OpenRouter’s weekly model usage keeps climbing, but it still misses much of the market
sankin_eth · x · 2026-07-24
The reply says OpenRouter may offer some signal, but the sample is too small and much of the usage happens inside closed-model vendors’ own client apps.
The attached chart shows weekly model usage across OpenRouter climbing sharply over time, reaching roughly the 60T-token range by late June/early July. The point is that OpenRouter can hint at demand trends, but it still does not capture the full market because a lot of usage is hidden inside proprietary clients.
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