Chinese LLM Token Weekly Ranking: DeepSeek Leads, MiniMax Surges 5,200%

Key Info

A weekly ranking of Chinese model token usage for Oct 16–22 shows DeepSeek in first place, with Xiaomi MiMo closing in and MiniMax posting the week's largest jump.

Highlights

• DeepSeek leads the ranking; Xiaomi MiMo trails by only 16.54B tokens and has grown for four consecutive weeks, adding 8.13 percentage points of platform token share.
• MiniMax surged over 5,200% week-over-week, making it the week's breakout grower.
• Alibaba's Qwen grew 80.86% week-over-week, narrowing its share gap with third-place Zai to 0.18%.
• Discounts are running on several models: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 at 40% off, Qwen3.8-Flash at 20% off, and GLM-5.3-Flash at 30% off.