Model provider / OpenAI

OpenAI GPT 4o Mini

US · United States · First tracked 4 May 2026 · Pricing verified 12 Oct 2026

Official model page not yet on record

Listed price on OpenRouter ↗
Global rank
#56

Ranked 56 of the tracked routed-model set.

0.04%Routed share
▲ 6Place this week
0 weeksRanked · 0 in top 3
Mid costPrice position
Live model recordTrailing seven days ending 11 Oct 2026 · refreshed daily
The current read

What the evidence shows today.

The page leads with what has been observed, then separates price, capability and history so a buyer can see both the signal and its limits.

Adoption
-0.90 percentage points

Routed share moved from 0.93% to 0.04% across 20 tracked weeks.

Economics
$0.15 in · $0.6 out

Per one million tokens. Cached input is listed at $0.075.

Operating fit
128K context

tool calling and structured output are supported.

Model economics

Published price, translated into a workload.

Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 12 Oct 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.

Input
$0.15
/ 1M tokens
Output
$0.60
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.075
/ 1M tokens
Free tier
—
on OpenRouter
Context window
128K
tokens
Weights
Proprietary
license basis
Estimated monthly cost
$0
Input (uncached)$0
Cached input$0
Output$0
$0 per completed task

An estimate from published per-token pricing and your assumptions. Actual costs vary by provider and usage tier.

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Same workload as the calculator above, at each model's current price. Monthly USD.

Price and adoption

Every point is an observed week.

Routed-token share over time, with no interpolation presented as evidence. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.

0%1%2% 0.04% 10 May 2026: 0.93%17 May 2026: 0.93%24 May 2026: 1.39%31 May 2026: 1.51%7 Jun 2026: 1.08%14 Jun 2026: 0.95%21 Jun 2026: 1.00%28 Jun 2026: 0.79%5 Jul 2026: 0.92%12 Jul 2026: 0.57%19 Jul 2026: 0.45%26 Jul 2026: 0.43%2 Aug 2026: 0.38%9 Aug 2026: 0.30%16 Aug 2026: 0.27%23 Aug 2026: 0.25%30 Aug 2026: 0.18%6 Sep 2026: 0.12%13 Sep 2026: 0.03%20 Sep 2026: 0.04% 10 May31 May21 Jun12 Jul2 Aug23 Aug13 Sep20 Sep
All 20 tracked weeks · 10 May to 20 Sep. Longer periods open as the record grows.
Operating profile

What it supports, and what remains undisclosed.

Verified support, explicit non-support and missing disclosure read differently on purpose. A blank is never made to look like a negative finding.

Capabilities
Context window128K
Reasoning— Not supported
Tool calling✓ Supported
Structured output✓ Supported
Image input✓ Supported
Audio input— Not supported
Video input— Not supported
Open weights— Proprietary
API availability✓ Yes
Commercial licenseVerify terms with the provider
Model facts
Observed by yellow3
Current rank
#56
Peak rank
#18
Routed share
0.04%
Peak share
1.51%
Weeks ranked
0
First tracked
4 May 2026
Region of origin
US · United States
Model facts
Provider
OpenAI
Model family
Not yet on record
Release date
Not yet on record
Type
Multimodal (text + image)
Modalities
text, image, file
Context window
128K tokens
Weights
Proprietary
License
Not yet on record
100.00%Availability (30d)
0.00%Error / downtime

Median provider uptime across OpenRouter endpoints, last 30 days. Latency and throughput are not published by the source and are not estimated here.

Why it is moving

Observed first. Interpreted only when sourced.

Observed data

In the week ending 20 Sep 2026, OpenAI GPT 4o Mini rose 6 places to #56 with 0.04% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #18. Over 20 tracked weeks its routed share has moved from 0.93% to 0.04% (-0.90 pp).

yellow3 analysis

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.

Model and provider signals

What changed around this model.

Dated developments concerning this model and its provider. Facts, evidence status and yellow3 analysis remain separate.

2 verified signals in this recordEvidence verified through
  1. Measured observation

    OpenAI GPT 4o Mini reached its highest recorded routed share.

