Trends · July 5, 2026 - September 22, 2026
Which AI models are climbing or falling
Between July 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026, NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) climbed 6 usage-rank positions, peaking at #4 on some day in the window (started at #10; +1.2pts of usage share start-to-end).
- NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) - #10 → peak #4 (+6 ranks)
Climbing
| Model | Start → peak rank | Share Δ |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | #10 → #4 | +1.2pts |
Declining
| Model | Start → worst rank | Share Δ |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) | #12 → #46 | -2pts |
| Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) | #24 → #46 | -0.5pts |
| Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 | #1 → #22 | -7.3pts |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) | #19 → #38 | -0.7pts |
| OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | #22 → #40 | -0.5pts |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | #3 → #19 | -8.1pts |
| Google: Gemma 4 31B (free) | #26 → #42 | -0.4pts |
| Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch) | #23 → #38 | -0.5pts |
Computed from real daily usage history (July 5, 2026 to September 22, 2026). This page deepens automatically as more history accumulates, with no manual update required.
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of September 23, 2026.
Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).
Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology
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