Tracking the sheer number of models from 63 to 668 on OpenRouter doesn't inherently prove that this growth is meaningful or useful; it just records it.
This kind of glossy metric often obscures the actual real cash flow and user behavior changes needed for true expansion.
What really matters is what concrete actions developers and end-users are taking, not just how many options are available.
For example, if everyone still just uses the first five models, the other 663 are just noise, not a practical improvement for digital safety.