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Overview

OP_RETURN Snapshot

OP_RETURN Outputs Created
238,563,107
at height 958,475
Payload (all)
5.03 GB
Height
958,475
Last Data Update
2026-07-18 01:12:20 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 01:12:13 UTC @ 958,475 (tx df4b...02c8)*  ·  Size:80bytes
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
958,476
Scanned Txs
1,398,938,540
(*) 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
684.89 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
238,563,107
Outputs with payload >= 224 B
3,442
Output share >= 224 B
0.001443 %
Txs with OP_RETURN
237,930,705
Total Tx outputs
3,831,821,310
Non-OP_RETURN outputs
3,593,258,203
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 57,122,960 57,033,937 952.38 MB 1.12 GB 16.7 B 18.940 % 184 KB 28,135
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 30.901 % 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 5 183,354,994 183,063,729 2.23 GB 2.78 GB 12.2 B 44.383 % 985 KB 118,476

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 1-40 204,075,733 41-75 5,814,672 76-80 28,132,591 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
1-40 204,075,733 85.5437 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
41-75 5,814,672 2.4374 % 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC 266,766
76-80 28,132,591 11.7925 % 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
949,973 2026-05-18 18:30:04 UTC First in bucket 100001-200000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 100001-200000 0000...de07 –
909,068 2025-08-07 19:25:38 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx f08f...7fbe 10,022
897,852 2025-05-22 13:46:58 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx 4a77...6011 69
896,722 2025-05-14 21:06:26 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes b47e...59c7 984,587
896,696 2025-05-14 16:36:24 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 516c...406b 979,842
896,696 2025-05-14 16:36:24 UTC First in bucket 900001-1000000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 900001-1000000 516c...406b –
896,088 2025-05-10 09:14:50 UTC Record max payload New record: max OP_RETURN payload bytes 95d1...6052 97,446
896,088 2025-05-10 09:14:50 UTC First in bucket 80001-100000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 80001-100000 95d1...6052 –
894,565 2025-04-30 07:00:43 UTC Record max OP_RETURN outputs per tx New record: max OP_RETURN outputs in single tx a1b6...c2fe 50
870,805 2024-11-18 03:26:28 UTC First in bucket 20001-40000 First OP_RETURN payload in bucket 20001-40000 04ac...e8d3 –
Showing 1–10 of 37
Rows: 10 20 50
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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
952,728 2026-06-07 13:33:50 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 303 bytes 06c0...2a7f 303
952,726 2026-06-07 13:12:45 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 287 bytes e596...44db 287
952,711 2026-06-07 10:15:32 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 309 bytes 9424...aff0 309
952,709 2026-06-07 09:53:13 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes 4427...f198 910
952,706 2026-06-07 09:09:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 913 bytes a085...8c16 913
952,706 2026-06-07 09:09:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 913 bytes e320...39c4 913
952,671 2026-06-07 00:54:53 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 309 bytes e8a1...6da5 309
952,670 2026-06-07 00:52:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,236 bytes 9231...95cd 1,236
952,662 2026-06-06 23:46:07 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 373 bytes b347...42e5 373
952,661 2026-06-06 23:36:28 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 662 bytes baf6...f38d 662
952,661 2026-06-06 23:36:28 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 622 bytes ccca...e662 622
952,625 2026-06-06 15:22:19 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 582 bytes 6331...b4c9 582
952,610 2026-06-06 12:47:31 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 678 bytes f5fc...9e14 678
952,587 2026-06-06 08:29:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,232 bytes 79a6...7ae9 1,232
952,582 2026-06-06 07:04:59 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,234 bytes 187a...205d 1,234
952,582 2026-06-06 07:04:59 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,234 bytes d025...a80e 1,234
952,582 2026-06-06 07:04:59 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,234 bytes f22b...ae26 1,234
952,561 2026-06-06 02:13:24 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes 9a93...0032 910
952,561 2026-06-06 02:13:24 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes a5a0...3aa6 910
952,561 2026-06-06 02:13:24 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes ab39...e9c7 910
952,561 2026-06-06 02:13:24 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 909 bytes b270...4854 909
952,502 2026-06-05 16:37:37 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 99,000 bytes 64ab...e12a 99,000
952,494 2026-06-05 14:53:07 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 429 bytes cabb...0f69 429
952,475 2026-06-05 12:01:44 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 992 bytes 1722...607a 992
952,472 2026-06-05 11:33:32 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 619 bytes 5f60...770a 619
952,467 2026-06-05 11:05:05 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 989 bytes 70b2...4cfe 989
952,462 2026-06-05 10:45:01 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 616 bytes 6847...1919 616
952,408 2026-06-04 23:26:58 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes 48de...57eb 910
952,390 2026-06-04 20:33:40 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 8,500 bytes e6ad...22a1 8,500
952,386 2026-06-04 20:13:43 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 293 bytes 83a5...4e42 293
952,348 2026-06-04 13:16:44 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 256 bytes 17f6...d14e 256
952,340 2026-06-04 12:36:02 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 256 bytes 38c0...098e 256
952,339 2026-06-04 12:41:01 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 29,853 bytes db49...f252 29,853
952,336 2026-06-04 12:11:01 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 256 bytes bff1...80bf 256
952,329 2026-06-04 11:28:51 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 2,017 bytes 7ae3...8cc3 2,017
952,328 2026-06-04 11:25:52 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,851 bytes 304a...621c 1,851
952,325 2026-06-04 11:02:55 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,689 bytes 018b...5aa2 1,689
952,321 2026-06-04 10:06:28 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 702 bytes 480f...0943 702
952,319 2026-06-04 09:37:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 297 bytes 37de...a5be 297
952,318 2026-06-04 09:18:22 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 537 bytes fe1c...9c35 537
952,316 2026-06-04 09:04:03 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 300 bytes c957...7bba 300
952,313 2026-06-04 08:37:17 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 297 bytes 613c...65ab 297
952,313 2026-06-04 08:37:17 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 371 bytes 9991...b6ac 371
952,305 2026-06-04 06:33:36 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,191 bytes 499e...4f2b 1,191
952,299 2026-06-04 06:01:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes 0f7d...cc2c 910
952,299 2026-06-04 06:01:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 851 bytes 4d3d...1324 851
952,299 2026-06-04 06:01:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 241 bytes b2f6...fcad 241
952,291 2026-06-04 04:24:15 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 910 bytes c1da...f938 910
952,288 2026-06-04 03:57:02 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,191 bytes b60f...934c 1,191
952,266 2026-06-03 23:40:59 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 300 bytes 2138...28c4 300
Showing 1,901–1,950 of 3,422
Rows: 10 20 50
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