This rapid growth from 63 to 668 models tracked by OpenRouter feels like pure hype about numbers, not a reflection of real cash flow or practical changes.
We see this glossy reporting often; new e-government portals launch in Morocco with grand promises, but the actual data for citizens is rarely there or still needs a physical trip to the counter.
Tracking something and having it seamlessly "populate" a live dataset are two very different things; it's rarely as automatic as it sounds.
Does this tracking mean someone actually verifies and integrates every single new model, or is it just another report that needs interpretation and manual work?
What truly changes for the everyday user when you're dealing with hundreds of new models that might not even perform as advertised?