pump.fun vs Clanker
Activity · 30-day fees
pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 89× Clanker. pump.fun runs on Solana and Clanker runs on Base, Arbitrum, Unichain, Ethereum and Monad. Launch cost is listed as "No platform launch fee; network fees apply" for pump.fun and "Not published by the platform" for Clanker.
pump.fun data note: DefiLlama tracks pump.fun (bonding curve) and PumpSwap (post-graduation DEX) as separate protocols; this page shows the launchpad side only.
Activity comparison
pump.fun · fetched from DefiLlama
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Clanker · fetched from DefiLlama
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What the data shows
Windows: the last 30 complete UTC days unless a sentence says otherwise. Fees per DefiLlama; launches counted by MemeFees.
Over the last 30 days the two are in different size classes: pump.fun collected $46.41M in fees, 89 times the $521.1K of Clanker.
They compete on different chains: pump.fun ranks #1 of 15 on Solana with 50.4% of that chain's launchpad fees, while Clanker ranks #3 of 6 on Base with 11.4%.
pump.fun out-earned Clanker on every one of the last 30 days.
Comparing the second half of the window with the first, both grew (43.4% for pump.fun, 165.8% for Clanker).
Both had their best day of the window on 26 Sep: $2.70M on pump.fun and $138.3K on Clanker.
Their daily fees moved largely independently of each other (correlation 0.46).
Both grew week on week: 7-day fees changed by +29.2% on pump.fun and +76.4% on Clanker against the 7 days before.
On the last complete UTC day pump.fun collected $2.14M, 138.6% of its 30-day daily average, and Clanker $8.9K, 51.1% of its own.
pump.fun keeps 71.2% of its 30-day fees as revenue and Clanker keeps 16.7%, so more of Clanker's fees go to creators, liquidity or other parties, per DefiLlama.
MemeFees counted at least 896,874 launches on pump.fun in 30 days (at most $52 in fees per launch); it publishes no launch count for Clanker.
pump.fun publishes a trading fee of 1.25%; MemeFees has no sourced fee table for Clanker yet.
Both launched in 2024. Since then pump.fun has collected $1.25B in fees and Clanker $91.29M.
Fees & mechanics
- Chains
- pump.fun: Solana
- Clanker: Base, Arbitrum, Unichain, Ethereum, Monad
- Live since
- pump.fun: 2024
- Clanker: 2024
- Launch cost
- pump.fun: No platform launch fee; network fees apply
- Clanker: Not published by the platform
- Trading fees
- pump.fun: 1.25% total bonding-curve trading fee, including a 0.30% creator fee. PumpSwap canonical-pool fees vary with market cap and quote asset; network fees are separate.
- Clanker: V4 Uniswap pools can use static or dynamic fee settings. There is no single 1% rate for every launch; check the token pool and full trade quote.
- Graduation
- pump.fun: Bonding curve fills → automatic migration to PumpSwap
- Clanker: None: launches straight into a Uniswap pool
- Creator rewards
- pump.fun: Creator fees apply on the bonding curve and on canonical PumpSwap pools. The published curve creator fee is 0.30%; post-graduation rates follow the current fee schedule. On a holder rewards coin (from 12 September 2026), the creator fee goes to the coin's holders.
- Clanker: Ongoing LP fees accrue under the launch's configured reward allocation and can be claimed through Clanker's fee contracts.
pump.fun in short
A Solana memecoin launchpad using bonding-curve trading and graduation to PumpSwap.
→ pump.fun fees and revenue statsClanker in short
Base's social launchpad: tag the Clanker AI bot on Farcaster and it deploys your token.
→ Clanker fees and revenue statsFrequently asked questions
Which is bigger, pump.fun or Clanker?
pump.fun generated $46.41M in fees over the last 30 days and Clanker generated $521.1K, per DefiLlama. pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 89× Clanker.
Which chains do pump.fun and Clanker run on?
pump.fun runs on Solana. Clanker runs on Base, Arbitrum, Unichain, Ethereum and Monad.
Is it cheaper to launch on pump.fun or Clanker?
pump.fun lists "No platform launch fee; network fees apply". Clanker lists "Not published by the platform".
Do pump.fun and Clanker pay token creators?
pump.fun: Creator fees apply on the bonding curve and on canonical PumpSwap pools. The published curve creator fee is 0.30%; post-graduation rates follow the current fee schedule. On a holder rewards coin (from 12 September 2026), the creator fee goes to the coin's holders. Clanker: Ongoing LP fees accrue under the launch's configured reward allocation and can be claimed through Clanker's fee contracts.
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Fee and revenue data come from DefiLlama and refresh about hourly. MemeFees is independent and not affiliated with pump.fun or Clanker. Nothing here is financial advice.