How memecoin launchpads work: guides built on data
A memecoin launchpad lets anyone create a token. Most sell the new token on a bonding curve until it graduates to a DEX pool, and a few start it in a pool. These guides compare nine launchpads, with a source for every fee.
Guides
- What is a bonding curve?
How a curve sells a new token, what each launchpad charges on it, and where the curve ends.
- Memecoin graduation explained
The graduation point of each launchpad, the DEX each one migrates to, and live graduation counts.
- How to create a meme coin (steps and cost)
The steps to create a meme coin on six launchpads, the platform fee to create on each, and what happens after launch.
- How memecoin launchpads make money
The platform part of each trade fee, live 30-day revenue per DefiLlama, and published buyback rules.
- Creator fees and rewards compared
The default creator share per trade on each launchpad, and its part of the whole trade fee.
- Memecoin success rate after graduation
The share of graduated tokens that hold their graduation market cap, per launchpad.
- Memecoin launchpad glossary
Short definitions of the terms these guides and the statistics pages use.
Key terms
Bonding curve, Graduation, Migration, Creator reward (creator fee), Platform fee (protocol fee), LP fee, Fees and revenue, Settlement layer, Lower bound, Sample, Survival, HHI (Herfindahl index).
The data behind the guides
- Launchpad directory: fee tables, mechanics and sources for each launchpad.
- Launchpad statistics: launches, graduations, market share and survival, counted by the MemeFees engine.
- Best memecoin launchpads: ranked by 30-day fees per DefiLlama.
- Meme coin trading platforms compared: the fee on a $100 and a $1,000 trade on each terminal, bot and app.
- pump.fun fee calculator: every fee band of the published schedule.
- Methodology: where each number comes from and what it does not cover.
MemeFees is independent and not affiliated with any launchpad in these guides. The guides are general information. They are not financial advice.