Screenshot shows the ranking of weekly model usage on OpenRouter on April 6, 2026. Photo: OpenRouter website

　　Chinese large-language models dominated global usage rankings during the week from March 30 to April 5, with all of the top six models by token consumption coming from China, according to OpenRouter, a global large-language model (LLM) aggregation platform.

　　Two Alibaba Qwen 3.6 series models ranked among the top three. Qwen3.6 Plus (free) topped the list with 4.6 trillion weekly tokens, while Qwen3.6 Plus Preview ranked third with 1.64 trillion tokens, according to OpenRouter.

　　The trend was also reflected at the model level. Qwen3.6-Plus, launched on Thursday, topped OpenRouter"s daily rankings on Saturday, with more than 1.4 trillion tokens in single-day usage, setting a platform record, according to OpenRouter data and media reports.

　　According to media calculations based on OpenRouter data, global artificial intelligence (AI) LLM usage reached 27 trillion tokens during the same period, up 18.9 percent week-on-week.

　　Chinese models accounted for 12.96 trillion tokens, rising 31.48 percent, while US models totaled 3.03 trillion tokens, up 0.76 percent. China has surpassed the US in weekly usage for five consecutive weeks, the National Business Daily reported.

　　Data from the National Data Administration showed China"s average daily token calls surged from 100 billion in early 2024 to 140 trillion last month.