Who actually runs the intelligence layer.
1B monthly users
ChatGPT · 2026-09
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · 7 days
DeepSeek · 73.4T tokens
Different charts answer different questions. MAU is not web share. Web share is not API load. Read the lens — then act.
Consumer reach
Where humans actually show up.
Sensor Tower snapshot reported by EFE / El País. Users per month — the loudest proxy for consumer mindshare. Where a company reports a different count, the row says which.
- ChatGPTmonthly users · 2026-051B
- Geminimonthly users · 2026-Q2472M
- DeepSeekmonthly users · 2026-Q268.0M
- Claudemonthly users · 2026-Q256.0M
- Grokmonthly users · 2026-Q250.0M
- Perplexitymonthly users · 2026-Q244.0M
- Copilotmonthly users · 2026-Q231.0M
Since then, from the companies themselves
- 1B+Gemini · monthly active users, Gemini app28 Oct 2026 · Alphabet Q3 2026 earnings, CEO remarks
- 1.2BChatGPT · weekly users29 Sep 2026 · OpenAI DevDay 2026, via Engadget's live blog
Self-reported, and not the panel’s metric — so not in the bars above.
- ChatGPT+0.8 pt on the previous month3.6 pt57.5%
- Gemini-0.7 pt on the previous month2.2 pt25.7%
- Claude+0.3 pt on the previous month0.6 pt9.8%
- DeepSeek-0.1 pt on the previous month0.6 pt3.5%
- Grok-0.1 pt on the previous month0.4 pt2.0%
- Perplexity-0.1 pt on the previous month0.4 pt0.9%
- Copilot-0.1 pt on the previous month0.7 pt0.6%
Web share
Gravity on the open internet.
Similarweb, worldwide web visits, compiled by Momentic. Share of visits among these seven assistants' websites; apps not included. Traffic share is not the same as love — it’s where the browsers go.
API tokens
Tokens don’t lie.
OpenRouter rankings, 7-day token totals. Ranked by routed volume — a bright slice of developer + product demand.
Top 8 of 57 models, by tokens routed over 7 days. 6.0% of volume in the window sits in OpenRouter’s unnamed bucket and is counted in the totals, not in the rows.
SourceAPI families
Who owns the pipe.
Model names change weekly. Families show where volume concentrates when you zoom out — share of every token routed in the window, all versions of a family summed.
- DeepSeek73.4T tokens · top V4.1 Flash 101737.1%
- GPT20.2T tokens · top 6 Luna10.2%
- GLM20.1T tokens · top 5.3 Flash10.2%
- Claude12.7T tokens · top Opus 5.56.4%
- Hunyuan12.2T tokens · top Hy4 preview6.2%
Read this before you screenshot it.
- MAU is not web share. Web share is not API load. Don’t mash lenses into one ranking.
- Snapshots lag reality. Treat every number as a dated instrument reading, not eternal truth.
- Provider press and third-party panels can disagree. We link sources — you decide weight.
- Tokens on one router ≠ total industry compute. OpenRouter is a bright slice, not the whole sky.
Sources
Every number has a URL. No vibes. No “industry estimates” without a link. Last checked 3 November 2026.
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