BITCOIN WALLETS
How many funded Bitcoin addresses are there?
The total funded-address count, plus how quickly that count is growing.
Funded Bitcoin addresses, from the first one to today
Every address that holds Bitcoin, counted each day. The scale rises by powers of ten, because the count runs from one address in 2009 to tens of millions now.
Price uses its own log scale on the right. Compare timing, not vertical distance.
Inspect and compare dates
Choose two dates to see how many wallets were funded on each.
| Measure | Change | Relative change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funded wallets | 54,433,063 | 57,001,948 | +2,568,885 | +4.7% |
New wallets, over each trailing 90 days
Funded addresses added over the ninety days before each date, across the last six months. Ninety days rather than one, because the reading refreshes in small steps and a day-to-day difference would draw those steps as spikes.
Inspect and compare dates
Choose two dates to compare the pace on each.
| Measure | Change | Relative change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallets added in the prior 90 days | 882,398 | 316,948 | −565,450 | −64.1% |
Right now
Wallet growth is steady.
About 57M addresses hold Bitcoin today, +270.5K over the last 30 days and +930.3K over the last six months.
What it means today
Wallet growth is running at its normal pace. New people keep getting exposure to Bitcoin, with no surge and no stall. This is what quiet background adoption looks like.
How fast
New wallets keep arriving at a steady pace.
Last 7 days
Last 30 days
Last 90 days
Last 6 months
Over the last three months about 316,948 funded wallets were added.
How widespread
Rough comparisons, not a headcount.
- 57M wallets, more than the population of Kenya.
- About 9,016 more wallets hold Bitcoin each day, on average over the last 30 days.
- 1 wallet for every 144 people on Earth, roughly.
What to do with it
A steady stream of new wallets is the normal, healthy state for Bitcoin. People keep getting exposure without any unusual surge or stall. On its own it is neither good nor bad for the price. It is a sign the network keeps spreading quietly in the background.
A few things to keep in mind
- Wallets are not people. Many wallets belong to the same person. Exchanges also hold pooled balances for millions of people behind single addresses. The total is a rough proxy for adoption, not a headcount.
- Tiny unwanted payments inflate the count. Anyone can send a tiny amount of Bitcoin to a random address, creating a wallet that did not really exist. A large wave of them can bump the number without reflecting real adoption.
- Lost wallets count too. Wallets whose owner has lost the keys still hold their balance and still count. Some of them have not been touched by anyone in a decade.
- Data and collectible protocols added bloat. From 2023, protocols that use Bitcoin as a data layer created millions of addresses holding tiny amounts. Some of the growth in that era reflects this, not new people buying Bitcoin.
- The Lightning Network does not show up here. Wallets that operate mostly on Bitcoin's Lightning Network add nothing to this count. Real Bitcoin use can be growing while this number stays flat.
- The exact count can step when the reading refreshes. This page reads the number of funded addresses straight from the blockchain. When that reading refreshes, the total can step up or down by around a percent in a single day even though no real wallets appeared or vanished. What matters is the growth pace, not the exact level.
One lens of several
Counting wallets says how many addresses hold Bitcoin. It says nothing about how big they are, or how the coins split from the smallest balances to the largest holders.
Understanding
Bitcoin Wallets
Where it stands today
57.00M Bitcoin addresses hold coins as of .
What counts as a wallet?
What counts as a wallet. This page tracks addresses with at least one coin entry that has not been spent yet. This measure is commonly called funded addresses, positive balance addresses, or non-zero balance addresses. Almost every address in the count holds at least one satoshi, though a tiny number of zero-value entries can remain unspent. It tracks the total and how quickly that total is changing; it does not compare balance sizes or show profit and loss by size. One person can control many addresses, while exchanges can hold funds for millions of people behind a handful of addresses, so this is not a headcount of owners.
Why does the growth rate matter more than the number?
Why the growth rate matters more than the number. Bitcoin's wallet count rises almost every day, climbing nearly without a break since 2009. That means the raw number almost always hits a new high, which isn't all that informative by itself. The interesting question is speed: is growth accelerating, steady, or slowing? When growth speeds up, something is pulling new people in. When it slows, adoption may be cooling or shifting to places like the Lightning Network that don't create on-chain wallets.
How should the rough comparisons be read?
How to read the rough comparisons. The population comparisons and the one-wallet-for-every-N-people framings are honest but imperfect. One person can hold many wallets, exchanges pool millions behind single wallets, and much of the world will never own Bitcoin. Treat them as conversation-starters, not census data. The real signal on this page is whether the growth pace is healthy or fading.
The numbers
behind the chart
What does the current reading show?
Funded wallets: the latest reading is 57,001,948, on . The highest reading since is 57,026,374 on ; the lowest is 1 on .
The count is recorded daily from 3 Jan 2009, the day the first address was funded. It counts addresses that hold at least one coin entry nobody has spent yet. The reading refreshes from the blockchain, and when it does the total can step up or down by about a percent in a day with no real wallets appearing or vanishing. Month-end values use the last reading on or before that date.
What are the latest, highest and lowest readings?
| Measure | Latest | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funded wallets | 57,001,948 | 57,026,374 | 1 |
How do the readings compare with earlier dates?
| Reference date | Funded wallets |
|---|---|
| 1 month ago | 56,712,455 |
| 3 months ago | 56,652,782 |
| 6 months ago | 56,061,083 |
| 1 year ago | 54,433,063 |
| 2 years ago | 52,558,162 |
What was the reading at each month’s end?
| Reading date | Funded wallets |
|---|---|
| 56,728,311 | |
| 56,786,907 | |
| 56,685,000 | |
| 56,306,681 | |
| 56,381,267 | |
| 56,075,317 | |
| 55,725,740 | |
| 55,470,051 | |
| 55,204,638 | |
| 54,827,076 | |
| 54,724,637 | |
| 54,397,203 | |
| 54,240,048 | |
| 53,403,704 | |
| 53,073,766 | |
| 53,085,358 | |
| 53,016,944 | |
| 52,751,018 | |
| 52,604,307 | |
| 52,697,743 | |
| 52,558,596 | |
| 52,746,932 | |
| 52,563,679 | |
| 52,555,131 |
Source: Maketo’s daily count of every Bitcoin address holding a coin. Reading for .