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China's LLMs Now Lead Global Token Usage for Fifteen Straight Weeks — and DeepSeek-V4-Flash Just Took the Top Spot: OpenRouter...

Data shows Chinese LLMs crossed 34.25 trillion weekly tokens for the first time, with Chinese models taking the top four slots. DeepSeek-V4-Flash's official release jumped to number one with 570% week-on-week growth.

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China's LLMs Now Lead Global Token Usage for Fifteen Straight Weeks — and DeepSeek-V4-Flash Just Took the Top Spot: OpenRouter data shows Chinese LLMs crossed 34.25 trillion weekly tokens for the first time, with Chinese models taking the top four slots. DeepSeek-V4-Flash's official release jumped to number one with 570% week-on-week growth.