Position

Market Share, ranked

The share of its own category the protocol holds, and the direction of that share.

One of the 25 variables in the framework. 251 tokens rated. Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026.

Median
4/10
mean 4.07
Scoring 9 or 10
3
of 251 rated
Composite link
0.82
correlation with total score
Market link
0.49
rank correlation with market cap, n=236
01

What this variable measures

The share of its own category the protocol holds, and the direction of that share.

A 10 means clear category leadership. A 1 means a rounding error in a market someone else owns.

Category share is what decides whether a protocol sets pricing or accepts it.

02

What the universe says

Across 251 rated tokens the median score on Market Share is 4 of 10 and the mean is 4.07. 3 tokens score 9 or 10, and 49 score 2 or below. Bitcoin leads at 10 of 10.

Market Share correlates 0.82 with the composite score across the universe, which makes it almost the same measurement as overall standing. Tokens that win here tend to win everywhere, so a high score is confirmation rather than an edge.

Against live market capitalisation for the 236 tokens with a matched market row, Market Share carries a rank correlation of 0.49. The market already pays up for this. A high score is priced in, and the interesting cases are the tokens that score well and are still small.

Market Share and Active Users correlate 0.82, so reading both is close to reading one twice. Treat them as a single position on the same question rather than two independent confirmations.

Pendle Finance (PENDLE) scores 9 of 10 on Market Share, 2nd of 251, on a market capitalisation under $500M. That gap between rank on this variable and rank by size is the whole reason to read the table rather than the top ten.

03

Distribution across the universe

7
1
42
2
72
3
44
4
35
5
16
6
16
7
16
8
2
9
1
10

Tokens at each score from 1 to 10. The shape matters: a variable where almost everything clusters at 3 is telling you the whole category fails it, not that one token is unusual.

04

All 251 tokens ranked

Sorted by score on this variable alone, so a token can lead here and rank poorly overall. That disagreement is the useful part: it is where a single-variable screen finds something the composite averages away.

