Sparsity: pump.fun accounts for nearly 92% of the launch volume in the past 30 days

On-chain data research account Sparsity released a study on November 10, stating that in the past 30 days, pump.fun accounted for 92% of the total launch volume of all Meme launch platforms and 84% of the trading volume of launch platforms. The study noted that 95% of pump.fun's protocol revenue comes from trades when tokens are still on the joint curve or have a market cap of less than $250,000. A fee of 1.25% is charged on each transaction on the joint curve, with 0.95% going to pump.fun and 0.30% to the creators, resulting in a round-trip cost of 2.5% before price changes.

The study indicated that approximately three-quarters of the aforementioned revenue comes from tokens that have been listed for less than 1 hour, and 87% comes from tokens that have been listed for less than 1 day. A total of 15 top tokens with a peak market cap of $1.4 billion paid about $1.5 million to pump.fun, while tokens on the joint curve or with a market cap of less than $250,000 paid $506 million. The research also stated that the top 25 deployers collectively launched 761,000 tokens, with a graduation rate of less than 1%, and received $128 million; the wallet that launched the most issued 171,195 tokens, averaging about $200 per token.

The study reported that since August, call rewards have paid $29.6 million to 51,115 wallets, with 10 wallets receiving 16%, and the median being $13. In the fourth quarter of 2024, out of 3.16 million launches, 207 reached a market cap of $10 million, while in the third quarter of 2026, out of 3.05 million launches, 24 reached that level. The study stated that out of a total of 24.4 million launches on pump.fun, currently, 312 have a market cap above $100,000, which is about 1 in every 78,000. The article was written by Kioto.