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Last updated: 25th August 2023

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The price of Bitcoin Cash (and almost every cryptocurrency) is incredibly volatile due to relatively low adoption, and fluctuates wildly based on a number of unpredictable factors and general hype-based sentiment. This does not give a very good indicator of real growth of the Bitcoin Cash economy, and therefore other metrics are helpful in monitoring the growth and progress of the currency. For a full explanation of why it's so difficult to assess the real number of Bitcoin Cash / crypto users and we are at best guessing, see this segment of the podcast.

The Bitcoin Cash Podcast

As a source of information about exclusively Bitcoin Cash, it can be expected that increased growth in the metrics of this podcast indicates increasing global interest in Bitcoin Cash. Only some time periods shown, full data can be found here.

Social media reach

Platform23rd Jan 202123rd Sep 202123rd Dec 202123rd Mar 202223rd Jun 202225th Sep 202223rd Dec 202222nd Mar 202323rd Apr 202323rd May 202327th June 202323rd June 202325 August 2023
Youtube (subscribers)0626736867101310841182127512891317137714991555
Youtube - Clips (subscribers)0200319467519559626660672689702717727
Twitter (followers)05669471301164818624499438244224552546767296967
Read.cash (subscribers)06492116161171178186187188189190191
Telegram - Announcements (subscribers)0102537434952596165676668
Telegram - Discussion (subscribers)00135526689102104103128135143
Twitch (followers)003668839615691691170617231700ish19011939
Twitch (subscribers)-------997unavailable56
Instagram (followers)0067768082187194201206211219228
Odysee (subscribers)00221283232373840424242
Rumble (rumbles)0002337111111121314
BitChute (subscribers)00034459925121314
Patreon (patrons)0001122222223
Spotify (monthly listeners)0000502412322
Noise.app0000000444751546266
Reddit /r/BitcoinCashPodcast--------1630354549

Audio downloads

Note that the graphs only show a 1 year timeframe with no possibility to see the whole history, plus they don't necessarily start with their scale at 0 (confusingly). Also note that the current month will usually show a big drop off in the graphic since it is currently in progress.

RSS stats
Metric26 Jan 202223rd Mar 202226th Jun 202225th Sep 202223rd Dec 2022
All time downloads434253177174895310707
30 day downloads326468773673614
Followers4454643961

Website page hits

For this website! Started tracking October 2021 with Google analytics.

Google Analytics 90 day stats

On Chain BCH Data

Network Activity

App Activity

Ecosystem Activity

A couple of companies provide very useful insights into BCH usage and growth. Hopefully more and more crypto and especially BCH companies will begin to publish internal metrics to increase transparency and confidence in the scene.

  • Bitpay stats page - A cryptocurrency payment processor that gives some indication of retail usage at point of sale. Bitcoin Cash (~10%) is often the 2nd most used cryptocurrency after BTC (~60%), once again outperforming the price differential. Note that Bitpay's total payment volume is relatively flat, so a change in coin distribution might indicate regular users changing their preferences. Note also that due to heavy Know Your Customer regulations, and growth in the Bitcoin Cash scene is likely happening directly on chain.

  • BitcoinVn.io stats page - A Vietnamese exchange that shows which coins are gaining a foothold in the international remittances market. BCH is doing quite well, at times having outperformed BTC.

  • Sideshift.ai research - Sideshift is a crypto-to-crypto non-custodial exchange. They publish weekly reports on which coins are popular both for depositing/settlement. This can give insight into whether BCH is increasing/decreasing in popularity among the "serious crypto" crowd that don't bother with fiat based exchanges any more.


Smart BCH

danger

SmartBCH assets are currently under seizure by an insolvent CoinFlex. This is a complicated situation, detailed breakdown can be found in Episode 52 and Episode 53. Recent updates on Episode 60.

It is critically important to research SmartBCH and understand the risks thoroughly before using it in any capacity at this time. Further updates will of course appear on the podcast where notable change has happened, but The Bitcoin Cash Podcast suggests avoiding SmartBCH entirely at this time.

For insights on growth of SmartBCH, take a look at these stats sources:

Sonar.cash

Helpme.cash Traffic Statistics

Defillama

Fountainhead Grafana

Smartscan.cash


Transactions & Sent In USD

Simple but contextually effective markers of progress:

Daily transactions

Sent in USD

Comparisions to BTC are often more useful than USD, as both coins are similarly affected by fluctuations in the crypto market and their on-chain blockchain metrics are directly equivalent (this is not true in the case of some other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum).

Note that despite a price ratio of about 1 BTC to 80 - 100 BCH, BCH is already doing between 25 - 50% of the daily transactions of BTC, and settling usually about 10% of the USD value / day. This shows that despite the brand and price disadvantage, it is punching well above its weight class. Note also that BTC transaction volume has been flat at a maximum of 400k for the last 4 years, so BCH is slowly closing the gap.

Other stat sources

Into the Block - BCH

CBDCs

Keep an eye on the encroaching tyranny.

CBDC Tracker