Token Usage Explosion: From 10B/Year to 10B/Week on OpenAI
xeophon · x · 2026-08-22
A comparison of OpenAI API usage shows explosive growth: less than a year ago, processing 10 billion tokens in a year was a major achievement. Now, the author processes over 10 billion tokens in a single week, highlighting the exponential scale-up in AI application consumption.
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