OpenRouter’s weekly global AI large-model call ranking (Oct 19-25) shows DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash-1017, updated Oct 17, led with 33.6 trillion tokens in a single week, a 801% week-on-week increase, and was the main driver of growth in Chinese models. DeepSeek’s older V4.1-Flash (launched Sept 10) was second with 18 trillion tokens, down 45% WoW, indicating rapid developer migration to the new release.

2026-10-26

OpenRouter’s weekly global AI large-model call ranking (Oct 19-25) shows DeepSeek’s V4.1-Flash-1017, updated Oct 17, led with 33.6 trillion tokens in a single week, a 801% week-on-week increase, and was the main driver of growth in Chinese models. DeepSeek’s older V4.1-Flash (launched Sept 10) was second with 18 trillion tokens, down 45% WoW, indicating rapid developer migration to the new release.