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Rankings data by OpenRouter is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Reuse and republish it with attribution. The Data API docs cover the citation format and JSON access to these datasets.
Rankings data by OpenRouter is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Reuse and republish it with attribution. The Data API docs cover the citation format and JSON access to these datasets.
Live image generation rankings based on real usage data from millions of people using models through OpenRouter. View all image models Compare visual benchmarks
Rankings data by OpenRouter is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Reuse and republish it with attribution. The Data API docs cover the citation format and JSON access to these datasets.
| Rank | Model | Author | requests | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | 1.44M requests | +4% | |
| 2 | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | openai | 1.21M requests | +8% |
| 3 | GPT-Image-2.5-Flare | openai | 688K requests | +7% |
| 4 | GPT Image 2 | openai | 677K requests | +20% |
| 5 | Muse Image | meta | 673K requests | +2% |
| 6 | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image | 622K requests | -14% | |
| 7 | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | 457K requests | -3% | |
| 8 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | 398K requests | +7% | |
| 9 | Nano Banana 2.1 | 321K requests | +11% | |
| 10 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | 285K requests | -7% |
Usage data through
Summary of the image Market Share chart above. Share of image requests made on OpenRouter in the week beginning Oct 12, 2026, with the change in each author's requests against the week before it. Google leads at 45.3% of the week's requests. Authors the chart groups as others are listed last, so the rows match the series the chart plots.
| Rank | Author | Share of requests | Change in requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45.3% | +1% | |
| 2 | OpenAI | 33.1% | +7% |
| 3 | Meta | 7.8% | +3% |
| 4 | Bytedance Seed | 4.0% | +7% |
| 5 | Black Forest Labs | 2.8% | +2% |
| 6 | SpaceXAI | 1.9% | -3% |
| 7 | Recraft | 1.5% | -7% |
| 8 | Tencent | 1.2% | |
| 9 | Microsoft | 0.8% | -32% |
| All other authors | 1.6% | -7% |