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AI model usage rankings - September 11, 2026

As published on September 11, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 14.3%. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch), Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash, Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch), inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) entered the leaderboard for the first time. Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro (free) moved 9 places up since September 10, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 14.3% usage share
  2. #2 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 10.2% usage share
  3. #3 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 9.8% usage share
  4. #4 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 9.2% usage share
  5. #5 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 8.7% usage share
  6. #6 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 6.6% usage share
  7. #7 Tencent: Hy3 - 3.8% usage share
  8. #8 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 2.6% usage share
  9. #9 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 2.2% usage share
  10. #10 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 1.8% usage share
Change since September 10, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042314.3%+1 (+0.5pts)
02OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)10.2%-1 (-3.9pts)
03Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)9.8%+1 (+0.3pts)
04Tencent: Hy4 preview9.2%-1 (-3pts)
05DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)8.7%+1 (+5.1pts)
06Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.56.6%-1 (-0.1pts)
07Tencent: Hy33.8%no change
08NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)2.6%no change
09DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04232.2%no change
10Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)1.8%+1 (-0.1pts)
11Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)1.5%-1 (-0.4pts)
12Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.5%+1 (0pts)
13OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)1.4%+1 (0pts)
14Upstage: Solar Pro 41.3%-2 (-0.2pts)
15Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.3%no change
16Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)1.2%+1 (0pts)
17MiniMax: MiniMax M31.2%-1 (-0.1pts)
18MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.1%no change
19Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)0.9%no change
20Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)0.9%no change
21inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)0.8%+2 (+0.1pts)
22OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)0.6%no change
23Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.6%-2 (-0.1pts)
24OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b0.6%+4 (+0.2pts)
25Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.6%no change
26Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro (free)0.6%+9 (+0.2pts)
27Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.6%-1 (0pts)
28NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.4%-4 (-0.1pts)
29OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.4%no change
30Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.4%+6 (0pts)
31DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp0.4%no change
32Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.4%no change
33SpaceXAI: Grok 4.60.4%no change
34Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%no change
35Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.4%-8 (-0.2pts)
36Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)0.3%+2 (0pts)
37DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.3%no change
38NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.3%+4 (0pts)
39Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 (batch) New0.3%-
40Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%-1 (0pts)
41Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash New0.3%-
42OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.3%-1 (0pts)
43Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash0.3%+2 (+0.1pts)
44Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch) New0.3%-
45inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) New0.3%-
46Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.3%-3 (0pts)

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on September 11, 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 11, 2026.

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

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

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