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Overview

OP_RETURN Snapshot

OP_RETURN Outputs Created
238,561,245
at height 958,474
Payload (all)
5.03 GB
Height
958,474
Last Data Update
2026-07-18 00:59:30 UTC
First observed OP_RETURN
2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC @ 228,596 (tx 1a2e...93fc)*  ·  Size:20bytes
Last observed OP_RETURN
2026-07-18 00:59:09 UTC @ 958,474 (tx 6e1c...2890)*  ·  Size:92bytes
First observed payload >= 224 B
2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC @ 268,060 (tx d29c...bc9b)*  ·  Size:983bytes
Last observed payload >= 224 B
2026-07-18 00:28:04 UTC @ 958,469 (tx 051c...9129)*  ·  Size:228bytes
Scanned blocks
958,475
Scanned Txs
1,398,934,958
(*) Tx = transaction in that block with the highest OP_RETURN payload. If tied, first transaction in block order is used.

Size Metrics

OP_RETURN payload (all)
5.03 GB
Payload in txs with >= 224 B
7.02 MB (7,016,956 B)
Payload share from txs with >= 224 B
0.140 %
OP_RETURN data (script)
5.71 GB
OP_RETURN output serialized
7.86 GB
Payload push overhead
684.88 MB
Definition for >=224 B metrics: a Tx qualifies if it has at least one OP_RETURN output payload >= 224 bytes.

Output Metrics

OP_RETURN outputs created
238,561,245
Outputs with payload >= 224 B
3,442
Output share >= 224 B
0.001443 %
Txs with OP_RETURN
237,928,847
Total Tx outputs
3,831,812,264
Non-OP_RETURN outputs
3,593,251,019
OP_RETURN tx share
17.008 %
Time Series

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

CSV
Year OP_RETURN Outputs TXs with OP_RETURN Payload Script Avg payload/output Share Max Payload Blocks
2026 57,121,098 57,032,079 952.34 MB 1.12 GB 16.7 B 18.939 % 184 KB 28,134
2025 44,342,296 44,190,163 751.00 MB 881.89 MB 16.9 B 14.935 % 985 KB 53,082
2024 83,164,438 83,087,898 563.37 MB 811.52 MB 6.8 B 11.204 % 80 KB 53,473
2023 1,927,691 1,879,343 69.96 MB 75.61 MB 36.3 B 1.391 % 80 B 53,999
2022 1,943,342 1,873,832 127.00 MB 132.11 MB 65.3 B 2.526 % 80 B 53,188
2021 2,949,557 2,868,415 162.08 MB 169.49 MB 54.9 B 3.223 % 80 B 52,686
2020 7,915,402 7,845,311 442.95 MB 463.42 MB 56.0 B 8.809 % 86 B 53,222
2019 28,398,777 28,360,598 1.55 GB 1.63 GB 54.7 B 30.902 % 80 B 54,232
2018 6,795,367 6,788,399 302.89 MB 319.09 MB 44.6 B 6.024 % 80 B 54,498
2017 2,254,393 2,253,947 63.03 MB 67.55 MB 28.0 B 1.253 % 80 B 55,928
2016 1,080,837 1,080,819 31.04 MB 33.21 MB 28.7 B 0.617 % 80 B 54,851
2015 654,756 654,754 8.51 MB 9.53 MB 13.0 B 0.169 % 80 B 54,321
2014 12,851 12,849 358.01 KB 383.79 KB 27.9 B 0.007 % 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

CSV
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 0.444 % 983 B 210,000
Epoch 3 42,726,155 42,654,440 2.22 GB 2.33 GB 51.9 B 44.110 % 80 B 210,000
Epoch 4 11,311,356 11,041,938 556.29 MB 586.09 MB 49.2 B 11.063 % 8 KB 210,000
Epoch 5 183,353,132 183,061,871 2.23 GB 2.78 GB 12.2 B 44.383 % 985 KB 118,475

OP_RETURN Outputs by Year

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

Average OP_RETURN Output Size (Payload Bytes) by Year

Y-axis: bytes per output (year)
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
Distribution

Bucket Distribution (log scale)

