2025 Meme Coin Data Report: The Secret to Profitability Revealed

Meme coins, cryptocurrencies that stem more from community jokes than fundamentals, have evolved from fringe novelties to important speculative assets.They are influencing liquidity trends, social media sentiment and even political branding.

In the marketing field, brands may issue Meme coins to increase participation; in the financial field, hedge funds may allocate small positions in highly volatile Meme coins.

The following data-driven insights outline the current landscape of the meme coin space.

Recent news

In 2024, the total capital in the Meme currency field increased by more than 500%, prompting speculative funds to quickly shift from large-cap currencies to Meme altcoins in early 2025.In 2025, the U.S. SEC officially classified many Meme coins as collectibles rather than securities, reducing regulatory protection for investors.

Since its launch on January 17, 2025, $TRUMP’s market capitalization has soared to $27 billion in less than a day, sparking further interest in presidential-themed tokens.Within weeks, more than 700 Trump-themed fake meme coins emerged, 192 of which included the names of Trump family members and 67 of which used “official” branding.

In mid-2025, BNB chain will account for 45% of Meme coin DEX trading volume, surpassing SOL, whose share dropped to 25%, and Ethereum ranked third with 20%.

Reports show that less than 1% of new tokens on Pump.fun can be upgraded to mainstream DEX transactions.Pump.fun is currently facing a federal lawsuit, accused of charging nearly $500 million in fees and issuing more than 11 million tokens, 98% of which collapsed within 24 hours.

The SOL economy is highly dependent on Meme currency activity

(Data source: Messari)

At present, more than 60% of the economic activities in the SOL ecosystem are highly dependent on Meme currency-related businesses, which is evident from the increasingly prominent Meme-driven ecological characteristics of this public chain.

Telegram bots lead all sectors with 26% of application revenue, driven by transaction automation and Meme coin issuance.

The issuance platform ranked second with 23%, showing the surge in new meme coin issuance on SOL.

The wallet contributed 18% of total revenue, with on-chain transactions and user growth driving this figure.

Trading applications account for 14%, reflecting the high daily activity of Meme currency swaps and speculation.

Derivatives, currency trackers, and other apps each accounted for 5%, indicating moderate engagement outside of core meme functionality.

DEX accounts for only 4%, partially exposed to risks, as many Meme currency traders prefer robots and issuance platforms to traditional decentralized exchanges.

Market overview

The meme currency market has increasingly become an area where speculation drives capital rotation.

In 2025, meme coins will account for 5% to 7% of the total global cryptocurrency market value, and the total market value of Meme coins will be approximately US$63.6 billion.The 24-hour trading volume is approximately US$7.61 billion.

The highest market value in the field is still dominated by a few currencies (Such as DOGE, SHIB, PEPE)drive.

Meme coin issuance statistics

At the beginning of 2025, the average monthly circulation of Meme coins exceeded 800,000.Among them, 1.7 million new Meme tokens were issued in January 2025.Some issuance platforms claim to have issued millions of Meme coins through their platforms.

The best performing Meme coins in 2025,Achieve an average return on initial investment of 150%.

The surge in meme coin issuance has prompted the market for its development services to be currently estimated to be worth over $70 million.

But the surge in issuance shows that the low threshold for creation is still a distinguishing feature of Meme coins.Many offerings skip rigorous scrutiny or audits, increasing the chance of rug-pulling scams or fraud.

Meme coin price prediction

(Data source: Cryptopolitan)

2025

The average market price of Meme coins is expected to be US$0.0226, with a potential high of US$0.0245. The market is showing an early stabilization trend.

2026

The average price of Meme coins is expected to climb to $0.0278, an increase of 23% from the average price in 2025.

2027

Predictions show that the Meme coin will continue to rise to an average price of $0.0379, with a high close to $0.0409.

2028-2029

Meme CoinThe average price is expected to remain stable at $0.0501.

2030

With the popularity of applications and the improvement of token utility,The average price may reach $0.0572, and the peak may reach $0.0613.

