usage-metrics

OpenRouter's weekly token usage has surged from 4.6 trillion a year ago to 113 trillion, with a doubling in the past month, indicating significant growth in the AI platform's adoption.

A tweet from @swyx suggests that a purported GPT-5.6 launch could be OpenAI's most successful model since ChatGPT, noting that Codex usage surged by 1M in a day to 6M active users, potentially overtaking Claude Code.

Tibo hints that OpenAI's Codex may have overtaken Anthropic's Claude Code in usage or retention metrics, suggesting heightened competition among AI coding agents.

Hermes Agent has become the most used agent globally on OpenRouter in the past 24 hours, surpassing Claude Code and OpenClaw in token volume.