Most used AI models on OpenRouter, November 8, 2026
The top 20 models by tokens processed through OpenRouter over the 7 days to November 8, 2026. This measures use, not quality.
Key facts
- First: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (26.7% of all tokens), then DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (8.4%) and GLM 5.3 Flash (6.3%).
- Shares are of all tokens on OpenRouter, not of all AI use. 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.
20 rows
| 1 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | DeepSeek | 56T | 26.7% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | 17.6T | 8.4% |
| 3 | GLM 5.3 Flash | Z.ai | 13.2T | 6.3% |
| 4 | Hy4 | Tencent | 12.8T | 6.1% |
| 5 | GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | 7.2T | 3.4% |
| 6 | Step 5 Preview | StepFun | 7.2T | 3.4% |
| 7 | Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 6.8T | 3.2% |
| 8 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiniMax | 5T | 2.4% |
| 9 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Moonshot AI | 4.4T | 2.1% |
| 10 | crouton-alpha | — | 4.2T | 2.0% |
| 11 | GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | 4T | 1.9% |
| 12 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | NVIDIA | 3.8T | 1.8% |
| 13 | GLM 5.3 | Z.ai | 3.6T | 1.7% |
| 14 | Hy4 preview | Tencent | 3.5T | 1.7% |
| 15 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | DeepSeek | 3.3T | 1.6% |
| 16 | jev-1.13 | Typesafe | 3.1T | 1.5% |
| 17 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | NVIDIA | 3T | 1.4% |
| 18 | Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor | Meta | 2.8T | 1.3% |
| 19 | GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | 2.7T | 1.3% |
| 20 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | 2.7T | 1.3% |
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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
OpenRouter is a service developers use to reach many models through one API, and it publishes what passes through it. Cheap models used by busy automated agents can top this table, because tokens count machine traffic as well as people.
This is one platform. Use inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other apps, or through a vendor's own API, is not counted, so this table cannot tell you which AI has the most users overall.
FAQ
What is the most used AI model?
On OpenRouter in the 7 days to November 8, 2026, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 processed the most tokens, 26.7% of the platform's total. Across all AI products, no public figure gives a full answer.
Does most used mean best?
No. Price matters a lot here. For quality, see the Arena tables in this section.
What is a token?
A small piece of text, often part of a word, that models read and write. Long documents and agents that run many steps use far more tokens than a short chat.
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