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Application Revenue

The total amount of fees that applications charge their users per chain (this does not include gas fees). This metric shows how much value applications capture from users. Data is sourced from DefiLlama.com.

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About this metric

What does Application Revenue tell you?

App Revenue is a key metric for assessing the financial health and success of applications on a blockchain. It reflects the total amount of fees generated by applications, which can be used to measure their popularity and effectiveness. A high App Revenue indicates that users find the applications valuable and are willing to pay for them, while a low App Revenue may suggest that the applications are not meeting user needs or expectations.

How to interpret Application Revenue?

A rising App Revenue generally indicates growing user interest and adoption of the applications on the blockchain, while a declining revenue may signal waning engagement. However, it's important to consider App Revenue in context with other metrics, as high revenue doesn't always equate to a healthy or valuable application ecosystem.

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Ethereum ecosystem app revenue

App Revenue measures the application fees captured by tracked applications on each chain. In the latest available daily data, the top chains were Ethereum Mainnet, Base Chain, and Polygon PoS. Across tracked chains, the ecosystem total was $26.39M. Ethereum Mainnet ranked #1 with a week-over-week change of -9.6%. Data is updated daily and normalized into comparable chain-level time series. The summary uses the latest available daily observations from backend datasets and avoids substituting estimates when a chain has incomplete data.

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Last updated: 2026-06-19T05:35:02Z

Key facts

  • Top chains by latest daily app revenue: Ethereum Mainnet, Base Chain, and Polygon PoS.
  • Tracked ecosystem total: $26.39M.
  • Ethereum Mainnet ranked #1 with $20.97M.

Methodology

This metric is calculated from growthepie's normalized chain-level datasets. Values are updated daily and made comparable across tracked Ethereum and Layer 2 networks where possible.

Data sources

  • https://api.growthepie.com/v1/metrics/app_revenue.json