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AI model usage rankings - September 2, 2026

As published on September 2, 2026, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 15.4%. Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch), Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch), NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) entered the leaderboard for the first time. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp moved 8 places up since September 1, 2026.

  1. #1 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 15.4% usage share
  2. #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 13.7% usage share
  3. #3 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 12.3% usage share
  4. #4 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 9.7% usage share
  5. #5 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 - 6.1% usage share
  6. #6 Tencent: Hy3 - 3.9% usage share
  7. #7 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 2.9% usage share
  8. #8 Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) - 2.7% usage share
  9. #9 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 2.6% usage share
  10. #10 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 2.6% usage share
Change since September 1, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)15.4%+2 (+4.5pts)
02DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042313.7%-1 (-1.3pts)
03Tencent: Hy4 preview12.3%+1 (+1.7pts)
04Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)9.7%-2 (-1.9pts)
05MiniMax: MiniMax M36.1%no change
06Tencent: Hy33.9%no change
07NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)2.9%+1 (-0.1pts)
08Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)2.7%+1 (0pts)
09Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)2.6%+3 (+0.5pts)
10Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.52.6%-3 (-0.6pts)
11DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04232.0%-1 (-0.4pts)
12OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)1.8%-1 (-0.2pts)
13Z.ai: GLM 5.21.7%no change
14MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.6%no change
15Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)1.2%no change
16Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.2%no change
17Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)1.1%no change
18Upstage: Solar Pro 40.7%no change
19NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.7%no change
20Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.7%no change
21Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.7%+1 (0pts)
22inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin0.6%-1 (-0.1pts)
23Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite0.5%no change
24OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.5%no change
25MiniMax: MiniMax M2.70.5%+3 (0pts)
26StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash0.4%no change
27OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)0.4%-2 (-0.1pts)
28Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash0.4%-1 (-0.1pts)
29DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp0.4%+8 (+0.1pts)
30Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%-1 (0pts)
31Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch) New0.4%-
32OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch)0.4%-2 (-0.1pts)
33Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor0.4%+5 (+0.1pts)
34DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.3%-3 (-0.1pts)
35Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.3%-3 (0pts)
36Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%-1 (0pts)
37SpaceXAI: Grok 4.60.3%-3 (0pts)
38OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.3%-5 (-0.1pts)
39Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) New0.3%-
40Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.3%-4 (0pts)
41Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro0.3%-2 (0pts)
42Anthropic: Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch)0.2%-2 (0pts)
43Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.2%-2 (0pts)
44Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B0.2%no change
45NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) New0.2%-
46OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)0.2%-3 (0pts)
47Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (batch)0.2%no change

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on September 2, 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 September 2, 2026.

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

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

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