OpenRouter data covers under 1% of global inference, so it can’t prove Chinese models lead usage
zephyr_z9 · x · 2026-07-28
A post pushes back on claims that Chinese models have overtaken U.S. models in usage, arguing that OpenRouter data represents less than 1% of total global inference traffic and is too small to support that conclusion.
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