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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) | 1.41M requests | +17% | |
| 2 | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | openai | 1.12M requests | -3% |
| 3 | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) | 720K requests | +14% | |
| 4 | Muse Image | meta | 640K requests | +26% |
| 5 | GPT Image 2.5 Flare | openai | 634K requests | -5% |
| 6 | GPT Image 2 | openai | 517K requests | +21% |
| 7 | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | 515K requests | +19% | |
| 8 | Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | 348K requests | -5% | |
| 9 | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) | 320K requests | -9% | |
| 10 | Nano Banana 2.1 | 295K requests | >999% |
Usage data through
Summary of the image Market Share chart above. Share of image requests made on OpenRouter in the week beginning Oct 5, 2026, with the change in each author's requests against the week before it. Google leads at 46.1% 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 | 46.1% | +8% | |
| 2 | OpenAI | 31.6% | -5% |
| 3 | Meta | 7.8% | +40% |
| 4 | Bytedance Seed | 3.8% | +28% |
| 5 | Black Forest Labs | 2.8% | +17% |
| 6 | SpaceXAI | 2.0% | -12% |
| 7 | Recraft | 1.7% | +52% |
| 8 | Inclusionai | 1.3% | -14% |
| 9 | Microsoft | 1.2% | +44% |
| All other authors | 1.7% | +72% |