2031

The long-term outlook is for significant growth,The average price is expected to reach US$0.0811, with a maximum of US$0.0836, an increase of more than 250% from the 2025 level.

Number of active Meme coins

In 2024, CoinMarketCap listed a total of 2,229 Meme coins.Many newly issued tokens quickly disappear or are delisted.As a result, actual active numbers continue to fluctuate.

Analysis reports indicate that there will be thousands of active Meme coins at any point in 2025.It has active quotes in 217 trading markets around the world, confirming the regulatory effect of its token economics model on activity.

New meme coins typically fall into market saturation quickly, leaving most tokens with minimal liquidity.Additionally, the survival rate of new tokens over 6 to 12 months is low, but exact attrition data is difficult to publicly track.

Investors can use professionally screened indexes and ranking mechanisms to filter out meme coins with low activity.

Top Meme Coins Ranked by Market Cap

In October 2025, the top Meme coins tracked by MarketVector™ Meme Coin Index by market capitalization include: DOGE, SHIB, PEPE, BONK, FLOKI, and TRUMP.The top 10 Meme coins account for approximately 90% of the total capital in the entire Meme coin space.

#Dogecoin

Leading the way with a market value of over US$31.59 billion, it is still the most valuable Meme coin.

#ShibaInuCoin

It ranks second with a market capitalization of US$6.29 billion.

PEPE

It follows with $3.2 billion.

Floki

The market value fluctuates around US$705 million, and the ranking position of Meme coins often changes within a few hours due to social popularity.

BONK

In July 2025, the single-day increase exceeded 15%, and the market value reached US$1.6 billion, making it the fifth largest Meme coin.

#TRUMP

Market capitalization peaked at $27 billion within 24 hours of launch, before falling sharply amid huge transactions.

Approximately 80% of the total $TRUMP token supply is held by entities controlled by Trump or his affiliates.

The $TRUMP issuance generated over $350 million in token sales and related platform fees.

Meme Coin Volatility Indicator

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pointed out in a regulatory reminder in February 2025 that Meme coins tend to exhibit significant market price fluctuations and their risk levels are higher than most crypto assets.

BONK is the most volatile major Meme coin, and the daily price change correlations of JEETS, PEPE, and BOME are higher than 0.72–0.83.
The survival rate of newly issued tokens after 60 days is less than 8%, and most lose more than 97% of their peak value in rapid crash cycles.

Research has found that Meme coin volatility typically exceeds 11.7% daily, much higher than the average for most altcoins or Bitcoin.POPCAT and similar Meme tokens have demonstrated daily price fluctuations of up to 53%, making sudden reversals the norm in the space.

In 2025, Meme tokens often trade within “squeeze zones,” with socially driven surges often followed by 2–4x breakout moves.Additionally, whale or bot-driven price waterfalls can amplify hourly volatility by a factor of 6.

The Meme coin sector achieved an average year-to-date return of +1,313% in the first half of 2025, becoming the only profitable crypto sector during the period.Before the third quarter, the average profit and loss in the Meme currency field was +33.08%, driven by a few outstanding performers.

Meme coin trading volume

First quarter of 2025, when the Meme coin sector reached a local high, its trading volume accounted for up to 25% of the total cryptocurrency trading volume.
Between January and April 2025, the Meme coin sector lost about 58% of its value, and transaction volume fell by about 63% during the period.
By mid-2025, Dogecoin and PEPE maintain 24-hour trading volumes of over US$500 million and US$760 million respectively.
Early October 2025, the top Meme currency continues to maintain a 24-hour trading volume of over 9 billion US dollars, led by the peak popularity.
Summer and Autumn 2025, Pump.fun’s daily trading volume fluctuates between $96 million and $320 million, depending on the number of Meme coins issued.Pump.fun reported a daily trading volume of approximately US$264 million, and as of the fourth quarter of 2025, the total historical trading volume exceeded US$73 billion.

