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AI model usage rankings - September 12, 2026

As published on September 12, 2026, OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 22.7%. Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max, Thinking Machines: Inkling (free), Mistral: Mistral Nemo, Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 entered the leaderboard for the first time. inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free) moved 16 places up since September 11, 2026.

  1. #1 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 22.7% usage share
  2. #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 10.9% usage share
  3. #3 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 8.8% usage share
  4. #4 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 8.4% usage share
  5. #5 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 7.9% usage share
  6. #6 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 5.6% usage share
  7. #7 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 3.5% usage share
  8. #8 Tencent: Hy3 - 2.8% usage share
  9. #9 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 - 1.7% usage share
  10. #10 Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor - 1.5% usage share
Change since September 11, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)22.7%+1 (+12.5pts)
02DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042310.9%-1 (-3.5pts)
03Tencent: Hy4 preview8.8%+1 (-0.4pts)
04DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)8.4%+1 (-0.3pts)
05Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)7.9%-2 (-1.9pts)
06Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.55.6%no change
07NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)3.5%+1 (+0.9pts)
08Tencent: Hy32.8%-1 (-1pts)
09DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04231.7%no change
10Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.5%+2 (0pts)
11Upstage: Solar Pro 41.4%+3 (+0.1pts)
12Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)1.4%-2 (-0.4pts)
13Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)1.3%-2 (-0.2pts)
14MiniMax: MiniMax M31.1%+3 (-0.1pts)
15Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)1.0%+1 (-0.1pts)
16Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)1.0%+4 (+0.1pts)
17MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.0%+1 (-0.2pts)
18Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)0.8%-3 (-0.6pts)
19OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)0.8%-6 (-0.6pts)
20inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)0.7%+1 (0pts)
21NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.7%+7 (+0.3pts)
22Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.6%+1 (-0.1pts)
23Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.6%+4 (0pts)
24Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)0.6%-5 (-0.4pts)
25Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.5%no change
26OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)0.5%-4 (-0.2pts)
27Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro (free)0.5%-1 (-0.1pts)
28OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b0.4%-4 (-0.2pts)
29inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL (free)0.4%+16 (+0.1pts)
30Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max New0.4%-
31Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.3%+1 (-0.1pts)
32NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.3%+6 (0pts)
33DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.3%+4 (0pts)
34Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash0.3%+7 (0pts)
35Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.3%-1 (-0.1pts)
36OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.3%-7 (-0.1pts)
37Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) New0.3%-
38Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)0.3%-2 (-0.1pts)
39Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.3%-4 (-0.1pts)
40Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash0.3%+3 (0pts)
41Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%-1 (0pts)
42Mistral: Mistral Nemo New0.3%-
43Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 New0.2%-
44SpaceXAI: Grok 4.60.2%-11 (-0.2pts)
45DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp0.2%-14 (-0.2pts)
46Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.2%-16 (-0.2pts)

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on September 12, 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 12, 2026.

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

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

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