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How to Read the OpenRouter Weekly LLM Leaderboard: Wuzhen's 93.54 Trillion Tokens

Using this week's OpenRouter data from Wuzhen, steps to read the weekly usage board: basis, China-US comparison, consecutive lead, and the cost logic behind it.

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Using this week's OpenRouter data from Wuzhen, steps to read the weekly usage board: basis, China-US comparison, consecutive lead, and the cost logic behind it.

Steps ​

Step 1: Clarify the basis ​

OpenRouter is a global multi-model API aggregator; weekly usage reflects real developer calls, not benchmark scores.

Step 2: Compare China vs US ​

This week Chinese models totaled 93.54 trillion tokens versus 22.47 trillion for US models, with the top five all being Chinese.

Step 3: Check the trend ​

Chinese models have outpaced US models for 26 consecutive weeks, showing the lead is sustained, not a one-week blip.

Step 4: Understand the cost logic ​

Budget-limited overseas teams and independent developers favor Chinese open models at lower inference cost, a key reason the usage gap widens.

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