OpenRouter top 5 by token volume. Every model gaining share on OpenRouter this week is either Chinese or free

1. GLM 5.3 Flash – 19T ↑67%
2. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash – 18.9T ↑60%
3. Hy4 Preview – 12.3T ↑6%
4. GPT-5.6 Luna – 8.7T ↓45%
5. DeepSeek V4 Flash – 8.3T ↓22%

The two at the top are also the two cheapest on the board – $0.045 and $0.04 per million input tokens. Hy4 Preview costs 20x more and grew 6%.

Nvidia's Nemotron 3 Ultra is the highest-placed non-Chinese model still gaining – at #6, up 37%, and free.

GPT-5.6 Luna is the only paid US model in the top 5, and it's the steepest drop on the board – down 45% as GPT-6 Luna landed at half the input price.

Builders aren't renting the frontier tier by the token anymore – they rent the cheapest thing that finishes the job.