--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "316245ed6a5f30b0451517e2501066149ab57770df8fae228397679d1df05b39" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/316245ed?lang=en" title: "Anthropic Token Volume on OpenRouter Jumps 3.6x After Opus 5.5 Launch" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-25T18:08:04.000Z" category: "Models" topics: ["anthropic","llm"] source_urls: ["https://x.com/PeterJ_Walker/status/2114377706603429899","https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114398711229116536","https://x.com/jasonlk/status/2114414399670907091"] summary: "Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model launch on OpenRouter led to a 3.6x increase in the 7-day average token volume for the company's models, with Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 also seeing strong adoption. The Haiku 5.5 model reportedly offers performance near Sonnet for 10%-15% of the cost, creating what some users describe as the first truly deflationary impact on their net AI costs. Industry observers noted a wave of users switching to Anthropic's ecosystem over the last two weeks following the Opus 5.5 release." --- # Anthropic Token Volume on OpenRouter Jumps 3\.6x After Opus 5\.5 Launch > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-25T18:08:04.000Z **Category:** Models **Topics:** anthropic, llm ## Summary Anthropic's Opus 5\.5 model launch on OpenRouter led to a 3\.6x increase in the 7\-day average token volume for the company's models, with Sonnet 5\.5 and Haiku 5\.5 also seeing strong adoption\. The Haiku 5\.5 model reportedly offers performance near Sonnet for 10%\-15% of the cost, creating what some users describe as the first truly deflationary impact on their net AI costs\. Industry observers noted a wave of users switching to Anthropic's ecosystem over the last two weeks following the Opus 5\.5 release\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()