Less than 5% of all Meme coins issued maintain high trading volume after the first 72 hours.Social media virality, celebrity catalysis, and influencer-driven issuance are core drivers of sudden surges in transaction volume, often increasing 2–5x within hours.

Most Popular Meme Coin Themes

Animal themed meme coins:For example, DOGE, Shiba Inu, BONK, and WIF will have a total market value of over US$30 billion in 2025, dominating the Meme brand field.

Among them, BONK is about to reach the milestone of destroying 1 trillion tokens this year.

Frog and amphibian themed meme coins:Led by PEPE, daily trading volume surged to over US$1.7 billion in July 2025, and social participation increased by 27% month-on-month.

Meme coins surrounding political satire:Such as TRUMP, MAGA, BODEN, during major political events in the United States, pushed SOL’s Meme currency trading volume to US$26 billion.

Among them, $TRUMP was launched in 2025 and reached an all-time high of $14.9 billion in market value, before volatility wiped out $5 billion in market value within minutes of the peak.

Meme coins associated with pop culture:During the surge in tag trends on the X platform, daily price peaks of 300–600% can occur.

Super-deflationary meme coins with a burn mode account for about 21% of the best-performing issuances this year; tokens that lack practical utility and promise “10x returns” account for about 17% of daily trending meme coin issuances, which often surge within weeks and then subside.

As of April 2025, less than 10% of the top 100 Meme coins by market capitalization still reflect their original themes from the first quarter, highlighting the rapid change in trends.

Blockchain distribution of Meme coins

Meme coin issuance is increasingly migrating to blockchains with average transaction fees below $0.01, driving adoption on SOL, BNB, and Base, which together account for 95% of new Meme token issuance.

Ethereum’s market share in Meme coins fell below 5% in the second quarter of 2025.

SOL

Release data

Since the creation of the platform in January 2024, more than 6 million Meme coins have been issued on SOL’s Pump.fun.

In February 2025, as the market cooled and retail investor interest waned, the daily meme coin issuance on the pump.fun platform dropped from a peak of 70,000 to 25,000.

As of mid-2025, Pump.fun supports the issuance of an average of 65,000 SOLMeme tokens every day and has been extended to the Base chain through the Meme coin minting API.

DEX trading volume

SOL Meme coin DEX trading volume reached a peak of $206 billion in January 2025, accounting for 79% of SOL’s total trading activity that month.

Only less than 2.1% of SOLMeme coins can be “upgraded” from the issuance platform to mainstream DEXs such as Raydium, and most fail to establish sustainable liquidity.

Additionally, liquidity fragmentation persists, with successful meme coins typically spread across 3–5 major chains, but many funding pools on each chain remain shallow.

Multi-chain Meme coin statistics

In 2025, 21% of the top 100 Meme coins have implemented a cross-chain minting/destruction mechanism to maintain supply balance between networks; there are more than 13 million independent wallet addresses interacting with multi-chain Meme coin bridges.

During the second quarter of 2025, during celebrity token issuance and major NFT airdrops, the total cross-chain bridging volume of Meme coins increased by 420%.

Meme coin projects utilizing chain-agnostic token contracts achieved 2–3x wider distribution, but wallet retention was 17% lower than their single-chain counterparts.

As of the third quarter of 2025, DOGE and SHIB each support more than four major chains, and the active multi-chain bridge network covers BNB, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon and Ethereum.

Ethereum and SOL combined account for 78% of all Meme coin cross-chain settlement value, with Base’s share growing to 16% in the summer of 2025.

In addition, as of September 2025, security incidents related to multi-chain bridging have caused losses of more than $190 million to Meme coin holders.

Social media activity and trends

Mentions of #Memecoin and related hashtags will grow by approximately 53% from January 2024 to 2025, outpacing discussions in many altcoin verticals.Viral memes, influencer posts and coordinated campaigns can trigger price movements of over 20% within hours.

