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Open weights model usage on OpenRouter declined to below 50%

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3 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 13 August 2026
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How the story developed
26 Aug
Most Used OpenRouter Models Over Time
OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligence
13 Aug
Open weights model usage on OpenRouter declined to below 50%
OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligence
Other feeds and industry voices
29 Aug
Closed models from Google & OpenAI currently take #2 & #3 on OpenRouter, which had traditionally a bias towards cheaper Chinese open weight models

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OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
28 Jul
The average price of token routed through OpenRouter has fallen sharply this year

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1v957i4/the_average_price_of_token_routed_through/"> <img alt="The average price of token routed through

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
23 Apr
Kimi K2.6 takes 1st overall of open weights models on Design Arena

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1st8l2u/kimi_k26_takes_1st_overall_of_open_weights_models/"> <img alt="Kimi K2.6 takes 1st overall of open

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
22 Apr
Recent Open models from last 6 Months - Nov 2025 - Apr 2026

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1sskmhv/recent_open_models_from_last_6_months_nov_2025/"> <img alt="Recent Open models from last 6 Months -

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
11 Jul
Weekly tokens by model author for Chinese and American models | April 20, 2026 - June 14, 2026

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OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
22 Jul
Adoption curve of Kimi K3 on OpenRouter is very similar to Deepseek v4 Flash and GLM 5.2 with the same number of days after launch.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1v3jabi/adoption_curve_of_kimi_k3_on_openrouter_is_very/"> <img alt="Adoption curve of Kimi K3 on OpenRouter is

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
10 Apr
GLM-5.1 just sitting with Opus 4.6 on SWE-Bench Pro and it’s completely open. but costs Input $1.4 / Output $4.4

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Benchmark: 58.4 vs 56.7 (beats GPT-5.4)</p> <p>License: Fully open (Apache 2.0) </p> <p>What it actually does: Runs 8-hour fully autonomous agent

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
2 Apr
benchmarked 20+ Ollama coding models on everything from 4GB to 24GB VRAM , here are the best picks for 2026

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>After burning way too much money on GPT-4 API calls, I finally went all-in on local models with Ollama. The progress in 2026 is insane

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
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