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AI model usage rankings - October 9, 2026

As published on October 9, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 21.2%. Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash, Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch), Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash entered the leaderboard for the first time. Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 moved 14 places up since October 8, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 21.2% usage share
  2. #2 StepFun: Step 5 Preview - 9.7% usage share
  3. #3 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 7.5% usage share
  4. #4 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash - 6.6% usage share
  5. #5 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 4.8% usage share
  6. #6 OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch) - 4.7% usage share
  7. #7 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 4.2% usage share
  8. #8 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 3.8% usage share
  9. #9 Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) - 3.1% usage share
  10. #10 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 2.0% usage share
Change since October 8, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)21.2%no change
02StepFun: Step 5 Preview9.7%+7 (+7.1pts)
03Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)7.5%-1 (+0.1pts)
04Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash6.6%-1 (-0.5pts)
05Tencent: Hy4 preview4.8%-1 (-0.5pts)
06OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)4.7%-1 (-0.5pts)
07DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 04234.2%-1 (-0.5pts)
08NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)3.8%-1 (-0.2pts)
09Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)3.1%-1 (-0.2pts)
10Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)2.0%no change
11Tencent: Hy31.8%no change
12OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)1.7%+4 (+0.4pts)
13Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.5%-1 (0pts)
14Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)1.4%+6 (+0.4pts)
15MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.3%no change
16Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)1.2%+1 (-0.1pts)
17OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)1.1%+1 (-0.1pts)
18Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)1.0%-4 (-0.4pts)
19DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04231.0%-6 (-0.5pts)
20MiniMax: MiniMax M30.8%+1 (0pts)
21Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro0.7%+2 (0pts)
22Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.7%+6 (+0.1pts)
23Z.ai: GLM 5.20.7%-4 (-0.5pts)
24Meta: Muse Spark 1.30.6%+14 (+0.3pts)
25Upstage: Solar Mini 40.6%+1 (0pts)
26Upstage: Solar Pro 40.6%-4 (-0.2pts)
27Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)0.6%no change
28SpaceXAI: Grok 4.70.5%-4 (-0.2pts)
29Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)0.5%+1 (-0.1pts)
30NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.5%+1 (0pts)
31OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol (batch)0.5%-6 (-0.1pts)
32Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)0.4%-3 (-0.1pts)
33OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)0.4%-1 (0pts)
34OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)0.4%+2 (0pts)
35NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.4%-2 (0pts)
36Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.3%-1 (0pts)
37Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.50.3%-3 (-0.1pts)
38inclusionAI: Ling 3.1 Flash0.3%-1 (0pts)
39Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.3%+1 (0pts)
40Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%+1 (0pts)
41OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)0.2%-2 (0pts)
42Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.2%no change
43Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)0.2%no change
44Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flash New0.2%-
45Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) New0.2%-
46Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash New0.2%-

This page is a permanent, unchanging record of real OpenRouter usage share as it stood on October 9, 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 October 9, 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.