Bar length uses log10(count + 1) so long-tail buckets remain visible.
0 512,924 1-40 204,073,920 41-75 5,814,632 76-80 28,132,582 81-223 23,745 224-255 1,502 256-1000 1,393 1001-10000 478 10001-20000 24 20001-40000 17 40001-60000 4 60001-80000 4 80001-100000 17 100001-200000 1 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

CSV
Bucket Count Share First Seen (UTC) First Height
0 512,924 0.2150 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
1-40 204,073,920 85.5436 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
41-75 5,814,632 2.4374 % 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC 266,766
76-80 28,132,582 11.7926 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
81-223 23,745 0.0100 % 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC 244,591
224-255 1,502 0.0006 % 2024-02-09 09:29:28 UTC 829,644
256-1000 1,393 0.0006 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
1001-10000 478 0.0002 % 2024-01-26 21:44:26 UTC 827,529
10001-20000 24 0.0000 % 2024-10-30 16:52:39 UTC 868,113
20001-40000 17 0.0000 % 2024-11-18 03:26:28 UTC 870,805
40001-60000 4 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 17 0.0000 % 2025-05-10 09:14:50 UTC 896,088
100001-200000 1 0.0000 % 2026-05-18 18:30:04 UTC 949,973
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 % – –
Deep Dive

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

CSV
Height Time (UTC) Type Label Transaction Value
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 5c4f...bd72 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 0fdd...b348 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 d19b...eec6 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 464f...a47c 2
268,060 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes d29c...bc9b 983
268,060 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC First in bucket 76-80 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 76-80 e145...75be –
268,060 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC First in bucket 256-1000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 256-1000 d29c...bc9b –
266,766 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC First in bucket 41-75 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 41-75 b45c...a96c –
257,727 2013-09-13 11:46:09 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes a11b...e1ed 190
244,591 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes e4d2...8595 134
Showing 21–30 of 37
Rows: 10 20 50
1 2 3 4
Large Payload

Large Payload Activity by Month

TX count (payload >= 224 bytes) Max payload in month (log scale)
Bars show monthly transaction count. Line shows monthly maximum payload size.
0 224.0 B 275 1.8 KB 549 14.9 KB 824 120.9 KB 1,098 984.6 KB 2013-11 2024-02 2024-04 2024-08 2024-11 2025-01 2025-03 2025-05 2025-07 2025-09 2025-11 2026-01 2026-03 2026-05 2026-07

Payload Size Distribution

Histogram buckets for transactions with OP_RETURN payload >= 224 bytes.
0 376 751 1,127 1,502 224-255 224-255 256-511 256-511 512-1023 512-1k 1024-2047 1k-2k 2048-4095 2k-4k 4096-8191 4k-8k 8192-16383 8k-16k 16384-32767 16k-32k 32768-65535 32k-65k 65536-131071 65k-131k 131072-262143 131k-262k 262144-524287 262k-524k >=524288 >=524k

Top 20 Largest Payload Transactions with payload >= 224 bytes

Top transactions by maximum OP_RETURN payload bytes in tx.
#1 b47e...59c7 984,587 B #2 516c...406b 979,842 B #3 0000...de07 184,303 B #4 64ab...e12a 99,000 B #5 91df...bf69 98,196 B #6 95d1...6052 97,446 B #7 156c...f077 97,347 B #8 976e...e3a3 97,338 B #9 4440...67df 94,496 B #10 eaf4...f968 86,820 B #11 8546...3c87 82,573 B #12 cf15...72c8 82,566 B #13 87ab...7dbd 82,560 B #14 ac5b...a655 82,560 B #15 e4a5...7204 82,559 B #16 baca...d5f8 82,558 B #17 ebb1...3e8e 82,558 B #18 5511...f9b9 82,549 B #19 00b8...5c04 82,547 B #20 b8b0...d571 82,546 B

