 | Claude Opus 5 (batch) | 1.1% | no change |
| 14 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 | 1.1% | -2 (-0.2pts) |
| 15 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | 1.0% | -1 (0pts) |
| 16 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch) | 0.7% | no change |
| 17 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 | 0.7% | +1 (0pts) |
| 18 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) | 0.6% | -1 (-0.1pts) |
| 19 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) | 0.6% | no change |
| 20 | OpenAI: GPT-5.5 (batch) | 0.6% | +15 (+0.3pts) |
| 21 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch) | 0.5% | +6 (+0.2pts) |
| 22 | Upstage: Solar Pro 4 | 0.5% | -2 (-0.1pts) |
| 23 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) | 0.5% | -1 (0pts) |
| 24 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 | 0.4% | no change |
| 25 | SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 | 0.4% | -2 (0pts) |
| 26 | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash | 0.4% | -1 (0pts) |
| 27 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 0.4% | -1 (0pts) |
| 28 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) | 0.4% | no change |
| 29 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | 0.4% | -8 (-0.2pts) |
| 30 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | 0.3% | +1 (0pts) |
| 31 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) | 0.3% | -2 (0pts) |
| 32 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) | 0.3% | -2 (0pts) |
| 33 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | 0.3% | +1 (0pts) |
| 34 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | 0.3% | -2 (0pts) |
| 35 | Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor New | 0.3% | - |
| 36 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max | 0.3% | -3 (0pts) |
| 37 | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) | 0.2% | +7 (+0.1pts) |
| 38 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch) | 0.2% | -2 (0pts) |
| 39 | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 (free) | 0.2% | -1 (0pts) |
| 40 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp New | 0.2% | - |
| 41 | Mistral: Mistral Nemo | 0.2% | -4 (0pts) |
| 42 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch) | 0.2% | -3 (0pts) |
| 43 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) | 0.2% | -1 (0pts) |
| 44 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 | 0.2% | +1 (0pts) |
| 45 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch) | 0.2% | -2 (0pts) |
| 46 | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch) | 0.1% | -5 (0pts) |
This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on August 23, 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 23, 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.