The Model Adoption Briefing
The free monthly read on where AI demand actually flows. Five conclusions and the market snapshot - the full report goes deeper.
Executive summary
Five conclusions, three minutes. What changed across model routing, economics and the European picture in October 2026.
- Asia holds the lead at 65.8% of routed tokens (+6.2 pp over four weeks) - the concentration of demand by region of origin is not easing.
- Qwen Qwen3.6 35b A3b was the month's biggest climber, up 37 places to #29.
- 8 tracked model(s) were listed lower this month.
- 17 new model(s) entered the ranking, led by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (10 Sep 2026).
- Europe remains marginal at 0.03% of routed traffic; the regulatory picture is tracked in Europe Watch below.
Market snapshot
Regional share of routed tokens
| Region | Share | 4-week change |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | 65.78% | ▲ +6.17 pp |
| US | 27.34% | ▲ +0.75 pp |
| Other | 6.85% | ▼ -6.89 pp |
| Europe | 0.03% | – -0.04 pp |
Region reflects where each model's developer is headquartered.
The month's biggest climbers
- Qwen Qwen3.6 35b A3b #29 +37 places
- TypeSafe Jev 1.13 #13 +36 places
- Upstage Solar Mini4 #26 +28 places
Top three of the full top-25 movement table in the report.
The same standard coding-agent workload runs from $2.62/month on the cheapest paid model (Qwen Qwen3.7 Flash) to $870 on OpenAI GPT 6 Astra - a 332x spread for comparable work. The full report breaks down the economics model by model.
Inside the full report
- The complete top-25 ranking, with the observed change for every model
- Provider intelligence: best mover, new models and cheapest endpoint, per developer
- Economics: best value, most expensive, and the full cost spread for the same workload
- Enterprise Watch: availability, open weights and longest context
- Europe Watch: routed share plus EU AI Act and Digital Product Passport signals
- Emerging models and the month's forward signals
- The downloadable PDF edition and the full report archive
The full Model Adoption Report goes deeper: the complete top-25 with the observed change for every model, provider-by-provider intelligence, the economics of running each model, Enterprise and Europe Watch, emerging challengers, and the month's forward signals.