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AI model usage rankings - September 15, 2026

As published on September 15, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led real OpenRouter usage share at 12.3%. Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free), Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (batch), Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 entered the leaderboard for the first time. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) moved 11 places up since September 14, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 12.3% usage share
  2. #2 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 10.2% usage share
  3. #3 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 10.1% usage share
  4. #4 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 8.9% usage share
  5. #5 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 7.1% usage share
  6. #6 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 6.5% usage share
  7. #7 Tencent: Hy3 - 4.4% usage share
  8. #8 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 2.5% usage share
  9. #9 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 2.4% usage share
  10. #10 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) - 2.3% usage share
Change since September 14, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042312.3%+1 (-0.9pts)
02Tencent: Hy4 preview10.2%+1 (+0.7pts)
03DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)10.1%+2 (+3.1pts)
04Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)8.9%no change
05OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)7.1%-4 (-7pts)
06Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.56.5%no change
07Tencent: Hy34.4%no change
08NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)2.5%no change
09Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)2.4%+3 (+0.7pts)
10Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)2.3%+1 (+0.7pts)
11DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04232.1%-2 (+0.1pts)
12OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)2.1%-2 (+0.4pts)
13Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.7%no change
14Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.4%no change
15Z.ai: GLM 5.21.3%no change
16Upstage: Solar Pro 41.3%no change
17MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch)1.3%no change
18MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.2%no change
19Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)1.1%no change
20Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)1.0%no change
21inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin0.9%no change
22OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)0.7%+5 (+0.3pts)
23NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.7%+11 (+0.3pts)
24Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.7%-2 (0pts)
25OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)0.6%-1 (0pts)
26Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite0.6%-3 (0pts)
27OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.5%-1 (0pts)
28inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL0.5%no change
29Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.5%-4 (0pts)
30Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro0.4%+11 (+0.2pts)
31Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%-2 (0pts)
32Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash0.4%-1 (0pts)
33Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.4%+5 (+0.1pts)
34Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)0.4%-2 (0pts)
35Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash0.4%-5 (0pts)
36Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.4%-3 (0pts)
37DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.4%-2 (0pts)
38SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 (batch)0.3%-2 (0pts)
39Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.3%-2 (0pts)
40Thinking Machines: Inkling0.3%-1 (0pts)
41OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)0.3%+4 (0pts)
42Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash0.3%-2 (0pts)
43Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) New0.2%-
44inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Sante0.2%no change
45Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.2%-2 (0pts)
46Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (batch) New0.2%-
47Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 New0.2%-

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on September 15, 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 15, 2026.

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

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.