2024 Memecoin Annual Spending Report: The biggest "whale" spent $130 million in fees, with Raydium and Bots being the biggest beneficiaries
The total transaction fees for Memecoins on the Solana chain exceed 3 billion dollars.
Author: ChainCatcher, Tesa
In 2024, Memecoin has become the biggest hotspot in the Crypto world. Its market capitalization skyrocketed from $20 billion in 2023 to over $100 billion in 2024. Memecoin not only solidified its position in the crypto market but also outperformed mainstream cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, becoming the most dazzling asset class of the year.
Amid this trading frenzy, a large number of "whale" players have emerged. They paid hefty transaction fees in Memecoin trading, directly driving the prosperous development of public chains like Solana, and allowing Memecoin infrastructure platforms such as Raydium, Jito, and Pump.fun to reap substantial profits.
Recently, ChainCatcher, in collaboration with the Memecoin smart trading platform Tesa and the Memecoin project Evan the Hobo, released the "2024 Memecoin Annual Consumption Report." This report deeply analyzes the consumption data of Memecoin players with transaction amounts exceeding $1,000 from approximately 4 million user addresses on the Solana chain in 2024, starting from the distribution of transaction fees to comprehensively present the consumption behavior of Memecoin users and the benefits of various platforms throughout the year.
If you need to check your personal Solana consumption report for 2024, please refer to this link: https://report.tesa.top/
Core Data Overview
- Total transaction fees for Memecoin on the Solana chain: Over $3.093 billion.
- Revenue situation of major core platforms:
- DEXs like Raydium: Earned $1.7 billion in fees, accounting for 56%.
- Trading Bots: Accumulated $750 million in fees, accounting for 24%, with Photon leading at a 33% share.
- MEV infrastructure Jito: Earned $340 million, accounting for 11%.
- Pump.fun: Earned $240 million, accounting for 8%.
- User concentration: The top 10% of users contributed 90% of the fees, with whale users averaging a spending of $13,000.
- Top users: The largest "whale player" on Raydium spent nearly $130 million in a year.
Total Scale of Memecoin Fees and Consumption Distribution
1. Total fee amount exceeds $3 billion
As the most popular Memecoin public chain in 2024, the on-chain fee data of Solana almost reflects the overall consumption situation of the Memecoin market. By analyzing approximately 4 million Solana user addresses with transaction amounts exceeding $1,000 in 2024, it was found that the total fees generated from Memecoin trading on the Solana chain reached $3.093 billion, showcasing Solana's dominant position in Memecoin trading.
2. DEXs like Raydium are the biggest beneficiaries, earning over $1.7 billion in fees
The over $3 billion in fees contributed by Memecoin users mainly flowed to four major platforms: decentralized exchanges (DEXs) like Raydium, trading bots (such as Photon), MEV infrastructure Jito, and one-click token issuance platform Pump.fun.
Among them, DEXs like Raydium topped the list with over $1.7 billion in fee income, accounting for 56% of the total, with Raydium's fee income accounting for 80% among all DEXs. Trading bots ranked second with $750 million, accounting for 24%.
Jito, which provides priority trading (anti-sandwich) services, earned $340 million with an 11% share. Meanwhile, Pump.fun simplified the token issuance process, earning $240 million, accounting for 8%.
3. Photon is the most popular trading bot, with fees accounting for over 33%
Among various trading bots, Photon performed the best, earning $250 million in fees in 2024, accounting for 33.3% of the total fees from all trading bots. Following closely are Trojan and Bullx, earning $123 million and over $94,000 in fees, accounting for 16.2% and 12.4%, respectively.
Additionally, other bots also generated considerable income: PepeBoost earned $65.1 million, accounting for 8.6%; BonkBot earned $63.17 million, accounting for 8.3%; GMGM and BananaGun earned $23.76 million and $20.53 million, accounting for 3.1% and 2.70%.
At the same time, the data provider for this report, Tesa meme trading platform, offers users a completely different choice. Compared to traditional bots that charge 1% of the transaction amount, Tesa adopts a subscription model to reduce users' trading costs. Furthermore, Tesa has launched a CEX token listing sniper feature .
