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  "dataset": "token-volumes",
  "title": "Stated token volumes",
  "index": "AI Usage Disclosure Index",
  "url": "https://aisafetytracker.org/usage/",
  "citation": "AI Safety Tracker, \"AI Usage Disclosure Index\". https://aisafetytracker.org/usage/. Retrieved 23 October 2026.",
  "licences": [
    {
      "source": "usage-disclosure-index",
      "name": "AI Usage Disclosure Index",
      "publisher": "This site",
      "licence": "MIT",
      "licence_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
      "attribution": "AI Safety Tracker, \"AI Usage Disclosure Index\". Licensed MIT."
    }
  ],
  "generated": "2026-10-23T13:22:31+00:00",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
  "unit": "tokens per month",
  "notes": "Every aggregate token count a company has published or stated, reviewed 2026-10-23, normalised to tokens per month by this site. Scopes differ: read the scope beside each figure before comparing two of them.",
  "count": 21,
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      "company": "ByteDance",
      "series": "bytedance-doubao",
      "series_label": "ByteDance, Doubao models",
      "scope": "Daily token use of ByteDance's Doubao model family, as stated by its cloud unit Volcano Engine. Whether ByteDance's own apps are included is not stated.",
      "stated": "4 trillion tokens a day",
      "value": 4000000000000,
      "per": "day",
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      "venue": "Volcano Engine FORCE conference",
      "tokens_per_month": 121750000000000,
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      "note": "Stated a year later, as the baseline for the 50 trillion figure.",
      "url": "https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-innovation/artificial-intelligence/doubao-bytedance-ai-628108",
      "disclosed": true,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
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    },
    {
      "company": "ByteDance",
      "series": "bytedance-doubao",
      "series_label": "ByteDance, Doubao models",
      "scope": "Daily token use of ByteDance's Doubao model family, as stated by its cloud unit Volcano Engine. Whether ByteDance's own apps are included is not stated.",
      "stated": "over 50 trillion tokens a day",
      "value": 50000000000000,
      "per": "day",
      "as_of": "2025-12",
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      "venue": "Volcano Engine FORCE conference",
      "tokens_per_month": 1521875000000000,
      "average": false,
      "basis": "reported",
      "basis_meaning": "Company statement, as reported by the press",
      "note": "",
      "url": "https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-innovation/artificial-intelligence/doubao-bytedance-ai-628108",
      "disclosed": true,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "company": "ByteDance",
      "series": "bytedance-doubao",
      "series_label": "ByteDance, Doubao models",
      "scope": "Daily token use of ByteDance's Doubao model family, as stated by its cloud unit Volcano Engine. Whether ByteDance's own apps are included is not stated.",
      "stated": "over 120 trillion tokens a day",
      "value": 120000000000000,
      "per": "day",
      "as_of": "2026-03",
      "announced": "2026-04",
      "venue": "Volcano Engine statement",
      "tokens_per_month": 3652500000000000,
      "average": false,
      "basis": "reported",
      "basis_meaning": "Company statement, as reported by the press",
      "note": "",
      "url": "https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202604/02/WS69ce3326a310d6866eb41733.html",
      "disclosed": true,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
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    },
    {
      "company": "ByteDance",
      "series": "bytedance-doubao",
      "series_label": "ByteDance, Doubao models",
      "scope": "Daily token use of ByteDance's Doubao model family, as stated by its cloud unit Volcano Engine. Whether ByteDance's own apps are included is not stated.",
      "stated": "over 180 trillion tokens a day",
      "value": 180000000000000,
      "per": "day",
      "as_of": "2026-06",
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      "basis_meaning": "Company statement, as reported by the press",
      "note": "Growth attributed by the company to AI video generation and agents.",
      "url": "https://pandaily.com/bytedance-doubao-production-grade-ai-jun2026",
      "disclosed": true,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
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    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "stated": "9.7 trillion tokens a month",
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      "as_of": "2024-04",
      "announced": "2025-05",
      "venue": "Google I/O keynote",
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      "average": false,
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      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "note": "Stated a year later, as the baseline for the 480 trillion figure.",
      "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/io-2025-keynote/",
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      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
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      "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/io-2025-keynote/",
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    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "stated": "over 980 trillion monthly tokens",
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      "venue": "Alphabet Q2 2025 earnings call",
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      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
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      "url": "https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q2-2025/",
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    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "stated": "over 1.3 quadrillion monthly tokens",
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      "announced": "2025-10",
      "venue": "Alphabet Q3 2025 earnings call",
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      "average": false,
      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "note": "",
      "url": "https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q3-2025/",
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    {
      "company": "Google",
      "series": "google-all",
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      "stated": "over 3.2 quadrillion tokens a month",
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      "announced": "2026-05",
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      "tokens_per_month": 3200000000000000,
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      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "note": "",
      "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/",
      "disclosed": true,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "scope": "Google's own models called directly through its API by customers.",
      "stated": "7 billion tokens per minute",
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      "as_of": "2025-10",
      "announced": "2025-10",
      "venue": "Alphabet Q3 2025 earnings call",
      "tokens_per_month": 306810000000000,
      "average": false,
      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "note": "",
      "url": "https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q3-2025/",
      "disclosed": true,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
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    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "series_label": "Google, API only",
      "scope": "Google's own models called directly through its API by customers.",
      "stated": "over 10 billion tokens per minute",
      "value": 10000000000,
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      "as_of": "2026-02",
      "announced": "2026-02",
      "venue": "Alphabet Q4 2025 earnings call",
      "tokens_per_month": 438300000000000,
      "average": false,
      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
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      "url": "https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q4-2025/",
      "disclosed": true,
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      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
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    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "scope": "Google's own models called directly through its API by customers.",
      "stated": "more than 16 billion tokens per minute",
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      "as_of": "2026-04",
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      "average": false,
      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
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    {
      "company": "Google",
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      "series_label": "Google, API only",
      "scope": "Google's own models called directly through its API by customers.",
      "stated": "22 billion tokens per minute",
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      "as_of": "2026-07",
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      "basis": "company",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
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      "company": "Microsoft",
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    {
      "company": "Microsoft",
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      "company": "Meta",
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      "company": "xAI",
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