2026 year in review
Gyorgy
@gyorgy · 17 Jun 2026 to 4 Nov 2026
TOKENS
49.28B
across 141 active days
USAGE VALUE
$22,529
API list price
BUSIEST MONTH
October
14.16B tokens
LONGEST STREAK
141 days
ending 4 Nov 2026
The shape of the year
Busiest single day was 16 Sep 2026 at 1.34B tokens.
Models
- claude-opus-521.5%
- gpt-6.1-sol14.5%
- claude-opus-5-510.9%
- claude-opus-4-88.7%
- muse-spark-1.3-contributor8.3%
Tools
- claude_code48.6%
- codex29%
- muse10.2%
- grok5.2%
- opencode4.2%
New in 2026: claude_code, codex, muse, grok, opencode, cursor, antigravity, hermes, qwen, dsh, kimi, devin, cline, openclaw, kilo, pi, copilot. Anything first seen mid-year was not being measured before that.
Cache reads handled most of the volume
98.2% of the year's tokens were cache reads and writes. Without any cache at all the same work would have listed at $174.72K instead of $22,529. Both figures are the published API price, whether or not anyone was billed. The point is the scale of the work.