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AI model usage rankings - August 27, 2026
As published on August 27, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 17.6%. Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) entered the leaderboard for the first time. Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max moved 19 places up since August 26, 2026.
- #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 17.6% usage share
- #2 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 12.2% usage share
- #3 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 9.2% usage share
- #4 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 8.7% usage share
- #5 Tencent: Hy3 - 7.0% usage share
- #6 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 5.2% usage share
- #7 Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) - 3.9% usage share
- #8 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch) - 3.5% usage share
- #9 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (batch) - 2.7% usage share
- #10 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 2.6% usage share
| # | Model | Usage share | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | 17.6% | +1 (+0.3pts) |
| 02 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 | 12.2% | +1 (+3.7pts) |
| 03 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) | 9.2% | +4 (+5.1pts) |
| 04 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) | 8.7% | +7 (+6.8pts) |
| 05 | Tencent: Hy3 | 7.0% | no change |
| 06 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | 5.2% | no change |
| 07 | Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) | 3.9% | -3 (-2.5pts) |
| 08 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch) | 3.5% | +2 (+1.5pts) |
| 09 | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (batch) | 2.7% | -1 (-1pts) |
| 10 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | 2.6% | -1 (+0.3pts) |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch) | 2.2% | +1 (+0.7pts) |
| 12 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch) | 1.6% | +1 (+0.3pts) |
| 13 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) | 1.4% | +3 (+0.4pts) |
| 14 | Claude Opus 5 (batch) | 1.3% | no change |
| 15 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch) | 1.3% | no change |
| 16 | Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) | 1.3% | +1 (+0.2pts) |
| 17 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) | 0.9% | +1 (+0.1pts) |
| 18 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) | 0.8% | +2 (+0.1pts) |
| 19 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) | 0.8% | +2 (+0.1pts) |
| 20 | Upstage: Solar Pro 4 | 0.6% | +4 (+0.2pts) |
| 21 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch) | 0.6% | +2 (+0.1pts) |
| 22 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) | 0.6% | -3 (-0.2pts) |
| 23 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max | 0.6% | +19 (+0.4pts) |
| 24 | SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 | 0.6% | +6 (+0.2pts) |
| 25 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch) | 0.5% | -3 (-0.1pts) |
| 26 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) | 0.5% | +6 (+0.1pts) |
| 27 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) | 0.5% | -2 (+0.1pts) |
| 28 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) | 0.4% | no change |
| 29 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch) | 0.4% | -2 (0pts) |
| 30 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch) | 0.4% | +4 (+0.1pts) |
| 31 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) | 0.4% | -2 (0pts) |
| 32 | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash | 0.4% | -1 (0pts) |
| 33 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 | 0.4% | no change |
| 34 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 0.4% | -8 (0pts) |
| 35 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | 0.3% | +1 (+0.1pts) |
| 36 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | 0.3% | -1 (0pts) |
| 37 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch) | 0.3% | +9 (+0.1pts) |
| 38 | Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch) | 0.2% | +1 (0pts) |
| 39 | Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) | 0.2% | -1 (0pts) |
| 40 | Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) New | 0.2% | - |
| 41 | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch) | 0.2% | no change |
| 42 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch) | 0.2% | +2 (0pts) |
| 43 | Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor | 0.2% | -3 (0pts) |
| 44 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B | 0.2% | -1 (0pts) |
| 45 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash | 0.2% | no change |
This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on August 27, 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 27, 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.