# Nathan Lambert asks when OpenRouter's popular open models will stop being mostly Chinese

> Original title: Will we ever see a rebalancing where the open models popular on OpenRouter aren't predominantly Chinese? When?

- Source: Nathan Lambert
- Published: 2026-11-09T13:51:09.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/m5d8xsqohg4fttwuw7hzucm98
- Original: https://x.com/natolambert/status/2119789894251729185

## Summary

Nathan Lambert asks whether the open models most popular on OpenRouter will ever stop being predominantly Chinese, and when that rebalancing might happen. The post poses the question without offering a timeline or data.

## Post

Will we ever see a rebalancing where the open models popular on OpenRouter aren't predominantly Chinese? When?

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