Usage · 2026-10-08
The most used AI models
Right now it is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash from DeepSeek, carrying 22.64% of every token routed through the gateways we track.
Most used AI models in October 2026
50 models registered measurable traffic on the latest archived day, together moving about 23T tokens. Usage is far more concentrated than the model count suggests: the top ten models take the large majority of all traffic, and the long tail is mostly specialist and free-tier variants.
The fastest riser over the last 30 days is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at +19.11pp. Rankings are recomputed daily from archived snapshots, so each change figure compares two real days rather than an estimate.
Top 25 AI models by real usage
Share of gateway tokens on the latest archived day.
Most used AI models FAQ
- What is the most used AI model?
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash from DeepSeek, with 22.64% of all tokens routed through the public AI gateways Tidelines tracks on 2026-10-08.
- What are the most used AI models overall?
- The current top three by measured token volume are DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash, Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flash. The full ranking of 50 models updates every day.
- How many LLMs are there?
- Thousands exist, but far fewer carry real traffic: 50 distinct models registered measurable usage on the tracked gateways on 2026-10-08, across 14 labs.
- Is this based on benchmarks or on real usage?
- Real usage only. Rankings come from daily token counts published by public AI gateways, so they reflect what developers actually run in production rather than how a model scores on a test set.