251 crypto tokens ranked by Market Share, scored 1 to 10
#TokenMarket ShareCompositeMarket capVerdict
1BTCBitcoinDigital gold with a large spot ETF complex and 94.5% supply mined. Store-of-value thesis intact, though ETF assets fell through 2026.10/10183$1.67THOLD CORE
2HYPEHyperliquid3 ETFs live (THYP, BHYP, HYPG, about $253M combined AUM). About $600M annualised revenue after four straight quarterly declines, with builder fees now taking 18% of gross before buybacks. about 32% to 37% DEX perps share, down from roughly 70% in 2025. But closed-source, FCA warning, 22% circ.9/10193$19.71BHOLD CORE
3PENDLEPendle FinanceDeFi's yield monopoly: 50-60% market share, $24.4M trailing rev, sPENDLE 80% buyback (9.3% yield). Fortune 2026 Innovators. Vietnam IFC w/ BlackRock/MS. 21Shares ETP live. Boros V3 $10B+ vol. All vesting complete. Net dollar-deflationary.9/10160$391.5MHOLD
4WSTETHWrapped Lido Staked ETHLido's wrapped staked ETH, the DeFi collateral standard with about $17.7B TVL and native yield; dominant LST by every metric8/10185$11.76BHOLD CORE
5MKRMaker / Sky$124M Q1 revenue. 2.7x gross P/S (~6.7x net). Buyback allocation cut from 75% to 7.5% of surplus in Mar 2026 to fund a $150M Solvency Reserve. Sky rebrand: about 81% of MKR already upgraded to SKY.8/10177not publishedHOLD CORE
6SOLSolanaHigh-throughput L1 with dominant DEX volume and meme coin launchpad traction. Network reliability improved significantly post-2023.8/10170$68.57BHOLD
7GEODGEODNETRevenue not declining: Q2 2026 $2.59M (+48% QoQ). ARR $7.3-9.5M. 80% burn Foundation-controlled (governance, not smart contract). ATH $0.3746 not $0.43. 20K+ stations, 150+ countries. P/S 9.9-14.4x (expensive vs Helium 3.1x). Deflationary crossover approaching post-Jun 2026 halving.8/10169$137.0MHOLD
8UNIUniswapFee switch live on 11+ chains. Protocol revenue $26-61M (P/S 57-73x). V4 on 18 chains, 2500+ hooks. 100M UNI burned but net inflationary (+1.43%/yr). BlackRock entered Feb 2026. a16z holds 41.5-55M UNI. $200M+ insider selling 2025. Unichain TVL $17.8-29.6M (not $532M). SEC safe harbor Apr 2026.8/10167$4.91BHOLD
9LINKChainlink70% oracle dominance. DTCC Q4 2026. SOC 2 Type 2. $500M/yr treasury sell pressure. 2 ETFs live.8/10165$10.01BHOLD
10ETHFIEther.fi$7.8B TVL on $350M mcap (22x TVL/MC). $50M buyback active. 84% circ. 250M token releases ahead.8/10162$680.1MHOLD
11MORPHOMorpho8/10157$1.75BHOLD
12AAVEAave8/10156$2.65BHOLD
13JUPJupiter8/10151$1.04BHOLD
14CETUSCetus Protocol8/10147$25.0MHOLD
15LDOLido DAO8/10146$353.8MHOLD
16ENSEthereum Name Service8/10137$269.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
17ARBArbitrum8/10134$1.25BCAUTIOUS HOLD
18SAFESafe (formerly Gnosis Safe)8/10132$84.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
19ONDOOndo Finance8/10115$2.27BWATCH
20ETHEthereum7/10187$313.17BHOLD CORE
21SYRUPMaple Finance7/10168$268.1MHOLD
22AEROAerodrome Finance7/10157$794.7MHOLD
23FLUIDFluid (Instadapp)7/10145$158.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
24DRIFTDrift Protocol7/10142$14.3MHOLD
25PAXGPAX Gold7/10141$1.79BHOLD
26SKYSky (formerly Maker)7/10141$1.86BCAUTIOUS HOLD
27CRVCurve Finance7/10140$552.7MHOLD
28KMNOKamino Finance7/10138$214.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
