Moonshot Kimi K2.6
Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 11 Aug 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.
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Same workload as the calculator above, at each model's current price. Monthly USD.
Routed-token share over time. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.
Premium · adoption rising. Observed relationship, not proof of causation.
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| Context window | 262K |
| Reasoning | ✓ Supported |
| Tool calling | ✓ Supported |
| Structured output | ✓ Supported |
| Image input | ✓ Supported |
| Audio input | — Not supported |
| Video input | — Not supported |
| Open weights | ✓ Yes |
| API availability | ✓ Yes |
| Commercial license | Verify terms with the provider |
- Current rank
- #49
- Peak rank
- #5
- Routed share
- 0.17%
- Peak share
- 5.50%
- Weeks ranked
- 14
- First tracked
- 4 May 2026
- Region of origin
- Asia · China
- Provider
- Moonshot
- Model family
- Not publicly disclosed
- Release date
- Not publicly disclosed
- Type
- Multimodal (text + image)
- Modalities
- text, image
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Weights
- Open weight
- License
- Not publicly disclosed
In the week ending 11 Aug 2026, Moonshot Kimi K2.6 rose 4 places to #49 with 0.17% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #5. Over 14 tracked weeks its routed share has moved from 5.50% to 0.17% (-5.32 pp).
A sourced weekly interpretation of what is driving this model's routing is added as the record accumulates. yellow3 does not publish a reason for movement unless the routed-traffic data or a cited source supports it.
| Week ending | Rank | Routed share | Δ share | Movement | Region rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2026 | #49 | 0.17% | +0.01 | ▲ 4places up | #16 | ranked |
| 4 Aug 2026 | #53 | 0.17% | -0.22 | ▼ 14places down | #17 | ranked |
| 28 Jul 2026 | #39 | 0.39% | -0.14 | ▼ 8places down | #13 | ranked |
| 21 Jul 2026 | #31 | 0.53% | -0.07 | ▼ 7places down | #12 | ranked |
| 14 Jul 2026 | #24 | 0.60% | -0.05 | ▲ 6places up | #11 | ranked |
| 7 Jul 2026 | #30 | 0.65% | -0.14 | ▼ 5places down | #11 | ranked |
| 30 Jun 2026 | #25 | 0.79% | -0.48 | ▼ 7places down | #10 | ranked |
| 23 Jun 2026 | #18 | 1.26% | +0.30 | ▲ 6places up | #10 | ranked |
| 16 Jun 2026 | #24 | 0.97% | +0.09 | –no change | #10 | ranked |
| 9 Jun 2026 | #24 | 0.88% | -0.66 | ▼ 4places down | #9 | ranked |
| 2 Jun 2026 | #20 | 1.54% | -0.35 | ▼ 9places down | #8 | ranked |
| 26 May 2026 | #11 | 1.90% | -1.28 | ▼ 2places down | #5 | ranked |
| 19 May 2026 | #9 | 3.17% | -2.32 | ▼ 4places down | #5 | ranked |
| 12 May 2026 | #5 | 5.50% | – | NEW | #3 | NEW |
| Date | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug 2026 | $0.95 | $4.00 | ▲ 64% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 7 Aug 2026 | $0.58 | $2.44 | ▼ 2% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 3 Aug 2026 | $0.59 | $2.48 | ▼ 27% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 31 Jul 2026 | $0.60 | $3.41 | ▼ 15% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 30 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $4.00 | ▲ 47% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 24 Jul 2026 | $0.65 | $2.72 | ▼ 20% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 18 Jul 2026 | $0.68 | $3.42 | ▼ 14% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 15 Jul 2026 | $0.95 | $4.00 | ▲ 17% | OpenRouter listed price |
| 12 Jul 2026 | $0.66 | $3.41 | — | OpenRouter listed price |
- 4 May 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 12 May 2026Entered top 20Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 12 May 2026Entered top 10Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 12 May 2026Peak routed share 5.50%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 23 Jun 2026Biggest weekly rise +6 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
- 4 Aug 2026Biggest weekly fall -14 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Region reflects where the model's developer is headquartered. Figures are OpenRouter routing traffic, aggregated over a trailing seven days - developer routing behaviour, not the whole market.