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BITCOIN WALLETS

How many funded Bitcoin addresses are there?

The total funded-address count, plus how quickly that count is growing.

Usually daily
Funded Bitcoin addresses over time chartmaketomaketo.com/indicator/btc-wallets1101001,00010.0K100.0K1.00M10.00M100.00M200920122015201820212024TODAY56.65M

Funded wallets since 2009, now about 56,651,368. Shown on a log scale, because the count climbs across many orders of magnitude.

Latest displayed reading: 56,651,368 on Aug 4, 2026. This view shows 1,039 dated readings from Jan 3, 2009 to Aug 4, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 1 on Jan 3, 2009. The displayed high is 56,923,532 on Jul 30, 2026.

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  • Funded addresses (selected): 56,651,368

Counting wallets is one lens. To see how big they are, and how the coins split across every size from the smallest balances to the largest holders, look at ownership by size.

  1. Is the wallet count still growing?

    Growing steadily

    Wallet growth is running at a normal, steady pace. New people keep getting exposure to Bitcoin, but nothing unusual is happening, no obvious surge and no sudden stall. This is what healthy background adoption looks like.

    Now about 56,651,368 funded wallets, −54K in the last 30 days

    +1.1M new wallets in the last 6 months

  2. How fast are new wallets being added?

    −232K
    Last 7 days
    −54K
    Last 30 days
    +429K
    Last 90 days
    +1.1M
    Last 6 months
    New wallets, rolling 90-day pace
    Funded wallets added over the trailing 90 days, last 6 months
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    +1.1M+668K+251K
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    • Addresses added in the prior 90 days (selected): +429K

    Latest displayed reading: +429K on Aug 4, 2026. This view shows 183 dated readings from Feb 3, 2026 to Aug 4, 2026. The latest displayed reading is lower than the first. The displayed low is +331K on Aug 1, 2026. The displayed high is +1.0M on Apr 26, 2026.

    New wallets keep arriving at a steady pace. Over the last three months, about 428,624 funded wallets were added.

  3. How widespread is that, roughly?

    Rough comparisons, not a headcount

    Bitcoin now has 56.7M wallets, more than the population of Kenya.

    About 0 new wallets open every day, on average over the last 30 days.

    That's roughly 1 wallet for every 145 people on Earth.

  4. What does this mean for you?

    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's neither good nor bad for the price; it's a sign the network keeps spreading quietly in the background.

    A few things to keep in mind
    • Wallets aren't users. Many wallets belong to the same person. Exchanges also hold pooled balances for millions of people behind single wallet addresses. The total is a rough proxy for adoption, not a headcount.
    • Dust attacks inflate the count. Anyone can send tiny amounts of Bitcoin to random addresses, creating "wallets" that didn't really exist. Large dust events can bump the number without reflecting real adoption.
    • Lost wallets count too. Wallets where the owner has lost the keys still hold their balance and still count. Some of those wallets haven't been touched by anyone in a decade.
    • Inscriptions and runes added bloat. Starting in 2023, protocols that use Bitcoin as a data layer created millions of addresses holding tiny amounts. Some of the wallet-count growth in that era reflects this, not new people buying Bitcoin.
    • Lightning doesn't show up here. Wallets that operate mostly on Bitcoin's Lightning Network don't add to the on-chain count. Real Bitcoin usage 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.

Understanding Bitcoin Wallets

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 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 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.