What is the most used AI model right now?

As of 2026-10-02, the most used AI model tracked on whatstrending.ai is Space Bunny Alpha (Stealth), followed by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash. Usage is measured as total tokens routed to each model on OpenRouter over the trailing 7 days, so it reflects developer and API demand rather than consumer chat apps.

Which AI models rank highest by usage this week?

By 7-day token volume on OpenRouter, the current top 5 tracked here are: 1. Space Bunny Alpha (30.94T tokens), 2. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (23.5T tokens), 3. GLM 5.3 Flash (10.16T tokens), 4. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (10.03T tokens), 5. MiMo-V2.6-Flash (9.34T tokens).

How is this AI model leaderboard ranked and how often does it update?

Models are ranked by real usage: the total tokens (prompt plus completion) routed to each model on the OpenRouter marketplace over the trailing 7 days. Pricing and context windows come live from the OpenRouter catalog, and model names are validated against that catalog before display. The leaderboard refreshes automatically; it was last updated 2026-10-02.

AI Model Leaderboard 2026 - Ranked by Usage

Name: AI model usage ranking, token volume on OpenRouter
Creator: whatstrending.ai
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Quick answer

As of 2026-10-02, the most used AI model tracked here is Space Bunny Alpha (Stealth), followed by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash. Ranked by tokens routed per model on OpenRouter over the trailing 7 days; refreshed automatically.

