Lab

DeepSeek

Combined 28.77% · 30d +10.86pp

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DeepSeek is a Chinese lab known for aggressively priced open-weights reasoning models that repeatedly reset the cost curve.

As of 2026-10-08, Tidelines tracks 5 DeepSeek models on OpenRouter, together accounting for 28.77% of measured token share (+10.86pp over the last 30 days). Its most-used model is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 22.64% of all tracked tokens, or 79% of DeepSeek's own volume. The charts below break that down by model, tokens per day and estimated spend, updated daily.

DeepSeek tokens per day & est. spend per day

Combined lab tokens × list price (30/70 blend). 161-day archive · list-rate estimate.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

DeepSeek's combined tokens grew ~192× over the last 161 days of archive to 5.19T/day.

Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/deepseek

DeepSeek combined share of tokens

Sum of all DeepSeek models' share on OpenRouter. 30d change: +10.86pp.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/deepseek

Model mix over time

Each DeepSeek model as a share of the lab's combined tokens.

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Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/deepseek

Where the tokens go vs where the dollars go

Each DeepSeek model's share of the lab's tokens paired with its share of estimated spend (latest day, list-rate).

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 takes 2% of DeepSeek's tokens but 4% of its estimated spend.

Data: OpenRouter as of 2026-10-08 · Source: tidelines.ai/labs/deepseek

Citable stat

As of 2026-10-08, DeepSeek's combined share on OpenRouter is 28.77% (+10.86pp / 30d). Source: Tidelines.

Models

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
ModelShare ↓Tokens/dEst. $/d7d Δ30d Δ$/M out
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash22.64%5.5T$5.15M+7.50+19.11$1.20
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 07312.73%668B$601K-1.20-6.31$1.28
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 04231.94%476B$427K-0.21-1.60$1.28
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 08131.04%254B$403K+0.590.00$1.98
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 04230.41%101B$164K-0.04-0.34$1.91

as of 2026-10-08