Solana hits 7,699 monthly active programs as funded wallets climb 38.5%
In brief
- Solana logged 7,699 monthly active programs in September, Crypto Briefing reported.
- Funded Solana wallets rose 38.5% month over month to 16.10 million, per Solscan data.
- Arbitrage and sandwich bots formed the largest active-program category, with 877 programs.
- Solana stablecoin daily active addresses reached 888,000, up 269% year over year.
What counts as an active program
Programs are Solana's equivalent of smart contracts (pieces of on-chain code). The 7,699 figure only includes programs that recorded at least one successful interaction during September. That's a simple threshold: one successful interaction was enough.
Crypto Briefing put the total number of deployed programs at about 42,470 to 42,633. Measured against roughly 42,500 programs, the outlet calculated that about 18% of everything deployed was active in the month.
Bots top the category rankings
Bots, not consumer apps, led the list.
Arbitrage and sandwich bots made up the largest category of active programs, with 877 programs, according to Crypto Briefing. DeFi applications came next at 315, followed by cross-chain bridges at 288, gaming and casino projects at 222 and swap protocols at 168.
The outlet said these bots front-run user transactions for profit, and it pointed to Solana's low fees and fast block times as the reason the strategies are attractive on the network. Crypto Briefing's analysis suggests a nontrivial portion of Solana's transaction count comes from automated MEV extraction rather than organic user activity.
Pump.fun AMM and Jupiter Aggregator v6 were among the most active individual programs over the trailing 30 days. Jupiter's been Solana's dominant DEX aggregator for a while now (it routes trades across multiple liquidity sources).
Wallets and stablecoins
A funded wallet is one that holds some amount of SOL or SPL tokens. On that basis, Solscan data cited by Crypto Briefing showed 16.10 million funded wallets on Solana in September, up 38.5% from the prior month.
Stablecoin usage grew too. Daily active addresses for stablecoins on Solana reached 888,000, a 269% jump year-over-year, the outlet reported. It didn't specify which year's September the figures cover.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a monthly active program on Solana?
Programs are Solana's equivalent of smart contracts. Crypto Briefing's 7,699 figure for September counted programs that recorded at least one successful interaction during the month.
What is a funded wallet on Solana?
A funded wallet is one that holds some amount of SOL or SPL tokens. Solscan data cited by Crypto Briefing showed funded wallets on Solana rose to 16.10 million in September, up 38.5% from the prior month.
Why do bots make up so many active Solana programs?
Arbitrage and sandwich bots were the largest active-program category, with 877 programs. Crypto Briefing said these bots front-run user transactions for profit and pointed to Solana's low fees and fast block times as reasons the strategies are attractive on the network.