Platforms such as X, Reddit, Discord and TikTok are major drivers of sentiment.However, review bots and fake accounts inflate engagement metrics and mask true interest.

Among them, many Meme currency communities have more than 50,000-100,000 active Discord or Telegram group members.

Some projects will hold “Meme contests”, AMAs, or NFT giveaways to stimulate social virality and participation.

Investor Demographics and Profiles

A survey noted that about 31% of U.S. crypto investors said their first exposure to crypto was through Meme coins.Among them, young investors are more active in the Meme currency field.

Many Meme coin holders have small positions, often accounting for <1% of their total portfolio.
Some “whales” or large holders may control 20–50% of the circulating supply of certain tokens.

Many retail investors enter the market in the middle of the market after observing short-term gains, thereby exposing themselves to the risk of price reversal.Institutional investor interest is emerging, but the main avenues are still limited to structured thematic funds or small allocations in alternative asset classes.

In emerging markets, meme coins often overlap with speculative trading on local FX/crypto channels.

Risk Factors and Scam Statistics

The meme coin craze requires large-scale detection of rug-pulling risks, backdoor liquidity draining, and malicious token logic.Since 2025, the encryption service field (not limited to Meme coins) has lost more than 2.17 billion US dollars.

Analysts estimate that up to 95% of newly issued tokens may be scams or low-probability projects, and most will collapse quickly.

60% of newly issued tokens have an active life cycle of less than 24 hours.

Security and Vulnerability Data

Less than 15% of Meme coins issued in 2025 have undergone any form of smart contract auditing.

More than 25% of the audited SOLMeme smart contracts were flagged for centralization risks in token distribution.
Over 91% of new Meme coins on the Base chain were found to have at least one security vulnerability.

The main attack modes affecting meme coins include: issuance and destruction logic vulnerabilities, owner escape vulnerabilities, and delegatecall (Ethereum underlying calling instructions) misuse issues.

Automated robot-driven sandwich attacks and front-running exploits have led to market manipulation in more than 35% of low-liquidity capital pools.

Activities of sniper robots in the Meme currency market

On meme coin issuance platforms such as Pump.fun, up to 80% of early trading volume is driven by sniper bots, especially within the first few blocks.

The bot can execute trades in less than a second after a new Meme coin liquidity event occurs, much faster than most human traders.In some releases, bots accounted for more than 70% of total unique wallet interactions within the first 10 blocks of transactions.

In addition, the volume bot simulates organic order flow by randomizing wallet rotation and spacing to avoid detection, providing liquidity for over 100 new tokens daily.

The largest bot-driven meme coin trades can create price spikes of 100–500% in minutes, followed by rapid reversals as investors try to follow suit.

A single sniper robot accumulated more than 6.8 million US dollars in profit in one month just through Meme currency transactions on Pump.fun, with a return rate of 2227 times on a single transaction.(During the peak activity period in 2024, Sniper Robot achieved a realized profit of over 15,000 SOL across thousands of transactions.)

Sophisticated sniper bots monitor DEX memory pools to analyze new contract deployments, anticipating thousands of issuances per month.

Historical performance and growth

In the 2023–2024 Bear Market Cycle:The price of Meme coins fell by as much as 85%, quickly erasing speculative gains; more than 60% of Meme coins failed to survive for six months, with significant fluctuations.

Early 2024:The top five meme coins combined account for more than 40% of all crypto speculative trading volume.

Between the first and second quarters of 2024:The market value of Meme coins has increased by more than 550%, surpassing most other crypto sectors.

May 2024:The number of independent wallet holders of Meme currency has exceeded 18 million.

By the end of 2024:Over 30% of leading meme coins have added community governance features to enhance resilience.

In 2024, the trading volume of Meme coins will surge to over 35 billion US dollars.

Among them, Dogecoin’s market value will remain above US$10 billion in 2024, and it is still the Meme coin with the most outstanding valuation.Tokens such as PEPE and FLOKI have recorded returns of more than 100 times from their issuance to their respective peaks.