1st

Space Bunny Alpha

Stealth

30.94T

tokens routed this week

2nd

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek

23.5T

tokens routed this week

3rd

GLM 5.3 Flash

Z.ai

10.16T

tokens routed this week

#	Model Name	Provider	Tokens/wk	Context	Pricing (in/out per MTok)
1	Space Bunny Alpha From Stealth	Stealth	30.94T	1M	Free
2	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	DeepSeek	23.5T	1M	$0.02/$0.5
3	GLM 5.3 Flash Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models	Z.ai	10.16T	1M	$0.03/$0.9
4	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731	DeepSeek	10.03T	1M	$0.01/$1.6
5	MiMo-V2.6-Flash Chinese electronics giant, maker of the open MiMo models	Xiaomi	9.34T	1.1M	$0.07/$0.28
6	GPT-5.6 Luna US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	6.96T	1.1M	$0.2/$1.2
7	Hy4 preview Chinese tech giant behind the Hunyuan / Hy models	tencent	6.81T	1M	$0.75/$2.25
8	Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)	Nvidia	6.22T	1M	Free
9	GPT-6 Luna US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	5.75T	1.1M	$0.1/$0.5
10	GLM 5.3 Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models	Z.ai	2.56T	1M	$0.12/$4
11	Hy3 Chinese tech giant behind the Hunyuan / Hy models	tencent	2.2T	262K	$0.08/$0.33
12	Gemini 3.8 Flash Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	2.13T	1M	$0.75/$3.75
13	Claude Opus 5.5 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	2.07T	1M	$2/$10
14	GPT-5.6 Sol US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	1.58T	1.1M	$2/$10
15	Kimi K3 Chinese lab (Moonshot AI) behind the Kimi models	moonshotai	1.57T	1M	$0.5/$11.36
16	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813	DeepSeek	1.56T	1M	$0.13/$0.4
17	Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models	Meta	1.49T	1M	$0.1/$0.2
18	GLM 5.2 Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models	Z.ai	1.32T	1M	$0.13/$4
19	Claude Sonnet 5 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	1.26T	1M	$1/$5
20	MiniMax M3 Chinese AI lab (Shanghai) building open-weight models	MiniMax	1.25T	1M	$0.23/$0.96
21	MiMo-V2.6-Pro Chinese electronics giant, maker of the open MiMo models	Xiaomi	1.23T	1.1M	$0.41/$0.83
22	GPT-6 Astra (batch) US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	1.23T	1.1M	$5/$25
23	Solar Pro 4 From upstage	upstage	1.19T	524K	$0.09/$0.36
24	GPT-6 Sol US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	1.17T	1.1M	$2/$10
25	MiMo-V2.5 Chinese electronics giant, maker of the open MiMo models	Xiaomi	1.16T	1.1M	$0.12/$0.24
26	Laguna S 2.1 (free) From poolside	poolside	1.04T	262K	Free
27	Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	744B	1M	$0.5/$3
28	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch) Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	727B	1M	$0.05/$0.2
29	Ling 3.0 Flash Fin From inclusionai	inclusionai	624B	262K	$0.04/$0.12
30	gpt-oss-120b (batch) US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	594B	131K	$0.03/$0.14
31	Claude Fable 5.1 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	578B	1M	$5/$25
32	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free) NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)	Nvidia	570B	1M	Free
33	Claude Opus 5 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	548B	1M	$2.5/$12.5
34	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	521B	1M	$0.25/$1.5
35	Qwen3.8 Flash Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	518B	1M	$0.15/$0.47
36	Dots3-Note Preview (free)	Dots Studio	493B	512K	Free
37	Gemini 3.7 Flash Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	483B	1M	$0.75/$3.75
38	Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch) Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	459B	1M	$0.15/$1.25
39	Gemma 4 31B (free) Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	456B	262K	Free
40	Qwen3.8 27B (free) Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	427B	262K	Free
41	Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	425B	1M	$0.03/$0.13
42	GPT-6 Luna Pro US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	422B	1.1M	$0.1/$0.5
43	Muse Spark 1.3 Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models	Meta	421B	1M	$1.25/$4.25
44	Grok 4.7 From SpaceXAI	SpaceXAI	410B	500K	$2/$6
45	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	405B	1M	$1/$5
46	GPT-5.6 Terra US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	398B	1.1M	$2/$12
47	Ling 3.0 Flash Sante (free) From inclusionai	inclusionai	376B	262K	Free
48	DeepSeek V3.2	DeepSeek	368B	164K	$0.21/$0.31
49	Nemotron 3 Super (free) NVIDIA's model line (Nemotron)	Nvidia	350B	262K	Free
50	Gemma 4 26B A4B (free) Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	332B	262K	Free
51	Claude Sonnet 4.6 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	328B	1M	$1.5/$7.5
52	Mistral Nemo	Mistral AI	281B	131K	$0.02/$0.03
53	GPT-6.1 Sol US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	277B	1.1M	$2/$10
54	Inkling (free) From thinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	269B	1M	Free
