OpenRouter: AI Agents Consume More Tokens Than Humans
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At OpenRouter, the rise in usage by AI agents is largely supported by a low-cost cache of prompts, which slows the increase in actual costs. Since February 6, 2025, these agents have consumed more tokens than human users.
70% of agent tokens come from cached prompts
Nearly 70% of token consumption by AI agents comes from cached prompts offered at a low cost. As a result, actual costs are rising much more slowly than gross volumes would suggest.
AI agents consume more than humans since February 6
Since February 6, 2025, AI agents have consumed more tokens than human users on OpenRouter. During this period, token usage by AI agents has increased 14-fold, compared to 2.8 times for humans. This measurement focuses on token consumption, divided between AI agents and humans, which supports the claim that AI is becoming the largest customer of AI.
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