73% of Pump.fun Traders Profit-But at What Cost?

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Lo! The share of profitable Pump.fun traders ascended to a lofty 73.28% in April 2026, a feat that has left the financial world gasping in awe. For four months straight, this number has danced above the 50% threshold, a feat akin to a moth fluttering through a hurricane.

Alas, the once-joyful wallets of yesteryear now weep with the weight of losses, as retail traders, much like overenthusiastic gardeners, found their Solana meme coins withering under the scorching sun of market volatility.

Pump.fun Wallets Stage a Dramatic Comeback

Pump.fun, that paragon of chaos, debuted on Solana in January 2024, quickly becoming the darling of meme coin enthusiasts. By late 2024, its user base had swelled to millions, though most left with pockets lighter than a feather and hearts heavier than lead.

For months, the ratio of profitable traders remained stubbornly below 50%, a cruel joke played on the hopeful. In June 2025, the numbers hit rock bottom, with a staggering 70% of traders suffering losses, their dreams as shattered as a glass of champagne on a marble floor.

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🔥 BULLISH: For the first time since May 2024, more than 50% of Pumpfun traders were profitable in 2026, peaking at 73.3% in April.

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– CoinGecko (@coingecko) May 9, 2026

Then, in January 2026, the stars aligned-or so it seemed. The percentage of profitable traders surged from 50.08% to a dazzling 73.28% by April, a meteoric rise that would make even the most stoic philosopher blush.

“While we cannot conclusively explain this reversal, we hypothesize it reflects a natural exodus of unprofitable traders from the platform. This is supported by the continuous decline in monthly active wallets from its peak of 5.2M in May 2025 to 1.8M in December 2025,” CoinGecko researcher Loke Choon Khei wrote.

Modest Gains Dominate the Comeback

In April 2026, 3.14 million active wallets transacted on Pump.fun. Of these, 2.30 million emerged victorious, though their triumph was as fleeting as a sunset over a desert. The gains, however, were as meager as a single grain of rice in a famine.

“This study only accounts for Realized PnL; this means that it excludes bagholders who never sold their tokens even if it crashes to zero,” the report added. 

Of these winners, 65.14% pocketed between $1 and $500, a sum so paltry it could buy a single slice of bread. Another 87,127 managed to eke out between $500 and $1,000, while a mere 5.37% (168,795 wallets) cleared more than $1,000-a pittance compared to the grandeur of their dreams.

The losers, too, were content with small-scale despair. 792,724 wallets lost between $1 and $500, while just 24,538 faced the grim reality of losses exceeding $1,000. A tale of two extremes, where the wealthy few danced while the many stumbled.

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2026-05-09 12:58