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Phil walks through the application revenue review.
App revenue · Solana · Hyperliquid · Ethereum · Base · BSC
Application revenue review: Solana leads as daily and weekly rankings diverge
Apps on Solana kept more money than apps on any other chain in every window: 44% of today's total across these five chains. Base beat BSC today, but BSC is ahead over the week and month. Revenue shows who earned, not whether it will last.
DefiLlama app revenue by chain
Base / BSC swap
| Ecosystem | 24h | 7d | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solana | $5.33M | $40.40M | $159.05M |
| Hyperliquid L1 | $2.91M | $16.06M | $77.95M |
| Ethereum | $1.94M | $11.30M | $54.04M |
| Base | $1.22M | $4.46M | $27.68M |
| BSC | $702k | $8.34M | $35.85M |
TL;DR
- What this measures: the money apps (exchanges, lending markets and so on) keep for themselves after users pay them. Not chain gas fees, and not profit.
- Solana apps lead every window. Today they earned $5.33M, about 2.7× Ethereum and 44% of the five-chain total. Over the last week the share was half.
- Base beat BSC today ($1.22M vs $702k), but BSC leads over 7 and 30 days. Base's day was 1.9× its weekly average, after a week that ran about 37% below the rest of its month.
- A total can't show whether one app earns it all, or whether incentives are paying for it. Those decide if revenue lasts.
Dashboard 01
App revenue at a glance
DefiLlama app revenue · 3 Sep 2026 · ratios derived
Solana, 24h
$5.33M#1 all windows
44.0% of the five chainsSolana vs Ethereum, 24h
2.7×
$5.33M vs $1.94MSolana, 30d
$159M
Over 2× Hyperliquid's $78MHyperliquid, 24h
$2.91M
#2 in every windowBase today vs weekly average
1.9×
$1.22M vs $637k a dayBSC today vs weekly average
0.59×
$702k vs $1.19M a dayBSC vs Base, 7d
1.9×BSC ahead
$8.34M vs $4.46MFive ecosystems, 30d
$354.6M
$12.1M in the last 24h01 / Leaders
Solana leads, and the gap is wide
Application revenue is what apps keep from the fees users pay them, under each app's tracking rules. Think of it as the takings of the businesses built on a chain, rather than the toll the chain itself charges.
On that measure Solana is well ahead. Its apps earned about 2.7 times what Ethereum's did in the last day, and 44% of the total for these five chains. That's a share of this sample, not of every app on every chain. Hyperliquid's L1 is a steady second in all windows, and Ethereum a steady third.
Dashboard 02
App revenue by chain, three windows
DefiLlama app revenue · USD
Last 7 days
Last 30 days
Dashboard 03
Share of the five-chain total
Totals: $12.1M (24h) · $80.6M (7d) · $354.6M (30d) · hover for values
SolanaHyperliquidEthereumBaseBSC
Solana's share peaks at 50.1% over 7 days. Base's share is twice as large today (10.1%) as over the week (5.5%).
02 / The swap
Base wins today, BSC wins the week
The top three hold the same order in every window. The bottom two swap. Today Base earned $1.22M against BSC's $702k. Over seven days BSC earned nearly twice as much as Base, and over thirty days about 30% more.
Base's latest day was about 1.9 times its average day of the past week. But that week was weak: it averaged about 37% less per day than the 23 days before. BSC is the mirror image: a steady week, then a quiet day at about 0.6 times its average. One strong day isn't a trend. The question is whether Base's jump holds.
Dashboard 04
Rank by window
1 = highest app revenue · hover for values
SolanaHyperliquidEthereumBaseBSC
Dashboard 05
Today vs an average day
Weekly average = 7d ÷ 7 · monthly average = 30d ÷ 30 · derived
vs 7-day averagevs 30-day average
Dashboard 06
Last week vs the rest of the month
Average daily app revenue · last 7 days vs the 23 days before · derived as (30d − 7d) ÷ 23
Earlier 23 daysLast 7 days
Change in average daily revenue
Last week's share of the month
Steady pace = 7 ÷ 30 ≈ 23%.
03 / Interpretation
Where the money comes from matters
Two chains can show the same revenue and carry very different risk. If one app earns most of it, the whole ecosystem's number rises and falls with that app. If earnings are spread across trading, lending and payments, a problem in one area matters less. The chain-level totals here can't tell those cases apart.
Durability matters too. Revenue earned while users are being paid rewards to show up may fade once the rewards stop. Judging whether revenue is sustainable, or whether it benefits token holders, needs costs, incentives and distribution rules.
Dashboard 07
Same revenue, different risk
Illustrative · two hypothetical ecosystems each earning $10M
Ecosystem A depends on one app. Ecosystem B would survive a shock to any single source. The real split for each chain needs app-level data.
Dashboard 08
What app revenue is, and what it isn't
Four numbers that are easy to confuse
Gross app fees
◐ Bigger numberEverything users pay an app, before it shares any with liquidity providers or others.
App revenue
● MeasuredThe part the app keeps. This review.
Chain gas fees
◐ Separate layerWhat users pay the blockchain itself. A different layer (see the fee review).
Profit and token value
✕ Not measuredRevenue minus costs and incentives; whether any reaches the chain's token.
Dashboard 09
What would make the finding stronger
Questions the totals can't answer
Top-app share
How much of each chain's revenue comes from its biggest app.
ConcentrationRevenue by type
Trading vs lending vs payments vs other.
DiversityIncentive spend
Rewards paid to attract the activity.
DurabilityBase's next weeks
Does the 1.9× day turn into a trend?
PersistenceDashboard 10
Evidence scorecard
What the snapshot supports today
Solana apps earn the most in every window
● Established$5.33M (24h) to $159M (30d); 44% of today's sample.
Base beats BSC today; BSC leads over 7d and 30d
● EstablishedVisible directly in the table.
Base's day is a jump after a weak week
◐ Derived1.9× weekly average; week ≈37% below prior pace.
Base's growth is persistent
✕ Not establishedOne day can't show it.
Revenue is spread across many apps
✕ Not establishedNeeds app-level breakdown.
Revenue is profit or benefits token holders
✕ Not supportedNo costs, incentives or distribution data.
04 / DashMode's assessment
Clear leader, open questions
Solana's lead in app revenue is large and consistent across every window. Hyperliquid and Ethereum hold steady behind it. The Base and BSC swap is the live question: one strong day against a week that pointed the other way.
The next step is to look inside the totals: which apps earn the money, how much of it is propped up by rewards, and whether Base's jump repeats over the coming weeks.
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DashMode's app-revenue method
For a recurring revenue report
One source, three windows24h, 7d and 30d from the same page.
Own baselinesEach chain against its own average day.
Open the totalTop-app share and revenue by type.
Net out incentivesSeparate paid-for activity from organic.
Keep layers apartGross fees, revenue, gas and profit never mixed.
Sources
Methodology and limits. Uses DefiLlama's chain-level application revenue series retrieved on 3 Sep 2026. Revenue follows each tracked app's adapter definition and is distinct from gross app fees, chain gas fees and audited net profit. Coverage is limited to tracked apps and provider attribution rules. Shares are of this five-chain sample only. Baselines divide 30-day revenue by 30 and 7-day revenue by 7; the "earlier 23 days" average is (30d − 7d) ÷ 23 and assumes aligned windows. Dashboard 07 is illustrative. No operating costs are reconstructed and no claim is made that app revenue accrues to a chain's token. Exact upstream cutoffs were unavailable. Dated research, not a live feed. Not investment advice.