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China vs US Weekly LLM Token Usage: China 93.54 Trillion vs US 22.47 Trillion

At Wuzhen: top five weekly LLM models by calls were all Chinese, totaling 93.54T tokens vs 22.47T for US, extending a 26-week lead.

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At the Wuzhen Summit: the top five weekly LLM models by calls were all Chinese, totaling 93.54 trillion tokens versus 22.47 trillion for US models, extending a 26-week lead in total usage.

The Scope ​

Using OpenRouter's monitoring, the 2026 Wuzhen Summit disclosed this week's China-US comparison of LLM usage.

Core Comparison ​

MetricChinese modelsUS models
Weekly usage total93.54T tokens22.47T tokens
Global top-five seatsAll five are ChineseNone in top five
Consecutive leadOutpaced US for 26 weeks running—

Key Differences ​

Chinese models win developer preference at lower inference cost; budget-limited overseas teams and independent developers widen the gap, while US models hold no top-five seat.

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