OpenRouter Provider Economics
Infrastructure usage, market share, and estimated provider billings
Infrastructure provider · slug darkbloom · as of 2026-10-11 · methodology observed_tokens_calibrated_model_mix_observed_pricing
Jul 1, 2026 → Oct 11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it | 5.9B | $0.0420 | $0.2200 | $0.0409 | $0.2153 | 6.2% | 94.2/5.8 | $0.0510 | $301 | 51.2% | 51.7% |
| openai/gpt-oss-20b | 4.0B | $0.0180 | $0.0900 | — | — | — | 80.0/20.0 | $0.0324 | $129 | 34.5% | 22.1% |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | 997.5M | $0.0500 | $0.7000 | $0.0461 | $0.6997 | 14.8% | 95.5/4.5 | $0.0757 | $76 | 8.7% | 13.0% |
| qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b | 202.6M | $0.0800 | $0.7500 | — | — | — | 80.0/20.0 | $0.2140 | $43 | 1.8% | 7.5% |
| qwen/qwen3.5-9b | 191.0M | $0.0800 | $0.1300 | — | — | — | 80.0/20.0 | $0.0900 | $17 | 1.7% | 3.0% |
| nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning:free | 107.0M | — | — | — | — | — | 80.0/20.0 | — | — | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash | 82.5M | $0.1000 | $0.2800 | $0.0977 | $0.2788 | 2.0% | 98.9/1.1 | $0.0997 | $8.22 | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b | 40.1M | $0.0500 | $2.2000 | $0.0482 | $2.1997 | 15.3% | 95.7/4.3 | $0.1412 | $5.67 | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| prism-ml/ternary-bonsai-2-27b | 16.1M | $0.0750 | $0.5000 | — | — | — | 80.0/20.0 | $0.1600 | $2.58 | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Date | Tokens | Share | $/Day | RouteProxy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 | 11.5B | 0.0% | $582 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-10 | 13.3B | 0.1% | $726 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-09 | 15.2B | 0.1% | $881 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-08 | 18.2B | 0.1% | $1.1K | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-07 | 20.0B | 0.1% | $1.1K | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-06 | 14.8B | 0.1% | $809 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-05 | 14.5B | 0.1% | $837 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-04 | 12.0B | 0.1% | $579 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-03 | 13.4B | 0.1% | $751 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-02 | 14.3B | 0.1% | $885 | 0.006 |
| 2026-10-01 | 15.0B | 0.1% | $951 | 0.007 |
| 2026-09-30 | 12.4B | 0.1% | $800 | 0.007 |
| 2026-09-29 | 11.1B | 0.0% | $645 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-28 | 12.1B | 0.1% | $656 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-27 | 9.0B | 0.0% | $551 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-26 | 10.5B | 0.1% | $650 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-25 | 15.1B | 0.1% | $883 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-24 | 14.2B | 0.1% | $802 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-23 | 12.1B | 0.1% | $717 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-22 | 19.3B | 0.1% | $1.2K | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-21 | 15.0B | 0.1% | $927 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-20 | 12.3B | 0.1% | $699 | 0.006 |
| 2026-09-19 | 11.6B | 0.1% | $718 | 0.007 |
| 2026-09-18 | 12.2B | 0.1% | $676 | 0.007 |
| 2026-09-17 | 13.7B | 0.1% | $795 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-16 | 12.0B | 0.1% | $666 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-15 | 12.4B | 0.1% | $689 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-14 | 11.4B | 0.1% | $672 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-13 | 8.2B | 0.0% | $488 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-12 | 8.2B | 0.0% | $481 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-11 | 13.1B | 0.1% | $764 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-10 | 18.4B | 0.1% | $1.2K | 0.003 |
| 2026-09-09 | 11.0B | 0.1% | $904 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-08 | 13.0B | 0.1% | $1.0K | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-07 | 16.8B | 0.1% | $1.0K | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-06 | 17.6B | 0.1% | $1.1K | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-05 | 16.3B | 0.1% | $1.0K | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-04 | 10.8B | 0.1% | $665 | 0.004 |
| 2026-09-03 | 9.6B | 0.1% | $572 | 0.003 |
| 2026-09-02 | 10.0B | 0.1% | $602 | 0.003 |
| 2026-09-01 | 9.5B | 0.1% | $581 | 0.003 |
| 2026-08-31 | 7.3B | 0.1% | $597 | 0.003 |
| 2026-08-30 | 8.8B | 0.1% | $551 | 0.004 |
| 2026-08-29 | 9.4B | 0.1% | $600 | 0.004 |
| 2026-08-28 | 11.3B | 0.1% | $710 | 0.003 |
| 2026-08-27 | 10.4B | 0.1% | $639 | 0.003 |
| 2026-08-26 | 10.5B | 0.1% | $612 | 0.003 |
| 2026-08-25 | 9.7B | 0.1% | $557 | 0.002 |
| 2026-08-24 | 7.9B | 0.0% | $516 | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-23 | 5.1B | 0.0% | $336 | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-22 | 5.2B | 0.0% | $365 | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-21 | 4.4B | 0.0% | $234 | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-20 | 3.6B | 0.0% | $63 | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-19 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | 0.003 |
| 2026-08-18 | 3.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-17 | 3.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-16 | 3.2B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-15 | 3.1B | 0.0% | $13 | 0.001 |
| 2026-08-14 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.42 | — |
| 2026-08-13 | 3.6B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-12 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-11 | 3.6B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-10 | 3.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-09 | 3.6B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-08 | 3.5B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-07 | 3.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-06 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-05 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-04 | 3.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-03 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-02 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-08-01 | 3.0B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-31 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-30 | 3.1B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-29 | 3.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-28 | 3.9B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-27 | 3.9B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-26 | 3.8B | 0.1% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-25 | 3.5B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-24 | 3.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-23 | 3.3B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-22 | 3.5B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-21 | 3.5B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-20 | 3.2B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-19 | 2.9B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-18 | 2.8B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-17 | 2.5B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-16 | 3.2B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-15 | 3.1B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-14 | 2.9B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-13 | 2.2B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-12 | 2.2B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-11 | 1.9B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-10 | 2.0B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-09 | 2.0B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-08 | 1.8B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-07 | 1.6B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-06 | 1.6B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-05 | 1.4B | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-04 | 497.2M | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-03 | 643.1M | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-02 | 659.1M | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |
| 2026-07-01 | 692.1M | 0.0% | $0.00 | — |