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AI model usage rankings - September 6, 2026

As published on September 6, 2026, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 15.3%. Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) entered the leaderboard for the first time. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) moved 10 places down since September 5, 2026.

  1. #1 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 15.3% usage share
  2. #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 15.0% usage share
  3. #3 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 12.4% usage share
  4. #4 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 10.3% usage share
  5. #5 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 3.7% usage share
  6. #6 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 2.8% usage share
  7. #7 MiniMax: MiniMax M3 - 2.7% usage share
  8. #8 Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) - 2.2% usage share
  9. #9 Tencent: Hy3 - 2.1% usage share
  10. #10 Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor - 1.9% usage share
Change since September 5, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)15.3%+2 (+2.2pts)
02DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042315.0%-1 (-0.6pts)
03Tencent: Hy4 preview12.4%-1 (-0.9pts)
04Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)10.3%no change
05NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)3.7%+1 (+0.1pts)
06Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)2.8%+1 (+0.4pts)
07MiniMax: MiniMax M32.7%-2 (-3.7pts)
08Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)2.2%+1 (+0.1pts)
09Tencent: Hy32.1%-1 (-0.1pts)
10Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.9%+3 (+0.4pts)
11DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04231.8%no change
12Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)1.7%no change
13Upstage: Solar Pro 41.7%+2 (+0.4pts)
14Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)1.4%no change
15Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)1.3%+1 (0pts)
16MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.3%-6 (-0.7pts)
17Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)1.1%+1 (0pts)
18MiniMax: MiniMax M2.71.1%+4 (+0.4pts)
19OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)1.1%-2 (-0.1pts)
20NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)1.1%-1 (0pts)
21Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)0.9%-1 (0pts)
22Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.50.9%-1 (0pts)
23Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.8%+2 (+0.1pts)
24inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)0.8%-1 (0pts)
25Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.7%+1 (+0.1pts)
26Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.7%-2 (-0.1pts)
27DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp0.6%+1 (+0.2pts)
28DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.5%+1 (0pts)
29OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)0.4%-2 (0pts)
30NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.4%+1 (0pts)
31Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.4%-1 (0pts)
32OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b0.4%+4 (+0.1pts)
33Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.4%+2 (0pts)
34Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.3%-1 (0pts)
35Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)0.3%+7 (+0.1pts)
36StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash0.3%+1 (0pts)
37Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%+1 (0pts)
38OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.3%-4 (0pts)
39OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch)0.3%+2 (0pts)
40OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.3%+3 (0pts)
41Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)0.3%-1 (0pts)
42Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.3%-10 (-0.1pts)
43Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.3%+2 (0pts)
44Mistral: Mistral Nemo0.2%+2 (0pts)
45Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash0.2%-1 (0pts)
46Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (free) New0.2%-

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on September 6, 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 6, 2026.

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

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

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