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x402 volume, claimed and measured

Public x402 volume figures disagree, and this page does not merge them. The x402.org panel claims 75.41M transactions and $24.24M. x402scan, checked 2026-10-20, states 3.03M transactions and $1.41M. Visa and Artemis publish separate cumulative totals. Unstated methods are left unknown. Last checked 2026-10-20.

Last verified 2026-10-20

Sources

Last checked 2026-10-20.

Claimed on x402.org

Claimed on x402.org
Who published itMetricFigureSource dateCheckedMethod
x402Transactions, labeled Last 30 Days, panel unchanged since an April 17 2026 archive capture75.41Mnone stated2026-10-20Labeled Last 30 Days. The page does not state a counting rule, a chain list, or a window start.
x402Volume, labeled Last 30 Days, panel unchanged since an April 17 2026 archive capture$24.24Mnone stated2026-10-20Labeled Last 30 Days. The page does not state a counting rule, a chain list, or a window start.
x402Buyers, labeled Last 30 Days, panel unchanged since an April 17 2026 archive capture94.06Knone stated2026-10-20Labeled Last 30 Days. The page does not state a counting rule, a chain list, or a window start.
x402Sellers, labeled Last 30 Days, panel unchanged since an April 17 2026 archive capture22Knone stated2026-10-20Labeled Last 30 Days. The page does not state a counting rule, a chain list, or a window start.

Independently measured

Independently measured
Who published itMetricFigureSource dateCheckedMethod
x402scanTransactions, past 30 days3.03Mnone stated2026-10-20Labeled Past 30 Days on the overall stats view. The fetched page does not state the counting unit.
x402scanVolume, past 30 days$1.41Mnone stated2026-10-20Labeled Past 30 Days on the overall stats view. The fetched page does not state the counting unit.
x402scanBuyers, past 30 days35.81Knone stated2026-10-20Labeled Past 30 Days on the overall stats view. The fetched page does not state the counting unit.
x402scanSellers, past 30 days38Knone stated2026-10-20Labeled Past 30 Days on the overall stats view. The fetched page does not state the counting unit.
Artemis AnalyticsCumulative raw onchain volume since May 2025over $135.7M2026-04-212026-10-20Report footnote: cumulative raw onchain totals from Artemis Analytics as of 2026-04-21.
Artemis AnalyticsCumulative raw onchain transactions since May 2025178.3M2026-04-212026-10-20Report footnote: cumulative raw onchain totals from Artemis Analytics as of 2026-04-21.
Visa and ArtemisAdjusted cumulative volume since May 2025roughly $15.0 million2026-04-212026-10-20Visa article: adjusted totals exclude identified wash and test activity. Data date 2026-04-21. Raw totals are higher.
Visa and ArtemisAdjusted cumulative transactions since May 2025109.6 million2026-04-212026-10-20Visa article: adjusted totals exclude identified wash and test activity. Data date 2026-04-21. Raw totals are higher.

Where the published figures differ

The x402.org panel, published by x402, states 75.41M transactions and $24.24M under a Last 30 Days label. The page does not state a counting rule, a chain list, or when that window starts. x402scan, read on 2026-10-20, states 3.03M transactions and $1.41M under Past 30 Days. That fetched view does not state whether a transaction is a payment, a transfer, or a chain transaction. This page does not divide one of those totals by the other.

Seller counts differ on the same pages: the panel states 22K and x402scan states 38K. Neither page states that those counts use the same seller definition.

The Visa and Artemis report states cumulative raw onchain volume of over $135.7M across 178.3M transactions since May 2025. The footnote says those raw totals are from Artemis Analytics as of 2026-04-21. The Visa article states adjusted totals of roughly $15.0 million and 109.6 million for that same data date, and says the adjusted totals exclude identified wash and test activity. The article also says the raw totals are higher. This page does not subtract the adjusted total from the raw total.

Those cumulative figures are not a restatement of either 30 day panel. A current Artemis dashboard total for 2026-10-20 was not read. The Artemis figures on this page are the report figures as of 2026-04-21.

Why x402 numbers differ says x402 dashboards can disagree because they count different units, follow different money flows, cover different activity, apply different filters, or use different time windows. It says a gap between totals does not establish the cause. The page dates its evidence to 11 October 2026 and does not publish a volume total of its own.

Notes from the sources

  • On 2026-09-27, ChainWard, x402 on Base, one week on chain states that ChainWard measured one week of x402 on Base, 2026-09-15 through 2026-09-21: $128,977 settled, and at least $56,268 (43.6%) looped back.

    ChainWard, x402 on Base, one week on chain
  • On 2026-09-27, ChainWard, x402 on Base, one week on chain states that ChainWard says the x402.org Last 30 Days panel appears unchanged since an April 17 2026 archive capture, including the transaction, volume, buyer, and seller figures.

    ChainWard, x402 on Base, one week on chain
  • On 2026-09-27, ChainWard, x402 on Base, one week on chain states that ChainWard says that, in the view it read, x402scan's cross-chain count for roughly the last 30 days was 16.9M transactions and $959K, and that about 85% of those transactions went to one Solana seller with 72 buyers.

    ChainWard, x402 on Base, one week on chain

Listings and glossary

x402 listing · x402 adoption stat · x402 · HTTP 402 · How figures are chosen

Questions

What transaction figure does the x402.org panel claim?
Checked on 2026-10-20, x402.org Last 30 Days panel, published by x402, states Transactions, labeled Last 30 Days, panel unchanged since an April 17 2026 archive capture as 75.41M, and the source gives no calendar date.
What transaction figure did x402scan show on the last check?
Checked on 2026-10-20, x402scan overall stats, published by x402scan, states Transactions, past 30 days as 3.03M, and the source gives no calendar date.
What cumulative raw volume do Visa and Artemis publish?
Checked on 2026-10-20, Agentic Payments from the Ground Up (Visa and Artemis), published by Artemis Analytics, states Cumulative raw onchain volume since May 2025 as over $135.7M, and the source date is 2026-04-21.
Does this page calculate a single x402 total?
No. It quotes each published figure with its source, date, and method. It does not divide one total by another or publish a combined total.

Sources

  1. x402.org Last 30 Days panel
  2. x402scan overall stats
  3. Agentic Payments from the Ground Up (Visa and Artemis)
  4. Agentic Payments from the Ground Up, Visa article
  5. ChainWard, x402 on Base, one week on chain
  6. Why x402 numbers differ

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