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Active addresses

How many bitcoin addresses were active on chain each day.

711,168/day on Sep 20, 2026, against 747,221/day a year earlier.

Addresses that sent or received bitcoin that day, from Coin Metrics. It is the plainest measure of how many people are using the network, and it has tracked the price loosely through every cycle.

Active addresses, month by month

MonthActive addresses
2025-10723,709/day
2025-11601,718/day
2025-12697,063/day
2026-01702,918/day
2026-02640,533/day
2026-03630,351/day
2026-04685,346/day
2026-05535,317/day
2026-06722,749/day
2026-07967,546/day
2026-08665,835/day
2026-09711,168/day

Questions

What is active addresses today?
711,168/day as of September 21, 2026, up 12.0% over the last 30 days.
How has it changed over the past year?
A year ago it was 660,574/day; today it is 711,168/day, a change of +7.7%.
What is the highest active addresses on record?
1,366,494/day, on April 15, 2021.
How is this chart calculated?
Addresses that sent or received bitcoin that day, from Coin Metrics. It is the plainest measure of how many people are using the network, and it has tracked the price loosely through every cycle.

By year

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Updated daily. Latest data 2026-09-22.

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