29TAOBittensor7/10128$3.29BCAUTIOUS HOLD
30TRXTRON7/10125$31.81BCAUTIOUS HOLD
31ENAEthena7/10120$3.06BCAUTIOUS HOLD
32CHZChiliz7/10120$165.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
33XMRMonero7/10117$10.41BWATCH
34EIGENEigenLayer7/10107$226.1MWATCH
35PEPEPepe7/1092$1.70BPASS
36COWCoW Protocol6/10167$82.3MHOLD
37CBETHCoinbase Wrapped Staked ETH6/10158$484.5MHOLD
38VIRTUALVirtuals Protocol6/10151$502.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
39SUISui6/10146$4.63BHOLD
40OKBOKB6/10145$2.75BHOLD
41BNBBNB6/10144$102.38BHOLD
42JTOJito6/10134$263.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
43OPOptimism6/10123$273.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
44CAKEPancakeSwap6/10123$698.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
45LPTLivepeer6/10123$82.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
46GRTThe Graph6/10121$297.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
47XRPXRP6/10121$90.31BCAUTIOUS HOLD
48PYTHPyth Network6/10107$557.2MWATCH
49SSVSSV Network6/10106$42.1MWATCH
50BONKBonk6/1093$300.8MPASS
51WWormhole6/1092$93.6MPASS
52RETHRocket Pool ETH5/10159$946.8MHOLD
53ARArweave5/10140$274.9MHOLD
54ACXAcross Protocol5/10137$30.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
55NEARNEAR Protocol5/10135$6.64BCAUTIOUS HOLD
56BANANABanana Gun5/10135$15.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
57BGBBitget Token5/10135$1.37BCAUTIOUS HOLD
58RAYRaydium5/10129$670.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
59GNOGnosis5/10128$316.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
60RENDERRender Network5/10127$1.05BCAUTIOUS HOLD
61BERABerachain5/10127$76.8MCAUTIOUS HOLD
62LEOUNUS SED LEO5/10126$8.19BCAUTIOUS HOLD
63POLPolygon system Token5/10123$1.08BCAUTIOUS HOLD
64ORCAOrca5/10123$167.2MCAUTIOUS HOLD
65HNTHelium5/10122$97.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
66TIACelestia5/10120$432.0MCAUTIOUS HOLD
67MNDEMarinade5/10119$15.6MWATCH
68IMXImmutable X5/10117$156.3MWATCH
69STGStargate Finance5/10117$20.1MWATCH
70JOETrader Joe5/10117$17.4MWATCH
71QNTQuant5/10116$3.53BWATCH
72CFGCentrifuge5/10115not publishedWATCH
73KASKaspa5/10114$1.11BWATCH
74TNSRTensor5/10112$27.8MWATCH
75GRASSGrass5/10111$457.9MWATCH
76GELGelato5/10107$498.0KWATCH
77RUNETHORChain5/10106$234.5MPASS
78GTCGitcoin5/10106$15.9MWATCH
79PENGUPudgy Penguins5/10104$535.4MWATCH
80FILFilecoin5/10101$867.2MWATCH
81GMTSTEPN5/10101$25.0MWATCH
82AUDIOAudius5/10101$22.7MWATCH
83WLDWorldcoin5/1089$1.96BPASS
84DOGEDogecoin5/1089$13.83BPASS
85WIFdogwifhat5/1088$227.9MPASS
86BLURBlur5/1084$55.8MPASS
87LQTYLiquity4/10151$23.3MHOLD
88INJInjective4/10139$727.9MCAUTIOUS HOLD
89AVAXAvalanche4/10138$4.93BCAUTIOUS HOLD
90OLASOlas (Autonolas)4/10129$13.4MCAUTIOUS HOLD
91AKTAkash Network4/10129$210.6MCAUTIOUS HOLD
92LITLighter4/10125$876.5MWATCH
93GTGateToken4/10123not publishedCAUTIOUS HOLD
94VELOVelodrome Finance4/10121$46.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
95MAVMaverick Protocol4/10121$13.1MCAUTIOUS HOLD
96VRTXVertex Protocol4/10121not publishedCAUTIOUS HOLD
97PRIMEEchelon Prime4/10119$14.8MWATCH
98KCSKuCoin Token4/10119not publishedWATCH
99STXStacks4/10118$697.8MWATCH
100WOOWOO Network4/10118$23.6MWATCH
101APTAptos4/10116$652.3MWATCH
102SSonic (prev. Fantom)4/10115$154.2MWATCH
