pump.fun vs Believe
verdict · by 30d fees
pump.fun is currently the bigger platform (roughly 386866× by 30-day fees). Size is not the whole story: chains, fee routing and creator rewards differ meaningfully. Numbers refresh hourly from DefiLlama.
platform facts
| Fact | pump.fun | Believe |
|---|---|---|
| Chains | Solana | Solana |
| Live since | 2024 | 2025 |
| Launch cost | Free (network fees only, well under $1) | Free via tweet |
| Trading fees | ~1% trading fee on bonding-curve trades; post-graduation swaps are charged on PumpSwap, with a share routed to the token creator. | Trading fee split between platform and creator. |
| Graduation | Bonding curve fills → automatic migration to PumpSwap | Curve completion → DEX liquidity (Meteora) |
| Creator rewards | Creator fee-sharing on graduated tokens (introduced 2025), paid from PumpSwap trading fees. | Creator fee share on trades. |
pump.fun in short
The platform that invented the bonding-curve memecoin launch and still leads the category on volume and revenue. Anyone can deploy a token in seconds for close to zero cost. Trading starts instantly on a bonding curve; once the curve fills, liquidity graduates to PumpSwap, pump.fun's own DEX, where trading continues with deeper liquidity.
→ full pump.fun stats→ pump.fun reviewBelieve in short
Tweet-to-launch 'internet capital markets' — tokens tied to startup ideas rather than pure memes. See Bags vs Believe and pump.fun vs Believe for a side-by-side look with live numbers. Against pump.fun's raw scale, Believe offers a narrower, more curated flow of launches tied to real ideas rather than pure memes, though at meaningfully lower current volume.
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