BITCOIN NEW ADDRESSES
How many new addresses appear each day?
Brand-new addresses seen on the network for the first time, day by day.
Addresses seen for the first time, per day
Each point is the number of addresses seen for the first time that day. The scale rises by powers of ten so the quiet early years and the busy modern era fit in one picture.
Inspect and compare dates
Pick two dates to compare the counts, then add a third or a fourth to see the path between them.
| Measure | Change | Relative change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New addresses that day | 266,487 | 289,574 | +23,087 | +8.7% |
| Addresses ever seen | 1,540,221,212 | 1,548,679,600 | +8,458,388 | +0.5% |
Right now
289,574 addresses appeared on the blockchain for the first time in the day ending 28 Sep 2026.
The window rolls with the chain, so this always covers the most recent full day.
How many addresses has Bitcoin ever seen?
1,548,679,600 addresses have appeared on the blockchain at least once, and 289,574 of them arrived in the day ending 28 Sep 2026.
Most of these were used briefly and emptied. Only a small fraction hold any Bitcoin right now; the Total Wallets page tracks that second, smaller number.
Compared with the busiest day
The busiest day on record was 14 Dec 2017, with 804,574 new addresses. The latest count is 64.0% below it.
For you
Watch the trend against Active Addresses and Daily Activity, not as a population count or a price prediction.
This is the network’s intake of fresh addresses, one honest count per day. A sustained climb means more hands touching Bitcoin, whether new people or busier wallets. A long fade means quieter use.
Understanding
Bitcoin New Addresses
Where it stands today
289.57K brand-new addresses appeared on the blockchain in one day as of .
What counts as a new address?
An address counts as new the first time it ever appears on the blockchain, whether it receives a payment or shows up inside a transaction. The count covers the past day as a rolling window, so it always reflects the most recent full day of activity.
Does a new address mean a new person?
A new address is not a new person. Modern wallets create a fresh address for almost every payment, including the change a wallet sends back to itself, so one active person can leave dozens of new addresses behind in a week. Read this as raw turnover on the blockchain, not as people signing up.
Why can the earliest years undercount?
In Bitcoin's first two years, nearly every new address used an early payment format, called pay-to-public-key or P2PK, that can hide repeats of the same key. By 2013 that format had faded to fewer than one in four hundred new addresses, and today it has essentially disappeared. The earliest stretch of the chart can therefore undercount slightly; the rest counts exactly.
Why are there two totals?
Two totals tell different stories. Well over a billion addresses have appeared at least once, but most were used briefly and emptied. Only a small fraction hold any Bitcoin right now, and the Total Wallets page tracks that second, smaller number.
The numbers
behind the chart
What does the current reading show?
New addresses that day: the latest reading is 289,574, on . The highest reading since is 804,574 on ; the lowest is 4 on .
Addresses ever seen: the latest reading is 1,548,679,600, on . The highest reading since is 1,548,679,600 on ; the lowest is 168 on .
Daily readings since 11 Jan 2009, each the addresses first seen in the day ending on its date. Highest and lowest cover every day since then; month-end values use the last reading on or before that date.
What are the latest, highest and lowest readings?
| Measure | Latest | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| New addresses that day | 289,574 | 804,574 | 4 |
| Addresses ever seen | 1,548,679,600 | 1,548,679,600 | 168 |
How do the readings compare with earlier dates?
| Reference date | New addresses that day | Addresses ever seen |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month ago | 302,604 | 1,539,954,725 |
| 3 months ago | 250,285 | 1,522,319,944 |
| 6 months ago | 259,765 | 1,496,646,474 |
| 1 year ago | 274,668 | 1,442,675,400 |
| 2 years ago | 287,529 | 1,328,715,384 |
What was the reading at each month’s end?
| Reading date | New addresses that day | Addresses ever seen |
|---|---|---|
| 298,761 | 1,540,757,201 | |
| 394,812 | 1,531,733,053 | |
| 344,117 | 1,522,962,633 | |
| 244,792 | 1,514,476,365 | |
| 297,213 | 1,505,747,315 | |
| 287,332 | 1,497,436,826 | |
| 302,470 | 1,488,617,632 | |
| 312,243 | 1,480,351,260 | |
| 327,205 | 1,471,404,377 | |
| 275,622 | 1,462,124,535 | |
| 329,008 | 1,452,910,959 | |
| 323,855 | 1,443,301,316 | |
| 262,472 | 1,434,149,270 | |
| 341,398 | 1,424,268,499 | |
| 304,881 | 1,414,573,188 | |
| 289,017 | 1,405,708,533 | |
| 324,495 | 1,396,194,352 | |
| 316,428 | 1,386,892,008 | |
| 364,862 | 1,377,351,024 | |
| 327,936 | 1,368,836,600 | |
| 315,995 | 1,358,917,339 | |
| 338,467 | 1,348,561,647 | |
| 332,579 | 1,338,366,466 | |
| 304,426 | 1,329,302,472 |
Source: Maketo’s daily count of new Bitcoin addresses. Reading for .