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AI model usage rankings - October 12, 2026

As published on October 12, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 22.3%. OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch), Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max, Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch), Mistral: Mistral Large 4 entered the leaderboard for the first time. Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch) moved 8 places up since October 11, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 22.3% usage share
  2. #2 StepFun: Step 5 Preview - 12.1% usage share
  3. #3 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 7.5% usage share
  4. #4 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash - 5.9% usage share
  5. #5 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - 4.2% usage share
  6. #6 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 4.1% usage share
  7. #7 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 4.1% usage share
  8. #8 OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch) - 3.2% usage share
  9. #9 Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) - 2.9% usage share
  10. #10 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 2.4% usage share
Change since October 11, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)22.3%no change
02StepFun: Step 5 Preview12.1%no change
03Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)7.5%no change
04Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash5.9%no change
05NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)4.2%no change
06DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 04234.1%no change
07Tencent: Hy4 preview4.1%no change
08OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)3.2%no change
09Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)2.9%no change
10Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)2.4%no change
11Tencent: Hy31.8%+2 (+0.4pts)
12Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1.8%no change
13MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)1.7%+1 (+0.4pts)
14Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)1.4%-3 (-0.9pts)
15OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)1.1%+1 (0pts)
16Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)1.1%+1 (+0.1pts)
17Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro1.0%+3 (+0.1pts)
18Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)0.9%+1 (+0.1pts)
19OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)0.9%-1 (0pts)
20NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.8%+3 (+0.2pts)
21DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04230.8%-6 (-0.3pts)
22MiniMax: MiniMax M30.8%-1 (0pts)
23Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.7%+3 (+0.2pts)
24Z.ai: GLM 5.20.6%+1 (0pts)
25Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)0.5%-3 (-0.1pts)
26Upstage: Solar Mini 40.5%-2 (-0.1pts)
27Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)0.5%no change
28OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)0.5%+2 (+0.1pts)
29Upstage: Solar Pro 40.4%no change
30inclusionAI: Ling 3.1 Flash0.4%-2 (-0.1pts)
31Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)0.4%+8 (+0.1pts)
32Meta: Muse Spark 1.30.3%no change
33Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.3%+2 (0pts)
34NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.3%-3 (0pts)
35Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash0.3%-1 (0pts)
36OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch)0.3%no change
37Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%no change
38OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch) New0.3%-
39Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.50.3%+1 (0pts)
40Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.2%+3 (0pts)
41Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max New0.2%-
42Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)0.2%+4 (0pts)
43OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol (batch)0.2%-5 (0pts)
44Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) New0.2%-
45Mistral: Mistral Large 4 New0.2%-

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

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

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

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