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Block size and transactions per block in 2025

The average size of a bitcoin block in megabytes, and how many transactions each block carried.

Average block size opened 2025 at 1.81 MB (January 1, 2025) and closed at 1.52 MB (December 31, 2025), down 15.8%. The high was 2.20 MB on August 2, 2025 and the low 1.07 MB on May 31, 2025.

Average block size, month by month in 2025

MonthMonth end
January 20251.73 MB
February 20251.71 MB
March 20251.48 MB
April 20251.58 MB
May 20251.07 MB
June 20251.38 MB
July 20251.62 MB
August 20251.40 MB
September 20251.42 MB
October 20251.56 MB
November 20251.61 MB
December 20251.52 MB

Blocks have been effectively full since 2016. Since SegWit in 2017 a block can weigh up to 4 MB, so an average above 1 MB means users are paying for the extra space. Fewer transactions per block at the same size means bigger transactions, which is what inscriptions and batching look like.

Other years: 2026 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013

Also in 2025: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · 200-day and 200-week averages · Network hashrate · Mining difficulty · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Miner prices per terahash · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price

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