Issue 8 of the Tabbit Model Popularity Ranking is out, covering October 12–18, 2026.
Qwen3.8-Max rises to No. 2, returning to the top three after six issues
Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max climbs three places from the previous week to No. 2, bringing Qwen back into the top three after six issues.
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash retains first place, followed by Zhipu's GLM-5.3-FlashX at No. 3 and DeepSeek-V4-Pro at No. 4.
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro settles back as initial interest normalizes
MiMo-V2.6-Pro, the series' most capable model, attracted strong initial usage with its multimodal capabilities and 1M context window. This issue it drops five places to No. 7 as usage settles into a more typical pattern.
Meanwhile, the leading DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash received a significant official update on October 17. Tabbit will soon roll it out seamlessly under the same model name. Switch to it to give it a try.
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