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OP_RETURN Statistics

Source: _cache/prod/opreturn_*_node3.json | rendered at 2026-02-10 23:15:39 UTC

Snapshot

Height
935,962
Updated
2026-02-10 23:04:30 UTC
First observed OP_RETURN
2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC @ 228,596
Schema
2
Scanned blocks
935,963
Scanned txs
1,308,122,224

Size Metrics

OP_RETURN Data payload
4.16 GB
OP_RETURN Data (script)
4.69 GB
OP_RETURN output serialized
6.38 GB
Payload push overhead
531.69 MB

Output Metrics

OP_RETURN outputs created
187,150,940
TXs with OP_RETURN
186,591,574
Total outputs created
3,615,486,316
Non-OP_RETURN outputs
3,428,335,376
OP_RETURN tx share
14.264 %

OP_RETURN Data by Year

Payload bytes Push overhead bytes
Y-axis: GB per year
0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

By Year

Year OP_RETURN Outputs TXs with OP_RETURN Payload Script Avg payload/output Share Max Payload Blocks
2026 5,710,793 5,694,806 84.18 MB 101.10 MB 14.7 B 2.023 % 29 KB 5,622
2025 44,342,296 44,190,163 751.00 MB 881.89 MB 16.9 B 18.052 % 985 KB 53,082
2024 83,164,438 83,087,898 563.37 MB 811.52 MB 6.8 B 13.542 % 80 KB 53,473
2023 1,927,691 1,879,343 69.96 MB 75.61 MB 36.3 B 1.682 % 80 B 53,999
2022 1,943,342 1,873,832 127.00 MB 132.11 MB 65.3 B 3.053 % 80 B 53,188
2021 2,949,557 2,868,415 162.08 MB 169.49 MB 54.9 B 3.896 % 80 B 52,686
2020 7,915,402 7,845,311 442.95 MB 463.42 MB 56.0 B 10.647 % 86 B 53,222
2019 28,398,777 28,360,598 1.55 GB 1.63 GB 54.7 B 37.350 % 80 B 54,232
2018 6,795,367 6,788,399 302.89 MB 319.09 MB 44.6 B 7.281 % 80 B 54,498
2017 2,254,393 2,253,947 63.03 MB 67.55 MB 28.0 B 1.515 % 80 B 55,928
2016 1,080,837 1,080,819 31.04 MB 33.21 MB 28.7 B 0.746 % 80 B 54,851
2015 654,756 654,754 8.51 MB 9.53 MB 13.0 B 0.204 % 80 B 54,321
2014 12,851 12,849 358.01 KB 383.79 KB 27.9 B 0.009 % 186 B 58,865
2013 440 440 18.48 KB 19.39 KB 42.0 B 0.000 % 983 B 63,433
2012 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 54,526
2011 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 59,627
2010 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 67,920
2009 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 32,490

By Subsidy Epoch

Epoch OP_RETURN Outputs TXs with OP_RETURN Payload Script Avg payload/output Share Max Payload Blocks
Epoch 1 0 0 0.00 B 0.00 B 0.0 B 0.000 % 0 B 210,000
Epoch 2 1,170,602 1,170,598 22.32 MB 24.38 MB 19.1 B 0.536 % 983 B 210,000
Epoch 3 42,726,155 42,654,440 2.22 GB 2.33 GB 51.9 B 53.315 % 80 B 210,000
Epoch 4 11,311,356 11,041,938 556.29 MB 586.09 MB 49.2 B 13.372 % 8 KB 210,000
Epoch 5 131,942,827 131,724,598 1.36 GB 1.76 GB 10.3 B 32.777 % 985 KB 95,963

Yearly Activity

OP_RETURN outputs
Y-axis: count per year
0 20.8M 41.6M 62.4M 83.2M 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Yearly Avg OP_RETURN output size (payload bytes)

Y-axis: bytes per output
0.0 B 16.3 B 32.7 B 49.0 B 65.3 B 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Bucket Distribution (log scale)

