OpenRouter chart: Chinese open models now dominate token volume, US models reduced to a sliver
natolambert · x · 2026-11-09
HF researcher Nathan Lambert shared an OpenRouter chart of weekly open-model token volume by region: Chinese models have grown explosively since mid-2026 to over 140T weekly tokens, squeezing US models to a tiny fraction. He asks whether the OpenRouter leaderboard will ever rebalance away from predominantly Chinese open models — and when.
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