# OpenSea

> Track OpenSea's fees, revenue, active users and trading volume with daily on-chain data across 18 chains. Compare OpenSea with other NFT marketplaces.

Source: [OpenSea on Token Terminal](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea). This page has no metric values. For current values, use the [Token Terminal API](https://tokenterminal.com/docs/api-reference/introduction) or the [MCP server](https://tokenterminal.com/docs/mcp/introduction).

- Sectors: NFT marketplaces
- Chains: arbitrum, arc, avalanche, base, berachain, blast, bsc, ethereum, fantom, gnosis, hyperevm, megaeth, monad, optimism, polygon, robinhoodchain, seievm, unichain

## About

### What it is

OpenSea is a non-custodial NFT marketplace protocol built on Ethereum. OpenSea was founded by Alex Atallah & Devin Finzer and launched in 2017.

### Who uses it

OpenSea team & investors own and govern the protocol. They currently take a cut of the total transaction fees paid by buyers (revenue). OpenSea's investors include a16z, Coatue, Founders Fund, etc.

### How it works

Creators & users sell NFTs on OpenSea. They receive royalties from secondary sales (supply-side fees).

## Metrics

Token Terminal tracks these metrics for OpenSea daily. Each page has a chart with the full history.

- [Trading volume](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/trading-volume)
- [Fees](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/fees)
- [Supply-side fees](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/fees-supply-side)
- [Revenue](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/revenue)
- [Expenses](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/expenses)
- [Token incentives](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/token-incentives)
- [Earnings](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/earnings)
- [Active users (daily)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/user-dau)
- [Active users (weekly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/user-wau)
- [Active users (monthly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/user-mau)
- [Active addresses (daily)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/active-addresses-daily)
- [Active addresses (weekly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/active-addresses-weekly)
- [Active addresses (monthly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/active-addresses-monthly)
- [Core developers](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/active-developers)
- [Code commits](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/code-commits)
- [Transaction count (contracts)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/transaction-count-contracts)
- [Gas used](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/gas-used)
- [Average fees per user (AFPU)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/afpu)
- [Average revenue per user (ARPU)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/arpu)
- [Take rate](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/opensea/metrics/take-rate)

## Links

- [github](https://github.com/ProjectOpenSea)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/opensea)
- [discord](https://discord.gg/opensea)
- [website](https://opensea.io/)