Polygon fees exceed Ethereum driven by Polymarket surge

Polygon surpasses Ethereum in daily fee revenue

Polygon collected $407,100 in transaction fees on 14 February 2026. Ethereum recorded $211,700 in fees on the same day. This marked the first time Polygon, a Layer-2 scaling solution built on Ethereum, exceeded Ethereum's daily fee revenue. On 15 February 2026, Polygon maintained higher fees at $303,923 compared to Ethereum's $285,480.

"BREAKING: @0xPolygon flipped @ethereum in daily transaction fees. Daily transaction fees on Polygon surpassed $300k yesterday.", 16 February 2026. — Token Terminal, Blockchain Analytics Provider

Polymarket activity drives fee surge on Polygon

Polymarket, a prediction market platform, contributed 66.7% of Polygon's transaction fees on 13 February 2026. The platform recorded $3.7 billion in trading volume over 30 days, making it the top application on Polygon by volume. Polygon's total transaction fees reached 2.776 million POL tokens on 13 February. The x402 protocol, associated with Polymarket, processed $1.2 million in micropayments with 358,000 transactions in one week.

Network processes over 6.6 million daily transactions

Polygon recorded 6,692,233 transactions in 24 hours on 13 February 2026. This represented the highest activity level in over one month. Total transaction fees for the period reached 1,771,557.79 POL tokens. The average fee per transaction was approximately $0.03 USD. The transaction volume reflected increased demand for prediction market services on the network.