4. Whale users spent an average of $13,000 in fees on Memecoin trading in 2024
In 2024, the average fee expenditure of Memecoin players across major platforms showed significant differences:
- Raydium: $445.45/user
- Trading Bots: $193.89/user
- Jito: $87.07/user
- Pump.fun: $63.13/user
Based on fee amounts, users can be divided into three categories:
- Whale users (the top 5% with the highest fees): Average annual expenditure reached $13,000.
- Regular users (fees in the 20%-30% range): Average expenditure of $171.28.
- Novice users (the lowest 25% in fees): Average expenditure of only $17.67.
In terms of platform preference, Raydium and trading bots became the main fee expenditure locations for whale and regular users, while novice users tended to choose trading bots and Pump.fun.
5. The largest "whale player" on a single platform spent $129 million in fees
In 2024, the Memecoin market saw the emergence of true "whale players." Among them, the user address MfDuWeq on platforms like Raydium paid fees as high as $129 million within a year, far surpassing other platforms.
In contrast, the highest fee expenditures on other platforms were relatively "modest":
- Trading Bots: $1.43 million
- Jito: $6.1399 million
- Pump.fun: $2.3992 million
This significant difference further highlights Raydium's dominant position in the Memecoin trading market.
II. Concentration of Memecoin User Consumption and Cross-Platform Characteristics
1. The top 10% of users contribute over 90% of the fees
The consumption behavior of Memecoin users exhibits a clear "80/20 rule": a small number of top users contribute the majority of the fees. Specific data is as follows:
- The top 1% of users contributed 67.46% of the fees, with an average fee amount of $53,000;
- The top 10% of users contributed 90.97%, with an average fee amount of approximately $7,182;
- The top 20% of users contributed 95.24%. The average fee amount was approximately $3,760.
This highly concentrated consumption pattern indicates that the fee income in the Memecoin market primarily relies on a small number of high-spending users, while the fee expenditure of most regular users is relatively low.
2. Raydium has the highest consumption concentration, while Pump.fun is relatively low
Among the four types of Memecoin platforms—Raydium, trading bots, Jito, and Pump.fun—Raydium has the highest consumption concentration. Data shows that the top 1% of users contributed $1.358 billion in fees, accounting for 79.88% of the total fees of $1.7 billion, with an average fee of $34,700; while users ranked 2-20% had an average fee of less than $800, and long-tail users ranked below 20% had an average fee of less than $100. This also reflects Raydium's heavy reliance on top users.
In contrast, the top 1% of users on Jito contributed $186 million in fees, accounting for 54.55%, although its concentration is lower than Raydium, it still exceeds half. The average fees of Jito's top users and long-tail users also differ significantly, with the top 1% averaging about $4,759, while users ranked 2%-10% dropped to $300, and long-tail users ranked below 10% had an average fee of less than $50.
The consumption concentration of trading bots and Pump.fun is relatively low:
- Trading Bots: The top 1% of users contributed $313 million, accounting for 41.24%.
- Pump.fun: The top 1% of users contributed $96.62 million, accounting for 39.07%.
This difference indicates significant distinctions in user structure and profit models across different platforms.
In terms of average fees, the top and long-tail users on trading bots and Pump.fun also show significant differences. The top 1% of users on trading bots had an average fee of $7,990, while users ranked 2%-10% had less than $1,000, and users ranked 20% had fees below $60.
On Pump.fun, the top 1% of users had an average fee of $2,467, while users ranked 2%-10% had less than $300, and users ranked below 20% had fees below $50.
3. Raydium has the highest usage rate, with over half of users relying on trading bots
In the Solana DEX ecosystem, despite Raydium's higher trading fee rate (0.25%) compared to Meteora's lower rate (0.16%), Raydium still attracts the vast majority of users due to its strong market advantage. Statistical data shows:
- Among approximately 4 million Solana addresses, about 89.27% (3.4968 million addresses) have used Raydium.
