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AI model usage rankings - September 16, 2026

As published on September 16, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 12.2%. Union Alpha, OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch), NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super, Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch) entered the leaderboard for the first time. Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) moved 13 places up since September 15, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 12.2% usage share
  2. #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 10.4% usage share
  3. #3 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 9.8% usage share
  4. #4 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 8.6% usage share
  5. #5 OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch) - 6.4% usage share
  6. #6 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 - 6.1% usage share
  7. #7 Tencent: Hy3 - 4.1% usage share
  8. #8 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 3.0% usage share
  9. #9 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 3.0% usage share
  10. #10 Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch) - 2.1% usage share
Change since September 15, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)12.2%+2 (+2.1pts)
02DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 042310.4%-1 (-1.9pts)
03Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)9.8%+1 (+0.8pts)
04Tencent: Hy4 preview8.6%-2 (-1.7pts)
05OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)6.4%no change
06Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.56.1%no change
07Tencent: Hy34.1%no change
08NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)3.0%no change
09Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)3.0%no change
10Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)2.1%no change
11DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04232.0%no change
12OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)2.0%no change
13Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.8%no change
14Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)1.5%no change
15Z.ai: GLM 5.21.3%no change
16MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch)1.3%+1 (0pts)
17MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.2%+1 (+0.1pts)
18OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)1.2%+7 (+0.6pts)
19Upstage: Solar Pro 41.2%-3 (-0.1pts)
20Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)1.0%-1 (0pts)
21Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)0.9%-1 (0pts)
22inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash Fin0.9%-1 (0pts)
23OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)0.8%-1 (+0.1pts)
24Union Alpha New0.7%-
25Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.7%-1 (0pts)
26Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (batch)0.6%+13 (+0.3pts)
27NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.6%-4 (-0.1pts)
28Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite0.5%-2 (0pts)
29OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra (batch)0.5%-2 (0pts)
30inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL0.5%-2 (0pts)
31Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.5%-2 (0pts)
32Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash0.4%no change
33Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.4%-2 (0pts)
34Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Pro0.4%-4 (0pts)
35Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 (batch)0.4%-1 (0pts)
36Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash0.4%-1 (0pts)
37Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash0.3%+5 (+0.1pts)
38Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch)0.3%-2 (0pts)
39DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.20.3%-2 (0pts)
40SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 (batch)0.3%-2 (0pts)
41Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%-8 (-0.1pts)
42Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max0.3%+3 (+0.1pts)
43Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B (batch)0.3%+3 (0pts)
44Thinking Machines: Inkling0.3%-4 (0pts)
45OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch) New0.3%-
46NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super New0.3%-
47Google: 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 16, 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 16, 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.