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Fomo Surpasses Pump.fun in Single-Day Revenue on Solana

The social trading app took $1.76 million on 4 September against the launchpad's $1.1 million. It is not a one-off, either. Fomo's protocol revenue has close to doubled from one quarter to the next.

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Quick Summary
  • Fomo earned $1.76 million in daily revenue on Friday, topping Pump.fun's $1.1 million on the same day according to DefiLlama.
  • Over 30 days Pump.fun still leads with more than $57 million versus Fomo's $17.6 million.
  • Fomo's gross protocol revenue rose from $7.24 million across all of the second quarter to $13.31 million by mid-August in the third, with swap fees accounting for most of it.

Social trading platform Fomo pulled in more daily revenue than memecoin launchpad Pump.fun on Friday 4 September, according to DefiLlama data.

The Numbers

Fomo recorded $1.76 million in daily revenue on Friday, outpacing Pump.fun’s $1.1 million on the same day. Over the longer 30-day window, however, Pump.fun retains a commanding lead, generating more than $57 million compared with Fomo’s $17.6 million.

What Fomo Does

Fomo blends cryptocurrency trading with a social media-style feed, letting users view each other’s live trades on the platform. The app has been expanding aggressively across 2026.

  • In June, Fomo closed a $75 million Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, valuing the company at $550 million.
  • More than 68,000 users completed their first cryptocurrency purchase through the app using Apple Pay, generating roughly $25 million in transaction volume.
  • On June 11, Fomo launched perpetual futures contracts powered by Hyperliquid, available to users outside the United States.
  • On June 2, Fomo announced it had paid out more than $2 million in referral fees to its user base.

Friday Was Not a One-Off

Friday’s result did not come from nowhere. Fomo’s revenue has been climbing through the second half of the year, and it has been outearning large Solana protocols on individual days since early August.

The app’s gross protocol revenue was $7.24 million across the whole of the second quarter. By mid-August it had already reached $13.31 million in the third, according to DefiLlama’s income statement for the protocol. Its strongest week to that point was $2.64 million in the seven days to 8 August, a figure that placed it above Jupiter and Phantom in weekly Solana protocol revenue.

Most of that comes from one source. Fomo charges a fee on every Solana token swap routed through the app, and swap fees account for the large majority of its revenue. The perpetual futures business it added in June is the smaller part.

Context

Pump.fun has dominated Solana’s application revenue charts since its rise as the go-to memecoin launchpad on the network. Friday’s result covers a single day, and Pump.fun’s 30-day total remains more than three times larger than Fomo’s equivalent figure.

⚖️ Our Verdict ⚖️ Watch and Wait

Fomo out-earning Pump.fun for a day would mean little on its own, but it is not an isolated day. The app's protocol revenue has close to doubled from one quarter to the next, and it has been beating large Solana protocols on single days since early August. The catch is that Pump.fun is still more than three times larger over 30 days, and almost all of Fomo's revenue comes from swap fees, which rise and fall with Solana trading activity rather than with anything Fomo controls. There is also nothing here a reader can act on directly, since Fomo is privately held with no token.