Chain Rank

Get chain growth rankings

post

Get aggregated growth metrics for all supported chains, ranked by gas fees.

Returns one entry per chain with transaction counts, DEX volume, active addresses, revenue, and TVL for the selected time frame. Use chain_type=evm to restrict results to EVM-compatible chains.

Time frames: 7 (7-day), 30 (30-day), 365 (365-day).

Notes:

• successful_transaction_count and successful_transaction_count_percent_change are null for algorand, bitcoin, and ton.

• total_dex_volume_usd and total_dex_volume_usd_percent_change are null for algorand, aptos, bitcoin, near, stellar, and ton.

• Results are sorted by total_gas_used_usd descending.

Authorizations

apikeystringRequired

API key for authentication

Body

time_frameinteger · enumOptional

Supported time frames for chain rank queries.

Default: 7Example: 7Possible values:

chain_typestring · enumOptional

Chain type filter for chain rank queries.

Default: allExample: allPossible values:

Responses

200

Chain growth rankings data

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400

Bad Request

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401

Unauthorized

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402

Payment Required

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403

Forbidden

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404

Not Found

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422

Unprocessable Content

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429

Too Many Requests

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500

Internal Server Error

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502

Bad Gateway

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503

Service Unavailable

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504

Gateway Timeout

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post/api/v1/chains/chain-rank

POST /api/v1/chains/chain-rank HTTP/1.1
Host: api.nansen.ai
apikey: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 35

{
  "chain_type": "all",
  "time_frame": 7
}

{
  "data": [
    {
      "chain": "text",
      "transaction_count": 1,
      "transaction_count_percent_change": 1,
      "successful_transaction_count": 1,
      "successful_transaction_count_percent_change": 1,
      "total_gas_used_usd": 1,
      "total_gas_used_usd_percent_change": 1,
      "total_dex_volume_usd": 1,
      "total_dex_volume_usd_percent_change": 1,
      "active_address_count_traces": 1,
      "active_address_count_traces_percent_change": 1,
      "active_address_count_txs": 1,
      "active_address_count_txs_percent_change": 1,
      "revenue_usd": 1,
      "revenue_usd_percent_change": 1,
      "tvl_usd": 1,
      "tvl_usd_percent_change": 1
    }
  ]
}