# Solana > Track Solana's fees, revenue, active users and earnings with daily on-chain data. Compare Solana with other blockchains (L1). Updated daily. Source: [Solana on Token Terminal](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana). 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). - Token: SOL - Sectors: Blockchains (L1) - Chains: solana ## About ### What it is Solana is a smart contract platform for decentralized applications (a blockchain). Solana was founded by Anatoly Yakovenko, Greg Fitzgerald, Raj Gokal, etc. and launched in 2020. ### Who uses it SOL holders own and govern the protocol. They currently take a cut of the transaction fees paid by users (revenue). Solana’s investors include Polychain Capital, ParaFi capital, Passport capital, etc. ### How it works Validators process transactions and receive fees from users (supply-side fees). ## Metrics Token Terminal tracks these metrics for Solana daily. Each page has a chart with the full history. - [Price](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/price) - [Fully diluted market cap](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/market-cap-fully-diluted) - [Circulating market cap](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/market-cap-circulating) - [Token trading volume](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/token-trading-volume) - [Token turnover (fully diluted)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/token-turnover-fully-diluted) - [Token turnover (circulating)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/token-turnover-circulating) - [Token holders](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/tokenholders) - [Circulating supply](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/token-supply-circulating) - [Staking market cap](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/staking-market-cap) - [Number of validators](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/number-of-validators) - [Fees](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/fees) - [Supply-side fees](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/fees-supply-side) - [Revenue](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/revenue) - [Expenses](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/expenses) - [Token incentives](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/token-incentives) - [Earnings](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/earnings) - [P/F ratio (fully diluted)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/pf-fully-diluted) - [P/F ratio (circulating)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/pf-circulating) - [P/S ratio (fully diluted)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ps-fully-diluted) - [P/S ratio (circulating)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ps-circulating) - [Active users (daily)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/user-dau) - [Active users (weekly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/user-wau) - [Active users (monthly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/user-mau) - [Active addresses (daily)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/active-addresses-daily) - [Active addresses (weekly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/active-addresses-weekly) - [Active addresses (monthly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/active-addresses-monthly) - [Core developers](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/active-developers) - [Code commits](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/code-commits) - [Contract deployers](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/contract-deployers) - [Contracts deployed](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/contracts-deployed) - [Transaction count](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/transaction-count) - [Transactions per second](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/transactions-per-second) - [Average transaction fee](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/transaction-fee-average) - [Median transaction fee](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/transaction-fee-median) - [Vote transaction count](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/vote-transaction-count) - [Non-vote transaction count](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/non-vote-transaction-count) - [Successful non-vote transaction count](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/successful-non-vote-transaction-count) - [Failed non-vote transaction count](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/failed-non-vote-transaction-count) - [Slot count](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/slot-count) - [Compute units per block](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/compute-units-per-block) - [Average fees per user (AFPU)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/afpu) - [Average revenue per user (ARPU)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/arpu) - [Block time](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/block-time) - [Ecosystem trading volume](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-dex-trading-volume) - [GDP](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/gdp) - [Ecosystem total value locked](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-tvl) - [Ecosystem active loans](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-active-loans) - [Ecosystem active addresses (monthly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-active-addresses-monthly) - [Ecosystem transaction count (contracts)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-transaction-count-contracts) - [Ecosystem gas used](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-gas-used) - [Ecosystem stablecoin supply](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-stablecoin-supply) - [Ecosystem assets staked](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-assets-staked) - [Ecosystem active users (monthly)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-user-mau) - [Ecosystem bridged stablecoin supply](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/ecosystem-bridged-stablecoin-supply) - [Take rate](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/solana/metrics/take-rate) ## Links - [governance](https://forums.solana.com/) - [github](https://github.com/solana-labs) - [github](https://github.com/firedancer-io) - [twitter](https://twitter.com/solana) - [discord](https://discord.com/invite/kBbATFA7PW) - [etherscan](https://solscan.io/) - [website](https://solana.com/)