DeepSeek's token usage on OpenRouter topped OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and xAI combined
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-09
- Per OpenRouter data, in the last week of September DeepSeek models processed more tokens than OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI combined on the platform.
The figure highlights DeepSeek's real-world usage scale and the price-performance edge of open models on API aggregator channels.
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