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AI model usage rankings - August 28, 2026

As published on August 28, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 15.3%. Tencent: Hy4 preview, Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch), MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7, inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) entered the leaderboard for the first time. Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max moved 16 places down since August 27, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 15.3% usage share
  2. #2 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 11.2% usage share
  3. #3 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 10.4% usage share
  4. #4 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 10.3% usage share
  5. #5 Tencent: Hy3 - 6.4% usage share
  6. #6 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch) - 5.3% usage share
  7. #7 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 5.0% usage share
  8. #8 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 2.6% usage share
  9. #9 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 2.4% usage share
  10. #10 Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) - 2.3% usage share
Change since August 27, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042315.3%no change
02OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)11.2%+1 (+2.1pts)
03Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.510.4%-1 (-1.7pts)
04Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)10.3%no change
05Tencent: Hy36.4%no change
06MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch)5.3%+2 (+1.8pts)
07NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)5.0%-1 (-0.2pts)
08DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04232.6%+2 (+0.1pts)
09Tencent: Hy4 preview New2.4%-
10Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)2.3%-3 (-1.5pts)
11Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (batch)2.2%-2 (-0.5pts)
12OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)1.6%-1 (-0.6pts)
13MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.5%-1 (-0.1pts)
14Claude Opus 5 (batch)1.5%no change
15Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)1.4%-2 (0pts)
16Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.3%-1 (0pts)
17Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)1.3%-1 (0pts)
18Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.9%-1 (0pts)
19Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.7%no change
20Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.7%-2 (-0.1pts)
21Upstage: Solar Pro 40.6%-1 (0pts)
22OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.6%-1 (0pts)
23OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)0.5%+2 (0pts)
24NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.5%+2 (0pts)
25Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) New0.4%-
26SpaceXAI: Grok 4.60.4%-2 (-0.1pts)
27OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch)0.4%+3 (0pts)
28Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%-1 (-0.1pts)
29Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.4%-1 (0pts)
30Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.4%+1 (0pts)
31StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash0.4%+1 (0pts)
32DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.4%+1 (0pts)
33OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.4%-4 (0pts)
34Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro0.4%no change
35Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%no change
36Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)0.3%+1 (0pts)
37MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 New0.3%-
38Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B0.3%+6 (+0.1pts)
39Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.3%-16 (-0.3pts)
40inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free) New0.3%-
41Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.3%-5 (0pts)
42Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)0.2%-2 (0pts)
43Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor0.2%no change
44Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)0.2%-5 (0pts)
45Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch)0.2%-7 (0pts)
46OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)0.2%-5 (0pts)
47DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch)0.2%-5 (0pts)

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on August 28, 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 28, 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.