**[DeepSeek Surpasses Google to Claim Top Spot in OpenRouter Weekly Requests]** According to monitoring data from Dongcha Beating, the model aggregation platform OpenRouter shows that DeepSeek's text request volume reached 2.99 billion this week, accounting for 27.1% of the platform's total, surpassing Google's long-standing lead. Google recorded 2.77 billion requests (25.0%) during the same period, while OpenAI ranked third with 1.85 billion requests (16.8%). This ranking aggregates text API request counts by model providers. Requests generated by models such as DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro are attributed under DeepSeek. DeepSeek's growth is primarily driven by the V4 series. OpenRouter previously disclosed that after the release of V4, DeepSeek's token share roughly doubled within six months, with growth mainly coming from Agent tasks. One month after the launch of V4 Flash, it accounted for 70% of DeepSeek Agent token usage. Agents often make multiple consecutive calls to models to complete a single task, which also makes it easier to drive up request volumes. [Original Link]