AI companies by usage on OpenRouter, November 8, 2026
The companies behind the most used models on OpenRouter, ranked by their share of all tokens over 7 days. This covers one platform, not the whole AI market.
Key facts
- First: DeepSeek (38.5%), then Tencent (9.0%) and Z.ai (8.5%).
- Shares are of all tokens on OpenRouter. Models it groups as "other" count towards the total but belong to no company here, so shares do not add up to 100%. Only public traffic counts, and a model only on days it makes OpenRouter's daily top 50.
- Data for the 7 days to November 8, 2026.
15 rows
| 1 | DeepSeek | 80.6T | 38.5% | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tencent | 18.8T | 9.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Z.ai | 17.8T | 8.5% | 3 |
| 4 | OpenAI | 16.1T | 7.7% | 8 |
| 5 | Anthropic | 12.4T | 5.9% | 6 |
| 6 | NVIDIA | 7.9T | 3.8% | 3 |
| 7 | StepFun | 7.4T | 3.5% | 2 |
| 8 | Moonshot AI | 6.3T | 3.0% | 2 |
| 9 | MiniMax | 5.7T | 2.7% | 2 |
| 10 | Typesafe | 4.9T | 2.3% | 2 |
| 11 | 4.8T | 2.3% | 7 | |
| 12 | Xiaomi | 3.4T | 1.6% | 2 |
| 13 | Meta | 2.8T | 1.3% | 1 |
| 14 | Qwen | 2.1T | 1.0% | 4 |
| 15 | Upstage | 1.8T | 0.9% | 2 |
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Source: OpenRouter rankings · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Data as of November 8, 2026 · Collected 2026-11-10
About this ranking
cv.cm adds up, for each company, the tokens of the models OpenRouter names in its daily top list. Smaller models it groups as "other" are left out, and open models served by other providers still count for the company that made them.
It leaves out consumer apps and direct API use, where the order can be very different. Read it as what developers route through one service in one week.
FAQ
Which AI company has the largest market share?
On OpenRouter in the 7 days to November 8, 2026, DeepSeek has the largest share at 38.5% of all tokens. That covers one developer platform; no public source gives the share of all AI use.
Why is this different from other AI market share figures?
Other reports count chatbot visits, app users or revenue. This table counts tokens through one API service, so it leans towards developers and cheap models.
Why might a well-known company rank low?
Many of its customers may use its own API or app, which OpenRouter cannot see.
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