Chinese open models hit 53% of OpenRouter tokens, but closed models still dominate real adoption
ohlennart · x · 2026-09-16
OpenRouter's leaderboard suggests Chinese open-weight models handle 53% of public token volume, but KonstantinPilz and maryclarem argue the data is misleading.
- Ramp data: at least 77% of enterprises paying for AI pay for an OpenAI or Anthropic subscription
- Only 6% use platforms like OpenRouter, and 96% of those also pay for OpenAI/Anthropic
- Consumer usage is likely even more closed-model dominated
Conclusion: closed models dominate real-world deployment by a wide margin; OpenRouter is a biased sample.
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