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AI model usage rankings - September 10, 2026

As published on September 10, 2026, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 14.1%. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch), Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch) entered the leaderboard for the first time. Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 moved 18 places down since September 9, 2026.

  1. #1 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 14.1% usage share
  2. #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 13.8% usage share
  3. #3 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 12.1% usage share
  4. #4 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 9.5% usage share
  5. #5 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 6.7% usage share
  6. #6 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 3.5% usage share
  7. #7 Tencent: Hy3 - 2.9% usage share
  8. #8 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 2.7% usage share
  9. #9 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 2.1% usage share
  10. #10 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) - 1.9% usage share
Change since September 9, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)14.1%+3 (+7pts)
02DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042313.8%no change
03Tencent: Hy4 preview12.1%-2 (-6pts)
04Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)9.5%-1 (-1.4pts)
05Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.56.7%no change
06DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) New3.5%-
07Tencent: Hy32.9%no change
08NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)2.7%no change
09DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04232.1%no change
10Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)1.9%-4 (-1.7pts)
11Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)1.9%-1 (-0.1pts)
12Upstage: Solar Pro 41.5%+3 (+0.2pts)
13Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.5%-2 (-0.3pts)
14OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)1.3%-2 (-0.1pts)
15Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.3%+1 (+0.1pts)
16MiniMax: MiniMax M31.2%+1 (0pts)
17Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)1.2%-3 (-0.3pts)
18MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.0%-5 (-0.4pts)
19Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)1.0%-1 (+0.1pts)
20Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)0.8%-1 (0pts)
21Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.7%+2 (0pts)
22OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)0.7%+2 (0pts)
23inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)0.7%-2 (0pts)
24NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.6%+1 (-0.1pts)
25Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.6%-3 (-0.1pts)
26Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.6%-6 (-0.3pts)
27Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.5%+6 (+0.1pts)
28OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b0.5%+1 (0pts)
29OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.4%-2 (-0.1pts)
30Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.4%+4 (0pts)
31DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp0.4%-1 (0pts)
32Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.4%-1 (0pts)
33SpaceXAI: Grok 4.60.4%+4 (0pts)
34Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%-2 (0pts)
35Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro (free)0.3%+8 (+0.1pts)
36Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.3%-8 (-0.1pts)
37DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.3%-1 (0pts)
38Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)0.3%+3 (0pts)
39Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%+1 (0pts)
40Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)0.3%-2 (0pts)
41OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.3%-6 (-0.1pts)
42NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.3%-3 (0pts)
43Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.3%-1 (0pts)
44Meta: Muse Spark 1.30.3%-18 (-0.3pts)
45Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash0.2%+1 (0pts)
46Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch) New0.2%-

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on September 10, 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 10, 2026.

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

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

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