Eseandre Mordi
⬤ xAI's newest models have completely taken over OpenRouter's trending leaderboard, with both top positions now belonging to Grok variants. Grok 4.1 Fast and Grok 4.1 Fast (free) are leading today's rankings, marking a major shift in how developers are choosing AI models. The platform's updated charts reveal a massive jump in total token usage, with Grok models driving much of the recent spike.
⬤ The numbers tell the story: Grok 4.1 Fast processed 496 billion tokens, while the free version added 222 billion more, putting xAI far ahead of every other provider. Looking at the broader activity graph from December 2024 to now, there's a clear pattern of sustained growth tied directly to Grok's releases. Other models like all-mpnet-base-v2 and LiquidAI's LFM2 series saw some gains, but nothing close to what Grok pulled off.
⬤ This surge comes as xAI has been shipping updates at a rapid pace—better performance, new versions, and wider access are all pulling more developers onto the platform. The multi-month traffic data shows more variety in what people are using across OpenRouter, but Grok's two variants still dominate by a huge margin. Even with other providers seeing their own spikes, the gap between Grok and everything else keeps getting wider.
⬤ Grok's takeover of the trending board reflects what developers actually want right now: faster models, lower latency, and better efficiency. As xAI keeps rolling out new releases and expanding across developer platforms, the leaderboard data shows just how quickly things can shift when a model delivers on performance. Token activity is becoming the key metric for spotting which models are actually winning in the fast-moving AI ecosystem.
Eseandre Mordi
