Chinese Models' Weekly Token Calls Top U.S. for 26 Straight Weeks; DeepSeek Leads
OpenRouter data for the week of October 19-25 showed global large-model token calls reached 188 trillion, up 14.6%, with Chinese models at 93.54 trillion (up 18.1%) versu…
OpenRouter data for the week of October 19-25 showed global large-model token calls reached 188 trillion, up 14.6%, with Chinese models at 93.54 trillion (up 18.1%) versus the U.S. at 22.47 trillion, marking 26 straight weeks of Chinese models leading the U.S., with the global top five all Chinese. DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 led with 33.6 trillion tokens, up 801% week on week after its October 17 update improved reasoning, coding and automation cost-performance. The figures underscore China's cost-performance edge in open models driving developer adoption worldwide.
Source: OpenRouter data / Daily AI Brief, Oct 27, 2026 | 2026-10-27
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