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Polymarket statistics

Updated October 6, 2026 · refreshed twice a day · daily history kept since the first snapshot

As of October 6, 2026, the 2,100 most active open Polymarket events hold 43,713 markets, with $40.45M traded in the last 24 hours and $290.68M in open interest. The ten busiest events account for 42% of the day's volume; 553 events are recurring price, weather or up/down series and 469 are single games.

Volume by category (last 24 hours)

CategoryOpen events24h volumeShareOpen interest
Sports665$16.41M41%$26.85M
Politics & Elections663$15.34M38%$196.64M
Crypto113$3.99M10%$33.28M
Other markets175$1.51M4%$2.39M
Geopolitics & World93$1.05M3%$11.92M
Economy & Fed203$976.4K2%$13.50M
Tech & AI114$660.6K2%$2.81M
Culture & Entertainment74$513.6K1%$3.29M

Top 10 events by 24-hour volume

Event24h volume
Falcons vs. Saints$5.80M
Brazil Presidential Election$3.47M
Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Guardians$1.54M
Fed Decision in October?$1.53M
Bitcoin Up or Down on October 5?$1.42M
Next French Presidential Election$875.4K
Ballon d'Or Winner 2026$612.9K
Balance of Power: 2026 Midterms$595.1K
Presidential Election Winner 2028$504.3K
US announces end of Iranian blockade?$485.5K

Daily history

0%25%50%75%100%Sep 24Oct 6

■ 24h volume (relative) · 30-day price history (12-hour points)

Date (UTC)Open eventsMarkets24h volumeOpen interest
2026-10-062,10043,713$40.45M$290.68M
2026-10-052,10043,577$45.66M$287.29M
2026-10-042,10053,328$70.34M$301.81M
2026-10-032,10058,123$45.91M$296.69M
2026-10-022,10050,095$43.20M$289.50M
2026-10-012,10047,756$37.02M$281.06M
2026-09-302,10048,739$33.13M$294.59M
2026-09-292,10047,140$35.36M$289.63M
2026-09-282,10044,448$41.67M$291.65M
2026-09-272,10057,325$68.00M$311.40M
2026-09-262,10059,297$49.31M$306.60M
2026-09-252,10052,149$34.52M$296.33M
2026-09-242,10047,969$44.44M$305.41M

Counts cover the open events the Gamma API returns when paged by 24-hour volume (2,100 this run), which include every event with meaningful daily trading. Categories follow Polymarket's tags as grouped on our odds index. Free JSON: /api/v1/stats.json (CC BY 4.0).

Frequently asked questions

How much volume does Polymarket trade per day?

As of October 6, 2026, the 2,100 most active open Polymarket events hold 43,713 markets, with $40.45M traded in the last 24 hours and $290.68M in open interest. The ten busiest events account for 42% of the day's volume; 553 events are recurring price, weather or up/down series and 469 are single games.

Which Polymarket categories trade the most?

See the category table: it splits the last 24 hours of volume across politics, geopolitics, economy, crypto, sports, tech and culture, as tagged by Polymarket.

Where do these statistics come from?

From Polymarket's public Gamma API, reading the most active open events (the API returns events in pages ordered by 24-hour volume). Numbers are refreshed twice a day and one snapshot per day is kept in the history table.

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