MODEL WARS

Model Usage Rankings

Which models builders are actually using — ranked by weekly token volume on OpenRouter. Not which model has the best marketing. What's actually running.

Source: openrouter.ai/rankings (weekly token volume) · 343 models tracked · Updated 2026-04-20Note: OpenRouter skews toward API/builder usage. Consumer ChatGPT/Claude.ai subscribers not included.

343
Models Tracked
25
In Top 25
14
Providers in Top 25
22
Weeks of Data
🥇
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Moonshotai
MID
$0.95
per 1M in
🥈
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7
Anthropic
FRONTIER
$5.00
per 1M in
🥉
Elephant
Openrouter
FREE
Free
per 1M in
#4
Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast)
Anthropic
FRONTIER
$30.00
per 1M in
#5
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Zhipu AI
MID
$1.05
per 1M in
#6
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)
Google
FREE
Free
per 1M in
#7
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B
Google
BUDGET
$0.08
per 1M in
#8
Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)
Google
FREE
Free
per 1M in
#9
Google: Gemma 4 31B
Google
BUDGET
$0.13
per 1M in
#10
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plus
Alibaba
BUDGET
$0.33
per 1M in
#11
Z.ai: GLM 5V Turbo
Zhipu AI
MID
$1.20
per 1M in
#12
Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking
Arcee-ai
BUDGET
$0.22
per 1M in
#13
xAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
xAI
MID
$2.00
per 1M in
#14
xAI: Grok 4.20
xAI
MID
$2.00
per 1M in
#15
Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview
Google
FREE
Free
per 1M in
#16
Google: Lyria 3 Clip Preview
Google
FREE
Free
per 1M in
#17
Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V2
Kwaipilot
BUDGET
$0.30
per 1M in
#18
Reka Edge
Rekaai
BUDGET
$0.10
per 1M in
#19
Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Omni
Xiaomi
BUDGET
$0.40
per 1M in
#20
Xiaomi: MiMo-V2-Pro
Xiaomi
MID
$1.00
per 1M in
#21
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7
Minimax
BUDGET
$0.30
per 1M in
#22
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano
OpenAI
BUDGET
$0.20
per 1M in
#23
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini
OpenAI
MID
$0.75
per 1M in
#24
Mistral: Mistral Small 4
Mistral
BUDGET
$0.15
per 1M in
#25
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
Zhipu AI
MID
$1.20
per 1M in
Who's in the Top 25
Google6
Zhipu AI3
Anthropic2
xAI2
Xiaomi2
OpenAI2
Moonshotai1
Openrouter1
Alibaba1
Arcee-ai1
Kwaipilot1
Rekaai1
Minimax1
Mistral1

Ordered by weekly token volume on OpenRouter · 2026-04-20 · Rankings update weekly via heartbeat