How long the median transaction waited to be confirmed, in minutes.
11.3 min on Oct 29, 2026, against 9.2 min a year earlier.
The time from a transaction being seen to it landing in a block, for the median transaction that paid a fee. It sits near the ten-minute block time when the mempool is clear and stretches to hours when it is not.
Median confirmation time, month by month
Month
Median confirmation time
Nov 2025
7.3 min
Dec 2025
10.6 min
Jan 2026
9.3 min
Feb 2026
11.3 min
Mar 2026
10.9 min
Apr 2026
9.5 min
May 2026
13.9 min
Jun 2026
11.3 min
Jul 2026
9.9 min
Aug 2026
11.4 min
Sep 2026
12.0 min
Oct 2026
11.3 min
Questions
What is median confirmation time today?
11.3 min as of October 29, 2026, up 30.3% over the last 30 days.
How has it changed over the past year?
A year ago it was 10.3 min; today it is 11.3 min, a change of +9.4%.
What is the highest median confirmation time on record?
29.3 min, on December 2, 2016.
How is this chart calculated?
The time from a transaction being seen to it landing in a block, for the median transaction that paid a fee. It sits near the ten-minute block time when the mempool is clear and stretches to hours when it is not.
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