Bar length uses log10(count + 1) so long-tail buckets remain visible.
0 504,645 1-40 153,782,972 41-75 5,032,709 76-80 27,816,562 81-223 13,291 224-255 53 256-1000 507 1001-10000 142 10001-20000 20 20001-40000 15 40001-60000 3 60001-80000 4 80001-100000 15 100001-200000 0 200001-300000 0 300001-400000 0 400001-500000 0 500001-600000 0 600001-700000 0 700001-800000 0 800001-900000 0 900001-1000000 2 >1000000 0

Payload Buckets

Bucket Count Share First Seen (UTC) First Height
0 504,645 0.2696 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
1-40 153,782,972 82.1706 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
41-75 5,032,709 2.6891 % 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC 266,766
76-80 27,816,562 14.8632 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
81-223 13,291 0.0071 % 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC 244,591
224-255 53 0.0000 % 2024-02-09 09:29:28 UTC 829,644
256-1000 507 0.0003 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
1001-10000 142 0.0001 % 2024-01-26 21:44:26 UTC 827,529
10001-20000 20 0.0000 % 2024-10-30 16:52:39 UTC 868,113
20001-40000 15 0.0000 % 2024-11-18 03:26:28 UTC 870,805
40001-60000 3 0.0000 % 2024-11-18 00:31:51 UTC 870,787
60001-80000 4 0.0000 % 2024-11-17 06:59:15 UTC 870,683
80001-100000 15 0.0000 % 2025-05-10 09:14:50 UTC 896,088
100001-200000 0 0.0000 % – –
200001-300000 0 0.0000 % – –
300001-400000 0 0.0000 % – –
400001-500000 0 0.0000 % – –
500001-600000 0 0.0000 % – –
600001-700000 0 0.0000 % – –
700001-800000 0 0.0000 % – –
800001-900000 0 0.0000 % – –
900001-1000000 2 0.0000 % 2025-05-14 16:36:24 UTC 896,696
>1000000 0 0.0000 % – –

Record Milestones Timeline

Record max payload Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx
payload outputs/tx 2013-02-26 2017-04-21 2021-06-14 2009-01-03 2025-08-07

Milestones

Height Time (UTC) Type Label Value
909,068 2025-08-07 19:25:38 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 10,022
897,852 2025-05-22 13:46:58 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 69
896,722 2025-05-14 21:06:26 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 984,587
896,696 2025-05-14 16:36:24 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 979,842
896,696 2025-05-14 16:36:24 UTC First in bucket 900001-1000000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 900001-1000000 –
896,088 2025-05-10 09:14:50 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 97,446
896,088 2025-05-10 09:14:50 UTC First in bucket 80001-100000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 80001-100000 –
894,565 2025-04-30 07:00:43 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 50
870,805 2024-11-18 03:26:28 UTC First in bucket 20001-40000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 20001-40000 –
870,787 2024-11-18 00:31:51 UTC First in bucket 40001-60000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 40001-60000 –
870,683 2024-11-17 06:59:15 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 79,870
870,683 2024-11-17 06:59:15 UTC First in bucket 60001-80000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 60001-80000 –
868,113 2024-10-30 16:52:39 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 18,121
868,113 2024-10-30 16:52:39 UTC First in bucket 10001-20000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 10001-20000 –
829,644 2024-02-09 09:29:28 UTC First in bucket 224-255 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 224-255 –
827,668 2024-01-27 17:41:31 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 7,588
827,541 2024-01-26 23:15:07 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 7,304
827,529 2024-01-26 21:44:26 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 3,025
827,529 2024-01-26 21:44:26 UTC First in bucket 1001-10000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 1001-10000 –
706,966 2021-10-27 17:47:45 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 43
646,286 2020-09-01 14:29:26 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 4
577,335 2019-05-23 02:31:24 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 3
310,818 2014-07-15 08:48:25 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 2
268,060 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 983
268,060 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC First in bucket 76-80 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 76-80 –
268,060 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC First in bucket 256-1000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 256-1000 –
266,766 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC First in bucket 41-75 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 41-75 –
257,727 2013-09-13 11:46:09 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 190
244,591 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 134
244,591 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC First in bucket 81-223 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 81-223 –
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 20
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 1
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC First in bucket 0 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 0 –
228,596 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC First in bucket 1-40 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 1-40 –
0 2009-01-03 18:15:05 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 0
0 2009-01-03 18:15:05 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 0