OpenRouter Data: China's Large-Model Weekly Call Volume Exceeds the US for 27 Consecutive Weeks
According to calculations based on the latest OpenRouter data, last week (October 26 to November 1), the total global call volume for AI large models was 194 trillion tokens, up 3.19% week-on-week. Among them, the weekly call volume for Chinese AI large models reached 99.55 trillion tokens, up 6.43% week-on-week, while that of the US was 20.68 trillion tokens, down 7.97% week-on-week. China has ranked first for 27 consecutive weeks. Chinese models occupy four of the top five models by global call volume, with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 in first place, and MiniMax M3.1 Flash rising to eighth, with weekly call volume up 690% week-on-week.
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OpenRouter's call volume data provides a comparison of the scale of large-model usage between China and the US, as well as the distribution in which Chinese models occupy four of the top five spots on the list.
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According to the latest OpenRouter data estimates, last week (October 26 to November 1), the total global call volume for AI large models was 194 trillion tokens, up 3.19% week-on-week. Among the AI large models on the list, the weekly call volume of Chinese AI large models reached 99.55 trillion tokens, up 6.43% week-on-week; during the same period, the weekly call volume of US AI large models was 20.68 trillion tokens, down 7.97% week-on-week. China's weekly call volume for large models has exceeded that of the United States for 27 consecutive weeks, firmly ranking first globally.
Among the top five models by total global AI large model call volume, Chinese AI large models occupy four seats, with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 still ranking first. In addition, MiniMax M3.1 Flash surged to eighth place on the list, with weekly call volume up 690% week-on-week.