Polymarket volume and fees, by category
Where the money is actually trading on Polymarket right now, across every category, and the taker fee and maker rebate that applies to each.
Volume and open interest are pulled from Polymarket's public API and refreshed daily. The fee and rebate figures are its published per-category rates, so this reads against the fees and rebates calculator.
| Category | Volume (24h) | Share | Taker fees | Maker rebates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports207 | $28.8M | 56% | $719k | $108k |
| Politics114 | $9.3M | 18% | $185k | $46k |
| Crypto40 | $3.6M | 7.0% | $126k | $25k |
| Other106 | $2.7M | 5.2% | $67k | $17k |
| Economy15 | $2.3M | 4.4% | $57k | $14k |
| Tech34 | $1.7M | 3.3% | $34k | $9k |
| Geopolitics33 | $1.5M | 2.9% | Free | None |
| Culture25 | $1.3M | 2.6% | $33k | $8k |
| Science1 | $172k | 0.3% | $4k | $1k |
| Business5 | $140k | 0.3% | $3k | $701 |
Count is active markets in each category. Taker fees and maker rebates are estimated on the 24h volume at a 50¢ average price, so they move with both volume and price; makers pay no fee and instead earn the rebate, their share of the taker fees. The exact per-trade maths is in the calculator.
- 1Denmark vs. PortugalSports$5.4M
- 2Wales vs. NorwaySports$2.8M
- 3Greece vs. NetherlandsSports$2.0M
- 4Fed Decision in October?Economy$1.9M
- 5Brazil Presidential ElectionPolitics$1.5M
- 6Counter-Strike: FaZe vs Nemiga (BO3) - Stake Ranked Episode 4 PlayoffsSports$1.4M
- 7Germany vs. Serbia - More MarketsSports$1.2M
- 8Steelers vs. BrownsSports$1.2M
- 9Presidential Election Winner 2028Politics$961k
- 10Germany vs. SerbiaSports$958k
- 11Denmark vs. Portugal - More MarketsSports$834k
- 12Ballon d'Or Winner 2026Sports$766k
- Counter-Strike: FaZe vs Nemiga (BO3) - Stake Ranked Episode 4 Playoffs65¢ → 9¢-56¢
- Spread: Malta (-1.5)54¢ → 5¢-49¢
- Will Elon Musk post 220-239 tweets from September 25 to October 2, 2026?19¢ → 67¢+48¢
- Counter-Strike: FaZe vs Nemiga - Map 2 Winner63¢ → 18¢-45¢
- Will Kosovo win on 2026-10-01?47¢ → 5¢-42¢
- Spread: Germany (-2.5)48¢ → 11¢-37¢
- Map Handicap: FaZe (-1.5) vs Nemiga (+1.5)44¢ → 7¢-37¢
- Will Lamine Yamal win the 2026 Ballon d'Or?42¢ → 60¢+19¢
- Bari: Completed Match: Gianluca Cadenasso vs Vitaliy Sachko25¢ → 38¢+14¢
- Will Harry Kane win the 2026 Ballon d'Or?45¢ → 32¢-13¢
- Curitiba: Guido Justo vs Pedro Sakamoto67¢ → 80¢+13¢
- Will Louisiana enact a data center moratorium by December 31, 2027?34¢ → 21¢-13¢
- Brazil Presidential Election$159.2M totalin 3 days
- Brazil Presidential Election First Round: 2nd Place$8.5M totalin 3 days
- Elon Musk # tweets September 25 - October 2, 2026?$2.4M totalin 19h
- Brazil Presidential Election First Round: 3rd Place$1.7M totalin 3 days
- Counter-Strike: FaZe vs Nemiga (BO3) - Stake Ranked Episode 4 Playoffs$1.6M totalin 4h
- Steelers vs. Browns$1.2M totalin 3h
- Bitcoin above ___ on October 2?$964k totalin 19h
- What price will Bitcoin hit September 28-October 4?$922k totalin 3 days
- Which candidates will advance to Brazil's presidential runoff?$874k totalin 3 days
- Brazil Presidential Election First Round: Margin of Victory$768k totalin 3 days
- Brazil Presidential Election First Round Winner$590k totalin 3 days
- Colts vs. Commanders$579k totalin 3 days
- 1Will Anthropic announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2027?±4.5¢ · min 200 shares$2,000/day
- 2Will Anthropic announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2028?±4.5¢ · min 200 shares$2,000/day
- 3Will NuScale announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2027?±4.5¢ · min 200 shares$2,000/day
- 4Will NuScale announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2028?±4.5¢ · min 200 shares$2,000/day
- 5Will CoreWeave announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2027?±4.5¢ · min 200 shares$2,000/day
- 6Will CoreWeave announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2028?±4.5¢ · min 200 shares$2,000/day
- 7Will Payward announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2027?±4.5¢ · min 50 shares$2,000/day
- 8Will Payward announce bankruptcy by December 31, 2028?±4.5¢ · min 50 shares$2,000/day
- 9Will Ohio enact a data center moratorium by December 31, 2026?±5.5¢ · min 50 shares$2,000/day
- 10Will Ohio enact a data center moratorium by June 30, 2027?±5.5¢ · min 50 shares$2,000/day
- 11Will Ohio enact a data center moratorium by December 31, 2027?±5.5¢ · min 50 shares$2,000/day
- 12Will Texas enact a data center moratorium by December 31, 2026?±5.5¢ · min 50 shares$2,000/day
Polymarket pays these pools to makers who quote inside the spread. The biggest sit on crypto short-dated up/down markets, which need the tightest quoting. Makers earn this instead of paying the taker fee.
The top 10 wallets are 40% of the top 100's volume (All).
- 1Theo40x5668…5839$22.1M
- 2swisstony0x204f…5e14$18.4M
- 3Fredi99990x1f2d…d0cf$16.6M
- 4RN10x2005…75ea$12.7M
- 5kch1230x6a72…33ee$11.4M
- 6mintblade0x96cf…1acb$9.1M
- 7fishalive0xed64…217d$9.0M
- 8frostrizz0xbc11…eec6$8.8M
- 9Len93112380x78b9…6b76$8.7M
- 10sparklingwater1230x664c…f49c$8.4M
- 11zxgngl0xd235…0f29$7.8M
- 12RepTrump0x8631…aa53$7.5M
Realised profitover the selected window, from Polymarket's public leaderboard. The name is each wallet's own Polymarket handle.
The fee shown is at 50¢. The real one depends on your price.
Polymarket's taker fee follows a curve that peaks in the middle and fades toward 0 and 100¢, and makers earn the rebate instead of paying. The fees and rebates calculator does the exact maths for any price and size, across Polymarket, Kalshi and six more venues.