general · 12.6% of classified traffic
Best AI model for roleplay & fiction
As of August 9, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads roleplay & fiction with 47% of classified production usage for this task on OpenRouter. Ranking reflects what developers actually run for this task, not a benchmark opinion.
- #1 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 - 47% of task usage
- #2 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro - 5% of task usage
- #3 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 - 4% of task usage
- #4 Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) - 4% of task usage
- #5 Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) - 4% of task usage
- #6 inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash - 3% of task usage
- #7 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) - 3% of task usage
- #8 Mistral: Mistral Nemo - 3% of task usage
- #9 Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) - 2% of task usage
| # | Model | Task usage | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | 46.8% | 51.8 |
| 02 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | 5.2% | 45.3 |
| 03 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 | 3.9% | 32.6 |
| 04 | Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) | 3.6% | - |
| 05 | Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | 3.5% | 29.7 |
| 06 | inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash | 3.1% | 14.2 |
| 07 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | 3.0% | 26.1 |
| 08 | Mistral: Mistral Nemo | 2.7% | - |
| 09 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch) | 2.2% | - |
Task usage shares come from OpenRouter's real classified traffic, tracked daily. Shares are a fraction of classified traffic for this task only - the unclassified bucket is excluded, so figures may not sum to 100%.
This ranks by measured usage volume for this specific task, not by model capability. High-cost frontier models (e.g. Claude Opus, GPT-5.6 Sol) can be strong at roleplay & fiction but still not appear here - they're used at far lower volume than cheap, high-throughput models for bulk, cost-sensitive tasks like this one, which is a real pattern in the traffic data, not a quality verdict. The Quality column above (Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, where published) is the independent capability signal to weigh against usage share.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best AI model for roleplay & fiction?
As of August 9, 2026, DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 leads roleplay & fiction with 47% of classified production usage for this task on OpenRouter - real developer adoption for this specific task, not a benchmark opinion.
Is roleplay & fiction usage concentrated among a few models?
The top 3 models account for 56% of classified roleplay & fiction usage across 9 tracked models.
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 9, 2026.
Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).
Methodology: smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology
Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.