# Large Open-Weight MoEs Are Converging on Lower Expert Activation Ratios

> Source: <https://twitter.com/ayushpai0/status/2077817066619351456>
> Published: 2026-07-16 18:42:14+00:00

Recent large open-weight MoEs are trending toward lower routed-expert activation ratios.
Across six of the largest open-weight MoEs released in each year, the average ratio falls from roughly 3.7% in 2025 to 2.1% in 2026.
2026:
Kimi K3: 16 / 896
DeepSeek V4 Pro: 6 / 384
LongCat-2.0: 12 / 768
Kimi K2.7: 8 / 384
Inkling: 6 / 256
GLM-5.2: 8 / 256
2025:
Kimi K2 Thinking: 8 / 384
DeepSeek V3.2: 8 / 256
Qwen3-Coder-480B: 8 / 160
MiniMax M1: 2 / 32
Llama 4 Maverick: 1 / 128
GLM-4.6: 8 / 160
The trend: larger expert pools, relatively flat top-k, and potentially more specialized experts without proportional growth in per-token compute.