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Overview

OP_RETURN Snapshot

OP_RETURN Outputs Created
238,524,938
at height 958,451
Payload (all)
5.03 GB
Height
958,451
Last Data Update
2026-07-17 20:15:25 UTC
First observed OP_RETURN
2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC @ 228,596 (tx 1a2e...93fc)*  ·  Size:20bytes
Last observed OP_RETURN
2026-07-17 20:14:55 UTC @ 958,451 (tx ab8d...3fa6)*  ·  Size:76bytes
First observed payload >= 224 B
2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC @ 268,060 (tx d29c...bc9b)*  ·  Size:983bytes
Last observed payload >= 224 B
2026-07-17 15:43:17 UTC @ 958,432 (tx 2358...f56e)*  ·  Size:931bytes
Scanned blocks
958,452
Scanned Txs
1,398,847,160
(*) 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 (7,015,588 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
684.78 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
238,524,938
Outputs with payload >= 224 B
3,436
Output share >= 224 B
0.001441 %
Txs with OP_RETURN
237,892,600
Total Tx outputs
3,831,597,767
Non-OP_RETURN outputs
3,593,072,829
OP_RETURN tx share
17.006 %
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 57,084,791 56,995,832 951.64 MB 1.12 GB 16.7 B 18.928 % 184 KB 28,111
2025 44,342,296 44,190,163 751.00 MB 881.89 MB 16.9 B 14.937 % 985 KB 53,082
2024 83,164,438 83,087,898 563.37 MB 811.52 MB 6.8 B 11.205 % 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 3.224 % 80 B 52,686
2020 7,915,402 7,845,311 442.95 MB 463.42 MB 56.0 B 8.810 % 86 B 53,222
2019 28,398,777 28,360,598 1.55 GB 1.63 GB 54.7 B 30.906 % 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 1.254 % 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 44.116 % 80 B 210,000
Epoch 4 11,311,356 11,041,938 556.29 MB 586.09 MB 49.2 B 11.065 % 8 KB 210,000
Epoch 5 183,316,825 183,025,624 2.23 GB 2.78 GB 12.2 B 44.375 % 985 KB 118,452

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.
0 512,921 1-40 204,038,672 41-75 5,813,778 76-80 28,132,400 81-223 23,731 224-255 1,496 256-1000 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
0 512,921 0.2150 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
1-40 204,038,672 85.5419 % 2013-03-29 14:18:58 UTC 228,596
41-75 5,813,778 2.4374 % 2013-10-29 22:11:04 UTC 266,766
76-80 28,132,400 11.7943 % 2013-11-05 11:23:00 UTC 268,060
81-223 23,731 0.0099 % 2013-07-03 15:48:33 UTC 244,591
224-255 1,496 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 273 1.8 KB 546 14.9 KB 819 120.9 KB 1,092 984.6 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.
0 374 748 1,122 1,496 224-255 224-255 256-511 256-511 512-1023 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
941,871 2026-03-23 13:48:22 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,089 bytes c5f3...e69c 1,089
941,737 2026-03-22 17:23:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,062 bytes b205...25fc 1,062
941,652 2026-03-22 05:16:42 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 4,346 bytes 617c...37da 4,346
941,474 2026-03-20 22:16:08 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 701 bytes 6aec...719a 701
941,107 2026-03-18 05:15:54 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 750 bytes 308c...6f71 750
941,095 2026-03-18 03:25:55 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 804 bytes 3c04...7cb0 804
940,984 2026-03-17 06:22:32 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 358 bytes 2a55...c133 358
940,916 2026-03-16 16:55:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 922 bytes 7385...1725 922
940,909 2026-03-16 15:25:31 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 314 bytes 057d...98b9 314
940,329 2026-03-12 01:28:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 14,829 bytes 9d7d...b869 14,829
940,329 2026-03-12 01:28:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,085 bytes acc2...a9a4 1,085
940,329 2026-03-12 01:28:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,071 bytes f4f8...df2a 1,071
940,297 2026-03-11 18:30:36 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,088 bytes 792d...eb1c 1,088
940,272 2026-03-11 11:41:03 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,050 bytes 681e...28b9 1,050
940,272 2026-03-11 11:41:03 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,052 bytes a808...7bf2 1,052
940,203 2026-03-11 02:03:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 792 bytes 00da...6d3f 792
940,203 2026-03-11 02:03:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,058 bytes 4171...391d 1,058
940,203 2026-03-11 02:03:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,045 bytes 55a6...a832 1,045
940,203 2026-03-11 02:03:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,044 bytes ce3d...b6d1 1,044
940,203 2026-03-11 02:03:29 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,031 bytes e46d...3b2d 1,031
940,127 2026-03-10 14:42:57 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 383 bytes 715d...45be 383
940,127 2026-03-10 14:42:57 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 780 bytes e977...be0f 780
940,012 2026-03-09 16:02:21 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 280 bytes 29fd...ee80 280
940,012 2026-03-09 16:02:21 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 788 bytes 3d84...0fe4 788
939,482 2026-03-05 22:13:28 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,080 bytes 0919...83da 1,080
939,473 2026-03-05 20:56:02 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,053 bytes 02f4...5763 1,053
939,293 2026-03-04 17:53:00 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,051 bytes 5eb8...5bc5 1,051
939,204 2026-03-04 00:31:04 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,060 bytes 19c2...286c 1,060
939,057 2026-03-02 22:48:10 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,066 bytes 0d8c...1e60 1,066
939,057 2026-03-02 22:48:10 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 787 bytes 8e84...67b0 787
939,057 2026-03-02 22:48:10 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,038 bytes f481...16db 1,038
939,028 2026-03-02 17:17:26 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 782 bytes 8444...9cd9 782
938,997 2026-03-02 12:26:25 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,037 bytes 64c5...8854 1,037
938,813 2026-03-01 04:02:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 8,603 bytes 57cd...39ec 8,603
938,813 2026-03-01 04:02:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,060 bytes bf12...0293 1,060
938,787 2026-03-01 00:21:20 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,067 bytes 1361...b8d1 1,067
938,768 2026-02-28 21:16:33 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 682 bytes 681f...30a4 682
938,764 2026-02-28 20:32:50 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 899 bytes a79c...bfe1 899
938,624 2026-02-27 20:55:24 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 696 bytes 97dc...c26d 696
938,491 2026-02-26 23:22:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,094 bytes 90d4...b3ea 1,094
938,491 2026-02-26 23:22:14 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,079 bytes efbc...ce9f 1,079
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 320 bytes 08f6...6085 320
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 652 bytes 09a4...9324 652
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 652 bytes 0bac...a8eb 652
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 4,115 bytes 0e27...c348 4,115
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,393 bytes 116c...eaeb 1,393
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 652 bytes 14b3...de14 652
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 868 bytes 1930...740f 868
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 4,543 bytes 2dcd...38d2 4,543
938,452 2026-02-26 16:31:18 UTC Large payload transaction Seen tx with OP_RETURN payload of 1,536 bytes 34ba...f433 1,536
Showing 2,551–2,600 of 3,416
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