Chinese models dominate the OpenRouter weekly token usage ranking.

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As of August 5, 2026, new token listings dominated the OpenRouter weekly token usage ranking, with Chinese models occupying eight of the top ten spots. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 led with 692 billion tokens, followed by Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Tencent Hy3. DeepSeek had three models in the top ten, while Zhipu GLM 5.2, MiniMax M3, and Jieyue Step 3.7 Flash also appeared. Only two U.S. models—OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna and NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 Ultra—made the list. Token launch news continues to underscore strong regional model performance.

ChainThink reports that on August 5, Chinese models occupied eight of the top ten spots on OpenRouter’s weekly large model token usage leaderboard.

Among them, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 ranks first with 6.92 trillion tokens, followed by Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Tencent Hy3 in second and third place, respectively, with DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 ranking fourth.

DeepSeek has three models in the top ten.

Zhipu's GLM 5.2, MiniMax's M3, and Jiepai's Step 3.7 Flash also rank in the top ten; only OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna and NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Ultra are from U.S. companies.

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