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AI model usage rankings - August 31, 2026

As published on August 31, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 16.4%. Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch), Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) entered the leaderboard for the first time. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) moved 16 places down since August 30, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 16.4% usage share
  2. #2 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 13.8% usage share
  3. #3 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 9.1% usage share
  4. #4 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 6.6% usage share
  5. #5 Tencent: Hy3 - 5.8% usage share
  6. #6 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch) - 4.7% usage share
  7. #7 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 3.9% usage share
  8. #8 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 3.4% usage share
  9. #9 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 2.6% usage share
  10. #10 Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) - 2.2% usage share
Change since August 30, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042316.4%no change
02Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)13.8%no change
03OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)9.1%no change
04Tencent: Hy4 preview6.6%no change
05Tencent: Hy35.8%+1 (+0.1pts)
06MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch)4.7%-1 (-2.5pts)
07Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.53.9%+1 (-0.2pts)
08NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)3.4%-1 (-0.6pts)
09DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04232.6%no change
10Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)2.2%+1 (+0.3pts)
11Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (batch)2.1%-1 (+0.1pts)
12Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)1.9%+1 (+0.4pts)
13MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.7%-1 (0pts)
14OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)1.5%+3 (+0.5pts)
15Claude Opus 5 (batch)1.4%+3 (+0.4pts)
16Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.4%+4 (+0.5pts)
17Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)1.4%-3 (0pts)
18Upstage: Solar Pro 41.2%+1 (+0.3pts)
19NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)1.1%-4 (-0.2pts)
20Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.9%+1 (+0.2pts)
21Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.8%+1 (+0.1pts)
22Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.8%-6 (-0.4pts)
23inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)0.8%no change
24OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.6%+7 (+0.3pts)
25OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch)0.6%-1 (+0.1pts)
26Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.5%+3 (+0.1pts)
27StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash0.5%+1 (+0.1pts)
28DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.5%-2 (0pts)
29Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.5%+3 (+0.1pts)
30OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)0.5%+7 (+0.2pts)
31Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.4%-1 (+0.1pts)
32SpaceXAI: Grok 4.60.4%+1 (+0.1pts)
33OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.4%+3 (+0.1pts)
34MiniMax: MiniMax M2.70.3%-9 (-0.2pts)
35Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro0.3%+3 (0pts)
36Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%-2 (0pts)
37Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.3%+2 (0pts)
38Anthropic: Claude Fable 5 (batch) New0.3%-
39Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)0.2%+5 (0pts)
40Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch) New0.2%-
41DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (batch)0.2%+2 (0pts)
42OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)0.2%+3 (0pts)
43NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.2%-16 (-0.2pts)
44Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)0.2%-2 (0pts)
45Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor0.2%-10 (-0.1pts)
46Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.2%no change
47Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)0.2%-7 (-0.1pts)

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on August 31, 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 31, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

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