103TONToncoin4/10110$4.02BWATCH
104MATICPolygon (Legacy)4/10110$1.08BWATCH
105FETFetch.ai (ASI Alliance)4/10109$522.8MWATCH
106DYDXdYdX4/10109$113.2MWATCH
107BICOBiconomy4/10109$20.1MWATCH
108IOio.net4/10108$63.1MWATCH
109STORJStorj4/10108$12.3MWATCH
110OMMANTRA4/10108$29.1MWATCH
111XLMStellar4/10108$7.01BWATCH
112ZROLayerZero4/10106$850.4MWATCH
113SLNDSolend4/10106not publishedWATCH
114FXSFrax Share4/10105$28.3MWATCH
115QUICKQuickSwap4/10105$7.0MWATCH
116RONRonin4/10104$49.1MWATCH
117MLNEnzyme (Melon)4/10104not publishedWATCH
118CVXConvex Finance4/10103$193.9MWATCH
119SHDWShadow Token4/10103$5.3MWATCH
120SCROLLScroll4/10102$4.7MWATCH
121APEApeCoin4/10102$146.9MWATCH
122ZECZcash4/10101$22.59BWATCH
123DASHDash4/10101$683.9MWATCH
124RADRadicle4/1097$19.5MPASS
125ORDIORDI4/1096$88.5MPASS
126POOLPoolTogether4/1096$176.3KPASS
127ATOMCosmos4/1096$899.5MPASS
128YGGYield Guild Games4/1095$22.5MPASS
1291INCH1inch Network4/1093$138.1MPASS
130FLOKIFLOKI4/1088$257.5MPASS
131GMXGMX3/10143$84.3MHOLD
132COMPCompound3/10119$234.1MWATCH
133ADACardano3/10113$9.57BWATCH
134HBARHedera3/10112$4.09BWATCH
135YFIYearn Finance3/10111$86.4MWATCH
136FTMFantom3/10111not publishedWATCH
137KNCKyber Network3/10110$28.1MWATCH
138PERPPerpetual Protocol3/10108$2.8MWATCH
139ALCXAlchemix3/10108$6.6MWATCH
140VELAVela Exchange3/10107not publishedWATCH
141THETATheta Network3/10105$214.2MWATCH
142RPLRocket Pool3/10104$40.8MWATCH
143RDNTRadiant Capital3/10104$1.0MWATCH
144RSRReserve Rights3/10104$100.3MWATCH
145DOTPolkadot3/10103$1.88BWATCH
146KLAYKlaytn3/10103not publishedWATCH
147KSMKusama3/10103$90.6MWATCH
148LTCLitecoin3/10102$5.15BWATCH
149ICPInternet Computer3/10102$1.75BWATCH
150CROCronos3/10102$3.12BWATCH
151TRUTrueFi3/10102$1.1MWATCH
152VETVeChain3/10101$692.4MWATCH
153ATHAethir3/10101$132.9MWATCH
154ILVIlluvium3/10101$31.5MWATCH
155MCMerit Circle (Beam)3/10101not publishedWATCH
156SEISei3/10100$457.3MWATCH
157CORECore3/10100$29.2MWATCH
158BADGERBadgerDAO3/10100$6.4MWATCH
159USUALUsual Protocol3/1099$23.6MPASS
160API3API33/1099$45.0MPASS
161FLRFlare3/1099$609.8MPASS
162CFXConflux3/1098$265.8MPASS
163MINAMina Protocol3/1098$121.4MPASS
164NMRNumeraire3/1098$105.4MPASS
165HTHuobi Token3/1098$16.3MPASS
166IOTXIoTeX3/1098$34.2MPASS
167COTICOTI3/1097$39.1MPASS
168SKLSKALE3/1097$26.6MPASS
169ACHAlchemy Pay3/1097not publishedPASS
170REQRequest3/1097$42.8MPASS
171ANKRAnkr Network3/1096$46.1MPASS
172FLUXFlux3/1096$191.3KPASS
173CTSICartesi3/1096$27.7MPASS
174ZKZKsync3/1095$129.1MPASS
175BALBalancer3/1095$9.1MPASS
176ALPACAAlpaca Finance3/1095$138.7KPASS
177INVInverse Finance3/1095$6.9MPASS
178POLYXPolymesh3/1095$52.9MPASS
179GLMRMoonbeam3/1094$13.9MPASS
180MXMEXC Token3/1094not publishedPASS
181STRKStarknet3/1093$366.4MPASS
182OSMOOsmosis3/1093$26.6MPASS
183PROPPropy3/1093$35.2MPASS
184FARMHarvest Finance3/1093$5.1MPASS
185MOBILEHelium Mobile3/1092$6.0MPASS
186MBOXMOBOX3/1092$298.5KPASS
187HOPRHOPR3/1092$8.7MPASS
188SNTStatus3/1092$38.1MPASS
189ALPHAAlpha Venture DAO3/1091$483.2KPASS
190PONDMarlin3/1091$14.2MPASS
191CELRCeler Network3/1090$22.9MPASS
192ETCEthereum Classic3/1090$1.32BPASS
193ALICEMy Neighbor Alice3/1089$16.9MPASS
194DENTDent3/1088$6.2MPASS
195BLASTBlast3/1087$4.9MPASS
196GOGGuild of Guardians3/1086$960.1KPASS
