Data

Polkadot by the numbers, straight from the network.

Daily figures to 12 Nov 2026, monthly to October 2026.

Activity

How much Polkadot is used, across every chain in the ecosystem.

  • Transactions per second

    22.1 30-day average · 57.3M transactions

  • Active accounts

    110K a day, averaged over the last 30 days

  • Unique accounts

    16.6M in October 2026, across the ecosystem

  • Average fee

    $0.0002 a transaction, last 30 days · $13.8K in all

Staking

The DOT locked up to secure the network, and who locks it.

  • DOT staked

    908M 53.2% of all DOT, in September 2026

  • Stakers

    53.1K accounts staking DOT, directly or in a pool

  • Validators

    721 validators running the network

Governance

Polkadot is run by referendum, and anyone holding DOT can vote.

  • Referenda

    13 closed in the last 30 days · 69% approved

    189 closed in the last 12 months · 49% approved

  • Voters

    755 voted in October 2026 · 31% through a delegate

    2,275 a month on average, over the last 12 months

Stablecoins

Digital dollars on Polkadot.

  • Stablecoins

    $63.6M in USDT and USDC, across Polkadot

  • USDT

    $34.9M across Polkadot

  • USDC

    $28.7M across Polkadot

Cross-chain

Transfers and value moving between Polkadot’s chains.

  • Cross-chain transfers

    445K in the last 12 months · 1.9M to date

  • Value moved

    $13.2M between chains, last 30 days

  • Messages delivered

    99.5% last 30 days · typically in 12 seconds

Every figure comes from Dotlake, Parity’s data platform for Polkadot, and is as of the date under its chart.