Transactions with OP_RETURN payload >= 224 bytes

CSV
Height Time (UTC) Type Label Transaction Value
953,924 2026-06-16 09:52:28 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,457 bytes a9e8...78ea 1,457
953,904 2026-06-16 07:07:07 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 437 bytes bd8b...3028 437
953,894 2026-06-16 05:27:38 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 295 bytes aa8d...21ff 295
953,879 2026-06-16 02:57:35 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,234 bytes 2f47...fd92 1,234
953,864 2026-06-16 00:30:31 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 256 bytes 804c...1a4a 256
953,860 2026-06-15 23:55:46 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 480 bytes 780a...e103 480
953,860 2026-06-15 23:55:46 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 437 bytes ca52...be3a 437
953,857 2026-06-15 23:34:38 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 431 bytes dfc1...bdb3 431
953,846 2026-06-15 22:48:34 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 405 bytes 25fb...6d4e 405
953,844 2026-06-15 22:28:08 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 446 bytes e946...86df 446
953,822 2026-06-15 18:43:03 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 469 bytes 824b...a807 469
953,821 2026-06-15 18:41:06 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 764 bytes 9f84...8e13 764
953,792 2026-06-15 13:41:51 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 293 bytes 975e...7e17 293
953,792 2026-06-15 13:41:51 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 364 bytes c0bc...1384 364
953,786 2026-06-15 12:56:12 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 297 bytes 64bd...f401 297
953,783 2026-06-15 12:24:43 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 240 bytes 8f4b...374c 240
953,770 2026-06-15 09:50:11 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 311 bytes 171b...26d2 311
953,768 2026-06-15 09:30:06 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 328 bytes 579e...ca76 328
953,768 2026-06-15 09:30:06 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 2,477 bytes f9eb...d2b5 2,477
953,765 2026-06-15 08:55:24 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 332 bytes 3610...af4f 332
953,762 2026-06-15 08:21:23 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 328 bytes 54f2...916e 328
953,747 2026-06-15 05:38:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 295 bytes 9794...d64e 295
953,746 2026-06-15 05:25:34 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 461 bytes 34e8...a4cd 461
953,746 2026-06-15 05:25:34 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 359 bytes 9af4...d51f 359
953,728 2026-06-15 02:42:52 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 254 bytes cd08...9994 254
953,725 2026-06-15 01:53:31 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 249 bytes 929a...260d 249
953,723 2026-06-15 01:40:57 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,230 bytes bd56...c76e 1,230
953,719 2026-06-15 01:07:48 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 264 bytes 89a0...0d8c 264
953,670 2026-06-14 18:07:12 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 520 bytes 461a...eb66 520
953,662 2026-06-14 17:28:39 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 605 bytes 8618...d1c8 605
953,621 2026-06-14 09:42:57 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 581 bytes 903c...b5f1 581
953,620 2026-06-14 09:36:10 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 691 bytes b0c7...bf23 691
953,612 2026-06-14 08:22:11 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 441 bytes 4823...973f 441
953,603 2026-06-14 07:27:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 432 bytes beb3...29bd 432
953,600 2026-06-14 06:45:44 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 653 bytes e828...53dc 653
953,598 2026-06-14 06:40:11 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 849 bytes 15aa...88fa 849
953,597 2026-06-14 06:28:40 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes 21ff...5d12 910
953,597 2026-06-14 06:28:40 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 351 bytes 77ca...a62e 351
953,597 2026-06-14 06:28:40 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes d872...d28a 910
953,592 2026-06-14 05:36:59 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes 6eb1...81f4 911
953,592 2026-06-14 05:36:59 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 314 bytes e2c5...d242 314
953,588 2026-06-14 04:52:46 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 855 bytes 6d76...205b 855
953,587 2026-06-14 04:44:34 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 911 bytes 43c4...f876 911
953,586 2026-06-14 04:39:15 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 532 bytes f312...e4d8 532
953,584 2026-06-14 04:16:47 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 460 bytes 3684...fc6e 460
953,584 2026-06-14 04:16:47 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 253 bytes f999...b19b 253
953,582 2026-06-14 03:48:25 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 249 bytes c9f6...6cab 249
953,581 2026-06-14 03:37:03 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 239 bytes 3f91...e7c1 239
953,581 2026-06-14 03:37:03 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 384 bytes 5274...8850 384
953,579 2026-06-14 02:54:31 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 320 bytes 17d5...0719 320
Showing 1,701–1,750 of 3,422
Rows: 10 20 50
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