197MASKMask Network3/1082$45.8MPASS
198WAXPWAX3/1081$26.9MPASS
199AXSAxie Infinity3/1076$207.3MPASS
200BTTBitTorrent3/1076$357.4MPASS
201POPCATPopcat3/1073$46.9MPASS
202SHIBShiba Inu3/1071$3.17BPASS
203SNXSynthetix2/10130$137.5MCAUTIOUS HOLD
204GNSGains Network2/10116$9.5MWATCH
205ALGOAlgorand2/1097$1.05BPASS
206CELOCelo2/1094$57.3MPASS
207RLCiExec2/1094$61.1MPASS
208CKBNervos Network2/1093$61.4MPASS
209TRBTellor2/1090$56.4MPASS
210NANONano2/1090$46.6MPASS
211XTZTezos2/1088$336.3MPASS
212PEAQpeaq2/1088$102.2MPASS
213HIGHHighstreet2/1088not publishedPASS
214SXPSolar2/1088$2.5MPASS
215LEVERLeverFi2/1087not publishedPASS
216NOSNosana2/1086$52.5MPASS
217AGLDAdventure Gold2/1086$18.0MPASS
218CANTOCanto2/1086$2.0MPASS
219EGLDMultiversX (prev. Elrond)2/1085$123.2MPASS
220ROSEOasis Network2/1084$62.0MPASS
221FORTHAmpleforth Governance2/1084$3.0MPASS
222BONDBarnBridge2/1082$93.5KPASS
223KAVAKava2/1080$71.7MPASS
224PRCLParcl2/1080$5.5MPASS
225FLOWFlow2/1078$53.4MPASS
226LRCLoopring2/1078$13.2MPASS
227IDEXIDEX2/1077$838.1KPASS
228MANTAManta Network2/1076$31.1MPASS
229MCBMCDEX2/1076$8.9MPASS
230SUSHISushiSwap2/1074$66.7MPASS
231RVNRavencoin2/1074$36.1MPASS
232NOTNotcoin2/1073$45.0MPASS
233BANDBand Protocol2/1073$40.8MPASS
234MODEMode Network2/1072$666.9KPASS
235RBNRibbon Finance2/1068$1.7MPASS
236SUPERSuperVerse2/1067$144.5MPASS
237MOVEMovement2/1067$40.6MPASS
238JASMYJasmyCoin2/1067$243.3MPASS
239MANADecentraland2/1066$197.1MPASS
240SPELLSpell Token2/1063$16.0MPASS
241DOGSDOGS2/1062$22.6MPASS
242MEMEMemecoin2/1057$36.6MPASS
243NEIRONEIRO2/1056$35.3MPASS
244GALAGala Games2/1053$114.2MPASS
245IOTAIOTA1/1078$248.2MPASS
246NEONeo1/1068$166.5MPASS
247ZILZilliqa1/1063$64.9MPASS
248QTUMQtum1/1061$97.7MPASS
249SANDThe Sandbox1/1058$219.2MPASS
250KDAKadena1/1050$3.0MPASS
251ONEHarmony1/1048$32.9MPASS

Scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026 and do not move with price. Market capitalisation is from the live snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026, so the two columns are stamped at different times on purpose.

05

Variables that move with this one

Correlations across all 251 rated tokens. A number near 1 means the two variables are close to the same measurement, which is worth knowing before treating a second high score as independent confirmation of the first.

06

Common questions

Which crypto tokens score highest on market share?
Bitcoin (BTC) at 10, Hyperliquid (HYPE) at 9, Pendle Finance (PENDLE) at 9, Wrapped Lido Staked ETH (WSTETH) at 8, Maker / Sky (MKR) at 8 lead the 251 rated tokens on Market Share, each scored 1 to 10 against the same definition.
What is a good market share score?
The median across the universe is 4 of 10 and the mean is 4.07, so anything at 7 or above sits well inside the top of the distribution. Only 3 of 251 tokens reach 9 or 10.
Does market share affect a token's market cap?
Rank correlation between Market Share and market capitalisation is 0.49 across 236 tokens with live market data. That is a clear relationship, so most of a high score is already in the price.

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Research and analysis, not investment advice. Correlations describe the rated universe at one point in time and are not predictions.