Tron has maintained its position as the blockchain with the highest number of daily active users for ten consecutive months, a streak dating back to at least May 2025. According to Presto Research data sourced from DefiLlama for February 2026, Tron led all networks with approximately 3.2 million daily active users.
The BNB Smart Chain ranked a distant second with roughly 2.6 million users, followed by Solana in third with about 2.15 million. The gap widens significantly thereafter, with Avalanche in fourth place at around 700,000 users—less than a quarter of Tron's count. Ethereum, despite having the largest total value locked and most developed DeFi ecosystem, recorded only about 670,000 daily active users, placing it fifth behind Avalanche and just ahead of Bitcoin's 650,000. Polygon, Base, and Arbitrum rounded out the list with 640,000, 480,000, and 150,000 users, respectively.
This sustained leadership is attributed to Tron's primary use case: low-cost USDT (Tether) transfers. Tether issues more of its stablecoin on Tron than on any other blockchain. Millions of users in emerging markets across Asia, Latin America, and Africa utilize Tron's infrastructure for daily, cross-border dollar-denominated transactions due to fees that are a fraction of a cent—a stark contrast to Ethereum, where fees can reach several dollars during congestion.
Supporting data from Revolut showed Tron accounted for 23% of its crypto transaction volume, while Latin American data indicated stablecoins represented 70% of crypto inflows in Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil. This highlights a fundamental divergence: Tron's user base consists largely of individuals conducting frequent, small-value transfers, whereas Ethereum's users are typically higher-value, lower-frequency participants engaging in complex DeFi activities. The active user metric favors frequency, explaining Tron's dominance.
The consistency of Tron's lead through various market cycles—including Bitcoin's rally above $100,000, altcoin corrections, and the rise of Layer 2 networks like Base and Arbitrum—signals a structural, rather than cyclical, demand. It underscores a growing narrative that the most discussed blockchains in Western media are not necessarily the most widely used on a daily basis by the global population.
