AI MODEL ATLAS · DECISION PAGE
Most popular AI models by OpenRouter weekly order
OpenRouter models in the API's top-weekly order.
OBJECT ID
asca:openrouter-model-page-most-popular-ai-models@2026-09-01.v1FETCHED
STATUSREPRODUCIBLE SNAPSHOT
QUESTION · METHOD
Most popular AI models by OpenRouter weekly order
Preserve server-provided top-weekly order; rank is not a global market-share or token-count measure.
OBSERVED MODELS · 10 SHOWN
Comparable fields from one dated catalog snapshot
| Rank / order | Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Request | Context | Tools | Structured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | $0.065 | $0.18 | $0.00 | 1.31M | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.075 | $0.25 | $0.00 | 1.31M | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | Tencent: Hy3 | $0.132 | $0.528 | $0.00 | 262.14K | Yes | Yes |
| 6 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | $0.0809 | $0.1618 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes |
| 7 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1M | Yes | No |
| 8 | Tencent: Hy4 preview | $0.834 | $2.501 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes |
| 9 | Google: Gemini 3.7 Flash | $0.75 | $3.75 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | No |
Prices are listed USD per token converted to USD per 1M tokens. Request fee is a separate listed field; it is not included in derived text-token cost. A free listing means zero listed token price in this snapshot, not unlimited access.
RANGE · BIAS · LIMIT · CONFIDENCE
- Observed range: 425 matching catalog records; 10 shown.
- Bias: OpenRouter user and routing mix bias.
- Limitation: The endpoint provides order, not exact token totals, global popularity, quality, or provider-direct demand.
- Confidence: high for the recorded response and stated transformation.
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“Preserve server-provided top-weekly order; rank is not a global market-share or token-count measure.”— asca:openrouter-model-page-most-popular-ai-models@2026-09-01.v1
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