Global AI Model Weekly Token Volume Falls 6.75% to 58 Trillion; China's Usage 14.1 Times US, Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5

According to OpenRouter data, global AI large model total weekly token usage for the week of July 20 to 26 reached 58 trillion tokens, down 6.75% from the previous week.

China's AI large model weekly token usage stood at 33 trillion tokens, down 8.61% from the prior week, while the US recorded 2.34 trillion tokens, a sharp decline of 67.86%. China's weekly token usage reached 14.1 times that of the US, maintaining its global lead for the thirteenth consecutive week.

All five top-ranked models by global usage were Chinese. Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 rose to first place with 10.5 trillion tokens, up 12% week on week. Tencent Hy3 (free), which had topped the list for two weeks during a limited free period, saw its usage fall 85% to 1.76 trillion tokens after being removed from OpenRouter last week, dropping to ninth place. The paid version of Tencent Hy3 surged to third place with 3.94 trillion tokens, up over 999% week on week.

Among other ranked models, DeepSeek-V4-Flash climbed to second with 6.37 trillion tokens, up 18% week on week. Zhipu GLM-5.2 rose to fourth with 3.17 trillion tokens, down 10%. DeepSeek-V4-Pro entered the top five for the first time with 3.17 trillion tokens, up 17%. Jieyue Xingchen Step 3.7 Flash re-entered the ranking after two weeks, placing eighth with 1.92 trillion tokens, up 156%.

Claude Opus 4.7, ranked eighth the previous week, and Claude Opus 4.8, ranked ninth, both fell out of the top ten. For the first time in nearly a year, no model from Anthropic appears in the ranking. With the two Claude models exiting, the only US model remaining is Nvidia Nemotron 3 Ultra (free).