Lab

Z-AI

Combined 10.27% · 30d -1.38pp

Data source

Z.ai (Zhipu) ships the GLM family, a widely adopted open-weights line for coding and general assistant workloads.

As of 2026-10-14, Tidelines tracks 3 Z-AI models on OpenRouter, together accounting for 10.27% of measured token share (-1.38pp over the last 30 days). Its most-used model is Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash at 6.81% of all tracked tokens, or 66% of Z-AI's own volume. The charts below break that down by model, tokens per day and estimated spend, updated daily.

Z-AI tokens per day & est. spend per day

Combined lab tokens × list price (30/70 blend). 121-day archive · list-rate estimate.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share

Z-AI's combined tokens grew ~88× over the last 121 days of archive to 2.71T/day.

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of 2026-10-14. · tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Z-AI combined share of tokens

Sum of all Z-AI models' share on OpenRouter. 30d change: -1.38pp.

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of 2026-10-14. · tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Model mix over time

Each Z-AI model as a share of the lab's combined tokens.

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Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of 2026-10-14. · tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Where the tokens go vs where the dollars go

Each Z-AI 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

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash takes 66% of Z-AI's tokens but 17% of its estimated spend.

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of 2026-10-14. · tidelines.ai/labs/z-ai

Citable stat

As of 2026-10-14, Z-AI's combined share on OpenRouter is 10.27% (-1.38pp / 30d). Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of 2026-10-14. tidelines.ai

Models

Tidelines — LLM usage and market share
ModelShare ↓Tokens/dEst. $/d7d Δ30d Δ$/M out
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash6.81%1.8T$710K-0.05-1.89$0.50
Z.ai: GLM 5.32.82%743B$2.52M+0.84+1.19$4.80
Z.ai: GLM 5.20.64%169B$831K-0.79-0.68$7.00

as of 2026-10-14