❯ Chinese models lead US models for a nineteenth week in OpenRouter data; Tencent Hy4 preview tops the chart at 14.7 trillion tokens

Weekly usageCalculations reported by Cailian Press using OpenRouter data put usage from August 31 through September 6 at 115 trillion tokens, up 1.77% week over week. Chinese models accounted for 56.72 trillion, up 2.83%, while US models accounted for 16.54 trillion, down 3.1%. The two groups moved in opposite directions that week. Cailian Press report.

New chart leaderA contemporaneous account of the rankings says four of the top five models were Chinese. Tencent Hy4 preview reached 14.7 trillion tokens, up 379% week over week. These are the historical weekly figures as reported. OpenRouter ranks tokens processed through its API, so the nineteen-week lead describes adoption within the platform, not all direct business handled by model providers. Ranking account; Methodology.

Usage to revenueFor Tencent, the ranking signals rapid uptake in a developer channel. Commercial results depend on paid retention: a trillion tokens produces different revenue at different prices, free allowances and task lengths. Once traffic arrives, keeping developers’ production tasks matters more to the business than maintaining first place in the usage rankings.

▪ SIGNALHy4 preview has gained traffic quickly on a routing platform; how many paid workloads remain will determine the size of the business behind that attention.