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How memecoin launchpads make money: fees, revenue and buybacks

Memecoin launchpads earn a platform fee on every trade of the tokens they launch. Revenue is the part of all fees that the launchpad keeps, and some spend part of it on buybacks of their own token.

Platform rates and buyback rules are quoted from each launchpad's docs, last checked on . Fees and revenue: DefiLlama, 30 days to 1 Oct 2026.

Where launchpad money comes from

Every trade on a launchpad pays a fee. The launchpad keeps part of it. Depending on the launchpad, other parts go to the token creator and, in a pool, to the liquidity providers. The part the launchpad keeps is its platform fee. Some launchpads also charge to create a token or to migrate it; the launch cost guide lists those.

Fees and revenue are different numbers. Fees are everything traders pay. Revenue is what the launchpad keeps after creator payouts, liquidity-provider shares and similar costs. A launchpad that shares a lot with creators keeps a small part of its fees. The creator fee guide shows that split.

Launchpad fees, revenue and buybacks compared

Platform part of each trade, 30-day fees and revenue per DefiLlama, and buyback rules, per launchpad
LaunchpadPlatform part per tradeFees, 30 daysRevenue, 30 daysKeptBuyback rule
pump.funStats“0.95% on the curve”pump.fun fee schedule (updated 20 May 2026), checked $46.41M$33.06M71%“half of every dollar it earns buys PUMP on the open market and burns it”pump.fun fee dashboard, checked
PonsStats“30% of the pool fee”Pons V1 docs, checked $137.06M$23.40M17%“80% of protocol fees fund a PONS buyback”Pons V1 docs, checked
Flap.shStats“The 1% curve fee, plus up to 0.3% of volume on tax tokens”Flap docs: protocol economics, checked $41.67M$9.32M22%Not published
LetsBONK.funStats“1.25% of each curve trade”LetsBONK revenue dashboard, checked $8.43M$5.01M59%“51% of platform revenue to buying BONK for the BNKK treasury”LetsBONK revenue dashboard, checked
Raydium LaunchLab“The platform fee rate is capped at 5% of a curve trade”Raydium: LaunchLab platform config, checked $9.81M$2.05M21%Not published
four.memeStats“The 1% curve fee is four.meme's fee”four.meme guide: how it works, checked $215.2K$210.1K98%Not published
BagsStats“split 1% platform”Bags docs: customize token fees, checked $416.6K$204.8K49%Not published
LetsCash“0.3% of each trade in every mode”LetsCash docs, checked $780.2K$65.0K8%“A quarter buys and burns CASHCAT, a quarter buys CASHCAT for the treasury”LetsCash docs, checked
NOXA Fun“the other half of the 1% fee”noxa.fi docs (current site), checked $2.77M$00%Not published

Fees and revenue: DefiLlama, summed over every DefiLlama listing of a launchpad. Kept: revenue as a share of fees. A dash means DefiLlama has no figure. Rows are ordered by 30-day revenue.

Platform part of a default trade, in percent of the trade value, from each launchpad's docs. Raydium LaunchLab lets each platform set its own rate.

What the revenue data shows

On a default trade, the platform keeps 1.25% on LetsBONK.fun, 1% on Bags, 1% on Flap.sh, 1% on four.meme, 0.95% on pump.fun, 0.5% on NOXA Fun, 0.3% on LetsCash and 0.3% on Pons. Raydium LaunchLab has no single rate: "The platform fee rate is capped at 5% of a curve trade".

The split with the creator differs. The platform takes the larger part on LetsBONK.fun, Bags and pump.fun. The creator gets more than the platform on LetsCash and Pons. NOXA Fun splits the fee evenly.

Four of the nine launchpads publish how they spend revenue on their own token. pump.fun: "half of every dollar it earns buys PUMP on the open market and burns it". Pons: "80% of protocol fees fund a PONS buyback". LetsBONK.fun: "51% of platform revenue to buying BONK for the BNKK treasury". LetsCash: "A quarter buys and burns CASHCAT, a quarter buys CASHCAT for the treasury". The other five (Flap.sh, Raydium LaunchLab, four.meme, Bags and NOXA Fun) publish no buyback rule.

DefiLlama reports the revenue that each launchpad kept. In the 30 days to 1 Oct 2026, pump.fun kept the most revenue: $33.06M from $46.41M in fees, or 71%. The share of fees kept as revenue ran from 98% on four.meme to 0% on NOXA Fun. Together, the nine launchpads with both figures collected $247.56M in fees and kept $73.32M.

Frequently asked questions

How does pump.fun make money?

pump.fun keeps 0.95% of every curve trade as its protocol fee, and a smaller share on PumpSwap. Its fee dashboard says half of every dollar it earns buys PUMP on the open market and burns it.

How much money does pump.fun make a day?

In the 30 days to 1 Oct 2026, pump.fun kept $33.06M as revenue per DefiLlama, about $1.10M a day on average. The daily revenue page shows each day.

What are pump.fun buybacks?

pump.fun's fee dashboard says half of every dollar it earns buys PUMP on the open market and burns it. The same page says its buyback figures are not correct for custom pairs yet.

How do memecoin launchpads make money?

They take a platform fee on each trade. The published default platform part is 1.25% on LetsBONK.fun, 1% on Bags, 1% on Flap.sh, 1% on four.meme, 0.95% on pump.fun, 0.5% on NOXA Fun, 0.3% on LetsCash and 0.3% on Pons. Some also charge to create a token or to migrate it.

Fee facts are quoted from each launchpad's own documentation, with the date we last checked it. Fees and revenue come from DefiLlama; launch, graduation and survival figures come from the MemeFees engine (see the methodology). MemeFees is independent and not affiliated with any launchpad on this page. This page is general information. It is not financial advice.