OpenRouter Processes ~$1.5B Annualized Inference, Anthropic Takes 36% of Spend
deedydas · x · 2026-10-11
Using Opus to convert OpenRouter's public token stats into dollar figures: OpenRouter processes roughly $1.5B in annualized inference (weekly volume × 52), about 1% of total inference spend by dollars.
This week's spend split: Anthropic 36%, OpenAI 18%, and open-weight models 26%.
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