OpenRouter Provider Economics
Infrastructure usage, market share, and estimated provider billings
Infrastructure provider · slug akashml · as of 2026-08-26 (last complete UTC day) · methodology observed_tokens_calibrated_model_mix_observed_pricing
Jul 1, 2026 → Aug 26, 2026 · observed tokens with calibrated model-mix revenue estimates
Stacked daily OpenRouter-attributable billings from this provider’s model mix (similar layout to OpenRouter’s tokens chart, in $)
| Model | Est Tokens | Listed In $/M | Listed Out $/M | Eff In $/M | Eff Out $/M | Cache Hit | I/O Mix | Blended $/M | Est Billings | % Tokens | % Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b | 11.3B | $0.4000 | $2.5500 | — | — | — | — | $0.8300 | $9.4K | 43.4% | 81.4% |
| deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 | 6.6B | $0.1400 | $0.2800 | — | — | — | — | $0.1680 | $1.1K | 25.5% | 9.7% |
| openai/gpt-oss-120b | 5.8B | $0.0300 | $0.1700 | — | — | — | — | $0.0580 | $334 | 22.1% | 2.9% |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | 1.6B | $0.1400 | $1.0000 | — | — | — | — | $0.3120 | $492 | 6.0% | 4.3% |
| meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct | 786.5M | $0.2000 | $0.5200 | — | — | — | — | $0.2640 | $208 | 3.0% | 1.8% |
| Date | Tokens | Share | $/Day | RouteProxy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | 26.1B | 0.1% | $11.5K | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-25 | 26.1B | 0.1% | $12.6K | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-24 | 20.1B | 0.1% | $8.7K | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-23 | 13.5B | 0.1% | $4.8K | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-22 | 9.9B | 0.1% | $2.9K | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-21 | 21.5B | 0.2% | $10.4K | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-20 | 22.5B | 0.2% | $12.2K | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-18 | 22.2B | 0.2% | $14.4K | 0.002 |
| 2026-08-17 | 21.1B | 0.2% | $11.3K | 0.002 |
| 2026-08-16 | 34.4B | 0.3% | $16.1K | 0.003 |
| 2026-08-15 | 18.9B | 0.2% | $7.6K | 0.004 |
| 2026-08-14 | 15.8B | 0.1% | $4.4K | 0.002 |
| 2026-08-13 | 13.0B | 0.1% | $3.5K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-12 | 11.2B | 0.1% | $2.7K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-11 | 11.0B | 0.1% | $2.9K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-10 | 10.8B | 0.1% | $2.9K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-09 | 10.9B | 0.1% | $2.8K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-08 | 9.6B | 0.1% | $2.7K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-07 | 8.9B | 0.1% | $2.8K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-06 | 10.1B | 0.1% | $3.2K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-05 | 7.4B | 0.1% | $2.3K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-04 | 8.4B | 0.1% | $2.6K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-03 | 9.4B | 0.1% | $2.4K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-02 | 9.7B | 0.1% | $2.3K | 0.006 |
| 2026-08-01 | 10.0B | 0.1% | $2.4K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-31 | 10.3B | 0.1% | $2.5K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-30 | 11.2B | 0.1% | $2.9K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-29 | 11.5B | 0.1% | $2.9K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-28 | 9.0B | 0.1% | $1.9K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-27 | 11.0B | 0.1% | $2.7K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-26 | 10.3B | 0.1% | $2.5K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-25 | 10.5B | 0.1% | $2.5K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-24 | 11.0B | 0.1% | $2.7K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-23 | 11.1B | 0.1% | $2.5K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-22 | 17.1B | 0.2% | $4.5K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-21 | 11.4B | 0.1% | $2.7K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-20 | 10.9B | 0.1% | $2.5K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-19 | 14.4B | 0.2% | $3.6K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-18 | 14.5B | 0.2% | $3.7K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-17 | 16.5B | 0.2% | $4.2K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-16 | 13.9B | 0.1% | $3.3K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-15 | 13.7B | 0.1% | $3.2K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-14 | 15.0B | 0.2% | $3.8K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-13 | 13.5B | 0.2% | $3.3K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-12 | 9.8B | 0.1% | $2.3K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-11 | 13.5B | 0.2% | $3.3K | 0.006 |
| 2026-07-10 | 14.1B | 0.2% | $3.5K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-09 | 13.4B | 0.2% | $3.3K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-08 | 13.8B | 0.2% | $3.6K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-07 | 12.8B | 0.2% | $3.2K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-06 | 15.7B | 0.2% | $4.0K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-05 | 13.7B | 0.2% | $3.5K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-04 | 12.2B | 0.2% | $2.9K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-03 | 11.3B | 0.2% | $2.8K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-02 | 11.4B | 0.2% | $3.0K | 0.002 |
| 2026-07-01 | 11.1B | 0.2% | $2.9K | 0.002 |