    Rank moved from #18 to #19 as routed share reached 1.51% in the seven days ending 31 May 2026. The record does not assign a cause.

    ConcernsModel · OpenAI GPT 4o MiniOpen signal Close signal
    Adoption move
    Rank
    #18#19
    Routed share
    1.39%1.51%
    Evidence status
    Measured observation
    Before and after recorded
    Source and dates
    Event date
    Publication date
    Not disclosed
    Latest verification
    Why it matters

    No interpretation is published for this signal. The observation stands on its own.

    Evidence boundary
    Fact, source and yellow3 interpretation remain separate. Sequence is not converted into causation.
    Corrections: none recorded
  2. Measured observation

    OpenAI GPT 4o Mini entered the routed top 20.

    Rank moved from #27 to #18 as routed share reached 1.39% in the seven days ending 24 May 2026. The record does not assign a cause.

    ConcernsModel · OpenAI GPT 4o MiniOpen signal Close signal
    Adoption move
    Rank
    #27#18
    Routed share
    0.93%1.39%
    Evidence status
    Measured observation
    Before and after recorded
    Also this week
    • Biggest weekly rise +9 places
    Recorded in the same observed week as this signal, and part of the same movement rather than separate events.
    Source and dates
    Event date
    Publication date
    Not disclosed
    Latest verification
    Why it matters

    No interpretation is published for this signal. The observation stands on its own.

    Evidence boundary
    Fact, source and yellow3 interpretation remain separate. Sequence is not converted into causation.
    Corrections: none recorded
Coverage boundary

OpenRouter usage represents routed developer traffic, not the whole AI market. Timing near an adoption change does not establish causation. Sources checked for this record: OpenRouter routed-traffic rankings, OpenRouter listed price. Provider announcements and independent reporting are not yet monitored and are absent rather than nil.

History and evidence

The record behind the headline.

The current position stays connected to every observed week, price change and milestone.

Weekly rank and routed-share history for OpenAI GPT 4o Mini
Week endingRankRouted shareΔ shareMovementRegion rankStatus
20 Sep 2026#560.04%+0.00▲ 6places up#29ranked
13 Sep 2026#620.03%-0.08▼ 10places down#33ranked
6 Sep 2026#520.12%-0.06▼ 6places down#30ranked
30 Aug 2026#460.18%-0.07▼ 2places down#26ranked
23 Aug 2026#440.25%-0.02▼ 1places down#28ranked
16 Aug 2026#430.27%-0.03▼ 4places down#28ranked
9 Aug 2026#390.30%-0.07–no change#24ranked
2 Aug 2026#390.38%-0.05▼ 4places down#26ranked
26 Jul 2026#350.43%-0.02▼ 4places down#21ranked
19 Jul 2026#310.45%-0.12▼ 3places down#20ranked
12 Jul 2026#280.57%-0.35▼ 3places down#17ranked
5 Jul 2026#250.92%+0.13▲ 1places up#15ranked
28 Jun 2026#260.79%-0.21▼ 3places down#15ranked
21 Jun 2026#231.00%+0.04–no change#10ranked
14 Jun 2026#230.95%-0.13▼ 1places down#12ranked
7 Jun 2026#221.08%-0.43▼ 3places down#13ranked
31 May 2026#191.51%+0.12▼ 1places down#10ranked
24 May 2026#181.39%+0.46▲ 9places up#10ranked
17 May 2026#270.93%+0.00▼ 1places down#15ranked
10 May 2026#260.93%–NEW#14NEW
Price history
DateInput / 1MOutput / 1MChangeSource
17 Sep 2026$0.15$0.60—OpenRouter listed price

This model is listed on more than one OpenRouter endpoint. Price observations recorded before 17 September 2026 did not identify the endpoint, so they could not be attributed reliably and have been withdrawn. Price history for this model includes only observations recorded from 17 September 2026, when yellow3 began recording the endpoint with each observation. See the correction record.

Milestones
  • 4 May 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 24 May 2026Entered top 20Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 24 May 2026Biggest weekly rise +9 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 31 May 2026Peak routed share 1.51%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 13 Sep 2026Biggest weekly fall -10 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Sources and methodology

Every claim keeps its route back to evidence.

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.

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