- In contrast, the total usage rate of Meteora and other DEXs is only 35.53% (1.3917 million addresses).
This phenomenon indicates that Memecoin users do not solely base their choice of trading platform on fee rates but place greater importance on liquidity, user experience, and platform stability as comprehensive factors.
Moreover, the usage of trading bots is also quite common:
- Over 2.11 million addresses used trading bots, with a usage rate of 53.83%.
- In contrast, Pump.fun and Jito's usage rates were 46.43% and 45.01%, respectively, still not surpassing half.
These data reflect users' high dependence on efficient and convenient trading tools, while also showcasing Raydium's absolute dominance in the market.
4. Over half of bot users only use a single bot platform
In the trading bot market, users' choices show a clear concentration. Data indicates:
- 66% (1.3995 million) of bot user addresses only use a single trading bot.
- 34% (712,400) of users choose to use multiple bots for trading.
This ratio indicates that users exhibit a high level of loyalty to their chosen bot platform, or due to the lack of significant differentiation between platforms, users lack the motivation to switch or trade across multiple platforms after selecting one bot.
5. Users not using bots have significantly higher trading volumes
Compared to users using trading bots, users not using bots have average trading volumes several times higher:
- Users using bots: Average trading volume of $93,500.
- Users not using bots: Average trading volume reaches $678,800.
This data may reflect that the user group of bot users consists of a larger proportion of regular and novice users, while high-volume whale users tend to prefer manual operations or use efficient tools for more precise control.
6. Whale users prefer Photon, while regular users lean towards Trojan
Users of different spending levels show significant differences in their choice of trading bots:
Whale users (top 5%)
- Photon is the most popular trading bot, contributing 38.9% of the fees.
- Trojan follows closely, accounting for 15.02%.
This choice indicates that whale users tend to prefer powerful and stable-performing Photon bots.
Regular users (20%-30%)
- Trojan has become the top choice for regular users, accounting for 19.27% of the total fees.
- Photon and Bullx rank second and third with 17.34% and 14.71%, respectively.
The choices of regular users are more diverse, showing a broad acceptance of different bot characteristics.
Novice users (lowest 25%)
- Novice users' choices are relatively scattered, with Trojan, Photon, PepeBoost, and Bullx being the main trading bots, each contributing over 10% of the fees.
This distribution reflects that novice users, when using bots, tend to prefer trying various tools rather than concentrating on a single platform.
III. Analysis of the Top 10 Memecoin Consumption Addresses in 2024
1. Five addresses have fees exceeding $10 million, with the highest spending reaching $133 million
In 2024 Memecoin trading, the top 10 user addresses for total fees show extremely high consumption concentration, with five addresses having total fees exceeding $10 million:
- MfDuWe: $133 million (fee rate 0.3%, total trading amount $44.855 billion).
- kpqUj8: $19.86 million.
- YubQzu: $18.2 million.
- HBGdum: $11.9 million.
- 7vi5dy: $11.89 million.
2. Comparison of the highest and lowest fee users
- The address with the highest fees, MfDuWe, shows a massive trading scale and expenditure, with its fees accounting for 0.3% of the total trading amount.
- In contrast, the addresses 13g21m and 89VB5U have fee rates of only 0.005%, the lowest level.
This data fully reflects the consumption differences among different users in the Memecoin market and the significant contribution of top users to overall fee income.
3. Details of the Top 10 Addresses for Total Fees on Platforms like Raydium, Jito, and Pump.fun
The top 10 user addresses on the Raydium platform show extremely high fee contribution, with each address's annual fee expenditure exceeding $10 million, and these users almost concentrated all their fee spending on the Raydium platform. Details of the Top 10 addresses:
Total fees of the Top 10 addresses on Jito range from $1.2 million to $6.2 million. Details of the Top 10 addresses:
Total fees of the Top 10 addresses on Pump.fun range from $500,000 to $2.4 million. Details of the Top 10 addresses:
4. Total fee details of the Top 10 for various bots
IV. If you need to check your personal 2024 Memecoin consumption statement, please refer to:
https://report.tesa.top/
Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.
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