Figures as of 30 August 2026 · sources at the foot of the page
Somewhere between one and six percent of humanity - and the honest answer includes the reason nobody can be more precise.
| Estimate | Figure | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | ~106 million | Active wallets plus verified exchange users |
| Most-cited | 365 million (2025) | Crypto.com market sizing, up from 337M in 2024 |
| Broadest | 480 - 500 million | Includes ETF and custodial exposure |
The blockchain records addresses, not people, and the mapping breaks in both directions. One person can hold fifty addresses; one exchange address can represent five million customers; and since spot ETFs launched, millions of brokerage customers have bitcoin exposure without any address at all. Every estimate is a model of those overlaps, and the models disagree by 4x.
The wholecoiner club: smaller than you think.
Where a tenth of a coin puts you.
The million-sat milestone, in context.
Fewer than 150,000 addresses on earth.
Rarer than a football stadium crowd.
Millions of coins, gone for good.
Satoshi, exchanges and the biggest addresses.
Your fair share is about 245,000 sats.
Why new supply keeps shrinking to 2140.
Sources: Bitbo user estimates; Crypto.com Market Sizing Report 2025; 99Bitcoins and Oobit 2026 estimates; address data from the public rich list, 30 August 2026. Not financial advice.