Solana has quietly pulled ahead in the race for blockchain mindshare, cementing its position as the most closely followed ecosystem in crypto for a second straight year.
New data compiled by CoinGecko shows that interest in Solana-related activity outweighed every other major network throughout 2025, based on how users interacted with on-chain narratives rather than price performance alone.
Key Takeaways
Solana ranked first in global blockchain interest in 2025
CoinGecko data shows it led all ecosystems by a wide margin
Attention shifted away from older networks
The findings suggest that attention across the crypto industry continues to shift toward faster, lower-cost networks as developers and traders search for practical use cases.
CoinGecko’s analysis tracked verified global website traffic, filtering out automated and bot-driven activity, to measure where organic attention was concentrated between early 2024 and mid-December 2025. The results indicate that Solana captured more than a quarter of all ecosystem-related interest during that period, a level no other chain came close to matching.
While several competitors gained traction, none approached Solana’s lead. Coinbase’s Base network and Ethereum followed at a distance, each drawing interest in the low-to-mid teens, while newer chains such as Sui and BNB Chain formed a second tier of attention.
Legacy networks, including Bitcoin and Cardano, accounted for only a small share of engagement in comparison.
The data points to a broader trend in crypto: narratives are increasingly driven by activity, experimentation, and ecosystem momentum rather than by historical dominance.
Solana’s growth in decentralized finance, consumer-facing applications, and high-frequency trading environments appears to be translating directly into sustained attention.
CoinGecko noted that the rankings are not a measure of transaction volume or total value locked, but rather a snapshot of where curiosity, discussion, and exploration are concentrated. In that sense, Solana’s continued lead suggests it has become the default reference point for many users following developments across the on-chain landscape.
As the industry moves into 2026, the question may no longer be whether Solana can compete for relevance, but whether other ecosystems can meaningfully close the attention gap that has now persisted for two years in a row.