55	GPT-4o-mini (batch) US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	248B	128K	$0.08/$0.3
56	GLM 5.3 FlashX Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models	Z.ai	247B	1M	$0.37/$1.25
57	Claude Haiku 4.5 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	244B	200K	$0.5/$2.5
58	Qwen3.8 Max (0902) Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	243B	1M	$2/$6
59	GPT-5 Nano US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	242B	400K	$0.05/$0.4
60	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	232B	1M	$0.3/$2.5
61	Claude Opus 4.8 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	219B	1M	$2.5/$12.5
62	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	207B	1M	$2/$12
63	gpt-oss-20b US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	182B	131K	$0.02/$0.09
64	Kimi K2.6 Chinese lab (Moonshot AI) behind the Kimi models	moonshotai	180B	262K	$0.43/$1.83
65	GPT-5.6 Luna Pro US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	175B	1.1M	$0.2/$1.2
66	Grok 4.6 From SpaceXAI	SpaceXAI	175B	500K	$2/$6
67	MiMo-V2.5-Pro Chinese electronics giant, maker of the open MiMo models	Xiaomi	142B	1.1M	$0.3/$0.61
68	GPT-5 Mini US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	123B	400K	$0.25/$2
69	Solar Mini 4 From upstage	upstage	121B	524K	$0.05/$0.2
70	North Mini Code (free) Enterprise-focused AI lab (Command models)	Cohere	120B	256K	Free
71	Ling 3.0 Flash From inclusionai	inclusionai	115B	262K	$0.02/$0.06
72	Claude Sonnet 4.5 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	113B	1M	$1.5/$7.5
73	GPT-5.4 Mini US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	113B	400K	$0.75/$4.5
74	Gemini 3.6 Flash Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	113B	1M	$0.75/$3.75
75	Inkling Small (free) From thinkingmachines	thinkingmachines	112B	1M	Free
76	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	DeepSeek	109B	1M	$0.22/$0.65
77	Gemini 3.5 Flash Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	106B	1M	$1.5/$9
78	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	101B	1M	$0.25/$1.5
79	Claude Opus 4.6 (batch) US AI-safety lab, maker of Claude	Anthropic	100B	1M	$2.5/$12.5
80	GPT-5.4 Nano US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	99B	400K	$0.2/$1.25
81	GPT-4.1 Mini (batch) US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	94B	1M	$0.2/$0.8
82	Laguna XS 2.1 (free) From poolside	poolside	83B	262K	Free
83	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	77B	262K	$0.09/$0.35
84	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed Chinese electronics giant, maker of the open MiMo models	Xiaomi	76B	1M	$4.35/$8.7
85	Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	74B	1M	$0.32/$1.28
86	Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	73B	262K	$0.05/$0.7
87	Qwen3.5-Flash Alibaba lab behind the open Qwen models	Qwen	67B	1M	$0.07/$0.26
88	MiniMax M2.7 Chinese AI lab (Shanghai) building open-weight models	MiniMax	66B	205K	$0.21/$0.84
89	Gemini 2.5 Pro (batch) Google DeepMind, maker of the Gemini models	Google	65B	1M	$0.63/$5
90	Grok 4.5 From SpaceXAI	SpaceXAI	64B	500K	$2/$6
91	GPT-5.6 Sol Pro US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	61B	1.1M	$2/$10
92	GPT-5.4 US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	60B	1.1M	$2.5/$15
93	GPT-4.1 Nano (batch) US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	56B	1M	$0.05/$0.2
94	DeepSeek V3.1	DeepSeek	54B	164K	$0.25/$0.95
95	Grok 4.3 (batch) From SpaceXAI	SpaceXAI	54B	1M	$1/$2
96	Kimi K2.7 Code Chinese lab (Moonshot AI) behind the Kimi models	moonshotai	52B	262K	$0.67/$3.35
97	GPT-5.5 US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	52B	1.1M	$5/$30
98	GPT-4.1 (batch) US lab behind ChatGPT and the GPT series	OpenAI	51B	1M	$1/$4
99	GLM 4.7 Chinese lab (Zhipu AI) behind the open GLM models	Z.ai	51B	205K	$0.4/$1.75
100	Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Meta AI, maker of the open Llama models	Meta Llama	50B	131K	$0.02/$0.04

Newly available models

Recently listed on OpenRouter, not yet in the ranking above — too new to have meaningful usage yet.

Model Name	Provider	Tokens/wk	Context	Pricing (in/out per MTok)	Listed
Ling 3.1 Flash	inclusionai	—	262K	Free	2026-10-02
FLUX.3 Image	black-forest-labs	—	47K	Free	2026-10-01
D1	Liquid	—	66K	$0.04/$0	2026-10-01
Apodex 1.1 Mini (free)	Apodex	—	262K	Free	2026-10-01
Pareto 26.10 Preview	Unbiased	—	1M	$0.8/$3.2	2026-10-01

Ranked by real usage: the total tokens (prompt + completion) routed to each model on OpenRouter over the trailing 7 days. This reflects developer/API demand on the OpenRouter marketplace. It does not include first-party app traffic (ChatGPT, the Gemini app, claude.ai), so consumer chat flagships are under-counted relative to their true reach. Names, pricing and context windows are live from OpenRouter's own catalog and validated against it before display. Refreshed automatically; no hand-maintained list.

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