How many transactions are waiting to be confirmed, and the fee it takes to get into the next block.
61,881 on Nov 6, 2026.
The queue of transactions waiting for a block. When it grows, users bid up fees to get in, and every one of those fees goes to whoever mines the next block. A full mempool is a pay rise for miners.
The count is a daily reading of mempool.space; the fee overlay is what it recommended for next-block confirmation that day.
Transactions waiting in the mempool, month by month
Month
Transactions waiting in the mempool
Sep 2026
87,476
Oct 2026
59,536
Nov 2026
61,881
Questions
What is mempool today?
61,881 as of November 6, 2026, down 21.8% over the last 30 days.
What is the highest transactions waiting in the mempool on record?
96,918, on September 22, 2026.
How is this chart calculated?
The queue of transactions waiting for a block. When it grows, users bid up fees to get in, and every one of those fees goes to whoever mines the next block. A full mempool is a pay rise for miners.
Data: CSV · JSON. Embed: <iframe src="https://firsthandbitcoin.com/embed/mempool" width="100%" height="420"></iframe>. Free to reuse with a link to this page.