A new wave of on-chain activity is reshaping the competitive landscape across major blockchain ecosystems. Instead of price charts or token sentiment, the clearest signal this week came from user participation, with millions of unique wallets revealing where real adoption is accelerating, and where it’s fading.
BNB Chain Still Leads, but Momentum Is Slipping
BNB Chain continues to hold the industry’s largest user base, logging more than 17 million active wallets over seven days. But size no longer guarantees growth. Activity dipped compared to the previous period, suggesting its lead over faster-rising competitors is narrowing rather than strengthening.
This shift marks a notable change: BNB Chain remains massive, but it is no longer setting the pace.
Solana and NEAR Are Closing the Gap Quickly
Two networks in particular are emerging as BNB Chain’s most serious challengers.
- •NEAR sits just behind with more than 15 million weekly users, maintaining one of the most stable growth curves of any major chain.
- •Solana posted the most explosive climb among top-tier ecosystems, with weekly activity jumping by roughly 25%. It now exceeds 12 million active users, an expansion that continues despite broader market volatility.
For both networks, user growth isn’t being driven by speculation alone. High throughput and low-friction applications are creating steady daily engagement.
Polygon Leads a Mid-Table Shake-Up
The eye-catching move this week came from Polygon, which staged one of its strongest rebounds in months. Active users surged more than 60%, the largest week-over-week gain among all major networks.
Other notable climbers included:
- •Aptos, which posted a healthy rise
- •Jito, continuing to capture DeFi-focused activity
The pattern shows that ecosystems designed around consumer-grade performance and DeFi efficiency are pulling in consistent activity even when market sentiment is uncertain.
Sei, PancakeSwap, and Uniswap See Activity Drop
Not every network kept pace. Sei, PancakeSwap, and Uniswap all recorded sharp declines in weekly users. These ecosystems remain active, but the pullback highlights how quickly engagement can contract when speculative flows cool down and application-driven demand isn’t strong enough to fill the gap.
Layer-1 Networks Continue to Pull Ahead
The broader takeaway is clear: high-performance Layer-1 blockchains are capturing the stickiest, most durable user behavior.
While Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Base each retain millions of active wallets, the largest growth spikes this week were concentrated on L1s capable of delivering fast, cheap, and reliable execution at scale.
Solana’s climb, NEAR’s stability, BNB Chain’s plateau, and Polygon’s resurgence all point to the same trend, the contest for long-term adoption is intensifying, and the winners will be the chains that can convert everyday usage into sustained on-chain activity, not just hype.