OpenAI Reportedly Processes ~15T Tokens Daily, Industry Demand Far Exceeds Seen

Discussion sparked by a new model hitting 1T daily tokens on OpenRouter within 24 hours, with users noting OpenRouter is only a sliver of the market and OpenAI's API reportedly processed 15T tokens daily as of April, excluding Codex and other sources.

2026-10-18 ~ 2026-10-18 · 4 related posts

• OpenRouter is only a fraction of the total addressable market, poster argues — sloppenheimer · 2026-10-18
• 1T tokens in 24h on OpenRouter surprises users given ~10T daily for all of OpenAI — DavidRBellamy · 2026-10-18
• OpenAI reportedly handled ~15T tokens daily in April, likely higher now — JoshPurtell · 2026-10-18
• Clarification: the ~15T daily figure is API-only, excludes Codex subs — JoshPurtell · 2026-10-18