Annual Report.

Monthly and quarterly context for Polygon Chain fees, transactions, gas utilization, and network activity in 2026.

Data through Sep 27, 2026Methodology

Transactions YTD

1.98B

Updated daily

Fees collected

280.52M POL

Base + priority

Fees in USD

$26.65M

At daily POL/USD

Executive summary

Polygon Chain activity through Sep 27, 2026

On-chain daily aggregates

Polygon Chain processed 1,977,050,690 transactions and collected 280,522,216 POL in base and priority fees during the measured 2026 period. The table makes the monthly fee, activity, gas-utilization, and user-cost series available alongside the interactive charts.

Month	Transactions	Fees	Fees USD	Gas use	USD / tx
Jan 2026	184,369,589	29,583,996 POL	$3,825,000	60.9%	$0.0207
Feb 2026	221,564,308	48,024,413 POL	$4,950,377	65.0%	$0.0223
Mar 2026	305,625,498	29,442,347 POL	$2,856,157	59.4%	$0.0093
Apr 2026	284,876,444	22,416,256 POL	$2,027,510	48.3%	$0.0071
May 2026	244,001,117	35,877,391 POL	$3,377,108	35.5%	$0.0138
Jun 2026	214,614,885	35,345,043 POL	$2,743,797	30.1%	$0.0128
Jul 2026	197,794,992	34,198,571 POL	$2,640,018	25.2%	$0.0133
Aug 2026	175,753,090	25,786,363 POL	$2,224,517	21.7%	$0.0127
Sep 2026 · partial	148,450,767	19,847,837 POL	$2,006,325	20.1%	$0.0135

Jan 2026

Transactions

184.37M

Fees (POL)

29.58M

Fees (USD)

$3.83M

USD / tx

$0.0207

Avg base gwei

571

Avg priority gwei

Daily fees (POL)

Base fees dominated at 87% of total fees; average user cost was $0.0208 per transaction.

Feb 2026

Transactions

221.56M

Fees (POL)

48.02M

Fees (USD)

$4.95M

USD / tx

$0.0223

Avg base gwei

477

Avg priority gwei

335

Daily fees (POL)

The year's highest fee month: 48.0M POL and $4.9M, with utilization holding at 65%.

Mar 2026

Transactions

305.63M

Fees (POL)

29.44M

Fees (USD)

$2.86M

USD / tx

$0.0093

Avg base gwei

116

Avg priority gwei

228

Daily fees (POL)

Activity reached 9.9M tx/day while average user cost fell to $0.0094; priority fees made up 66%.

Q1 2026

Quarter total

Jan-Mar

Transactions

711.56M

Fees (POL)

107.05M

Fees (USD)

$11.63M

USD / tx

$0.0163

Avg base gwei

385

Avg priority gwei

211

Full-quarter sum across Jan-Mar. Gwei values are daily averages.

Apr 2026

Transactions

284.88M

Fees (POL)

22.42M

Fees (USD)

$2.03M

USD / tx

$0.0071

Avg base gwei

100

Avg priority gwei

197

Daily fees (POL)

Average user cost reached the YTD low of $0.0071 as total fees fell to 22.4M POL.

May 2026

Transactions

244.00M

Fees (POL)

35.88M

Fees (USD)

$3.38M

USD / tx

$0.0138

Avg base gwei

236

Avg priority gwei

246

Daily fees (POL)

Fees rebounded to 35.9M POL as the base share returned to 51%; utilization eased to 35.5%.

Jun 2026

Transactions

214.61M

Fees (POL)

35.35M

Fees (USD)

$2.74M

USD / tx

$0.0128

Avg base gwei

251

Avg priority gwei

214

Daily fees (POL)

Fees held near May at 35.3M POL while activity slowed to 7.2M tx/day and 30.1% utilization.

Q2 2026

Quarter total

Apr-Jun

Transactions

743.49M

Fees (POL)

93.64M

Fees (USD)

$8.15M

USD / tx

$0.0110

Avg base gwei

196

Avg priority gwei

219

Full-quarter sum across Apr-Jun. Gwei values are daily averages.

Jul 2026

Transactions

197.79M

Fees (POL)

34.20M

Fees (USD)

$2.64M

USD / tx

$0.0133

Avg base gwei

249

Avg priority gwei

224

Daily fees (POL)

Fees remained stable at 34.2M POL while activity eased to 6.4M tx/day and 25.2% utilization.

Aug 2026

Transactions

175.75M

Fees (POL)

25.79M

Fees (USD)

$2.22M

USD / tx

$0.0127

Avg base gwei

243

Avg priority gwei

169

Daily fees (POL)

Sep 2026

In progress

Transactions

148.45M

Fees (POL)

19.85M

Fees (USD)

$2.01M

USD / tx

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Avg base gwei

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Avg priority gwei

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Daily fees (POL)

Daily trends

Jan-Sep 2026

Daily feesstacked: base + priority

Average base feegwei, per day

Average priority feegwei, per day

Daily transactionscount

Gas utilization% of block gas limit

Daily feesbase + priority

Fee composition shift

Base fees vs priority fees, share of monthly fees

Jan

87% / 13%

Feb

59% / 41%

Mar

34% / 66%

Apr

34% / 66%

May

51% / 49%

Jun

54% / 46%

Jul

53% / 47%

Aug

59% / 41%

Sep

in progress

base feespriority feesshare of monthly fees collected