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AI model usage rankings - October 16, 2026

As published on October 16, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) led real OpenRouter usage share at 24.2%. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free), OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch), OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch) entered the leaderboard for the first time. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) moved 24 places down since October 15, 2026.

  1. #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) - 24.2% usage share
  2. #2 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) - 7.8% usage share
  3. #3 Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash - 6.4% usage share
  4. #4 Tencent: Hy4 preview - 5.5% usage share
  5. #5 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 4.7% usage share
  6. #6 OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch) - 4.4% usage share
  7. #7 Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) - 4.2% usage share
  8. #8 Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) - 4.2% usage share
  9. #9 Tencent: Hy3 - 2.1% usage share
  10. #10 Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor - 2.0% usage share
Change since October 15, 2026
#ModelUsage shareRank change
01DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)24.2%no change
02Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)7.8%no change
03Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash6.4%no change
04Tencent: Hy4 preview5.5%no change
05DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 04234.7%+1 (+0.1pts)
06OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)4.4%+3 (+0.4pts)
07Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch)4.2%+1 (+0.2pts)
08Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 (batch)4.2%-1 (0pts)
09Tencent: Hy32.1%+2 (0pts)
10Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor2.0%+2 (+0.2pts)
11Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch)1.8%+3 (+0.5pts)
12Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B1.7%+12 (+1pts)
13Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)1.4%no change
14OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)1.3%+1 (+0.1pts)
15NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free) New1.3%-
16Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)1.2%no change
17DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04231.1%no change
18OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)1.1%no change
19MiniMax: MiniMax M30.9%+3 (+0.1pts)
20Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Pro0.9%-1 (0pts)
21MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 (batch)0.9%-1 (-0.1pts)
22StepFun: Step 5 Preview0.8%-17 (-4.6pts)
23Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch)0.8%+3 (+0.2pts)
24Upstage: Solar Mini 40.7%+3 (+0.1pts)
25Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)0.6%no change
26Z.ai: GLM 5.20.6%-3 (-0.1pts)
27NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)0.5%+1 (-0.1pts)
28Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)0.5%+4 (0pts)
29Upstage: Solar Pro 40.4%+1 (0pts)
30Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)0.4%-1 (0pts)
31NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)0.4%-10 (-0.5pts)
32Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5 (batch)0.4%-1 (-0.1pts)
33OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)0.4%+1 (0pts)
34NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)0.4%-24 (-2.8pts)
35Anthropic: Claude Opus 5 (batch)0.4%+1 (0pts)
36Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash0.4%-1 (0pts)
37Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.50.4%no change
38Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)0.3%+2 (0pts)
39Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)0.3%no change
40OpenAI: GPT-6 Sol (batch)0.3%-7 (-0.1pts)
41OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch) New0.3%-
42Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B0.3%-1 (0pts)
43OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra (batch) New0.3%-
44OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Sol (batch)0.3%-6 (-0.1pts)
45Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)0.3%-3 (0pts)

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