OpenRouter Economics

Where the money goes on OpenRouter: the top 20 models by weekly tokens, what users actually paid for them, and what that implies for each model author. Week ending 2026-10-03 (OpenRouter's public rankings).

 applied to billed spend to estimate OpenRouter's own take. 5.5% is a third-party figure for credit purchases, not confirmed here — change it.

By model author

AuthorModelsTokens (7d) Billed spend (7d)Share of spendAnnualizedEst. fee (7d)

By model

ModelVariantPrompt tokCompletion tok RequestsTok / reqList in $/1MList out $/1M Billed (7d)At list pricePaid vs listBlended $/1M

Top apps by tokens

AppCategoryTokensRequestsTok / req