LLM Rankings That Show Real-World Adoption
Most LLM leaderboards tell you which model wins benchmarks. This site tracks which AI models developers actually use, download, and choose for real projects across API usage, Hugging Face downloads, pricing, speed, open-source availability, and Chinese model trends.
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Track which AI models are gaining real-world usage across API platforms and developer workflows.
Most Downloaded LLMsSee which open-weight and local models are getting the most downloads and adoption signals.
Best Cheap LLM APIsCompare low-cost models for developers by input price, output price, speed, and practical use cases.
Best Chinese LLMsCompare Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, MiMo and other fast-moving Chinese AI models.
LLM Model ExplorerFilter models by provider, open-source status, price, context length, coding ability, and reasoning use cases.
How This Ranking Thinks About Adoption
The main table combines available usage ranks, platform availability, pricing, context windows, and model metadata. Download and category pages add editorial grouping where precise third-party metrics are not available, so the site can be useful without pretending every signal is a perfect quality benchmark.
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๐ Most Used This Week
๐ฐ Best Value
๐ฅ Fastest Growing
๐ Longest Context
| # | Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | On | Context | Usage (Week) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 ๐ฌ | $0.14 | $0.28 | OR | 1,024K | 10.6T | โ 12% |
| 2 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.00 | $0.00 | OR SF SF | 1,024K | 7.0T | โ 30% |
| 3 | Tencent: Hy3 | $0.13 | $0.53 | OR | 256K | 5.0T | โ 684% |
| 4 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | $0.00 | $0.00 | OR SF SF SF | 1,024K | 3.5T | โ 25% |
| 5 | Owl Alpha | $0.00 | $0.00 | OR | 1,024K | 1.6T | โ 38% |
| 5 | Z.ai: GLM 5.2 | $0.76 | $2.39 | OR | 1,024K | 3.3T | โ 10% |
| 6 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | $0.00 | $0.00 | OR | 977K | 2.6T | โ 3% |
| 7 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 ๐ฌ | $0.30 | $1.20 | OR | 1,024K | 2.1T | โ 36% |
| 8 | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash ๐ฌ | $0.20 | $1.15 | OR | 250K | 2.0T | โ 106% |
| 9 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K3 ๐๏ธ | $3.00 | $15.00 | OR | 1,024K | 1.3T | โ 73% |
| 10 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 ๐๏ธ | $5.00 | $25.00 | OR | 977K | 1.0T | โ 46% |