Polymarket Data Shows $25.7 Billion Monthly Volume as Prediction Markets Shift to Continuous Use

New updates have been reported about Polymarket.

Polymarket sits at the center of a new research report on prediction markets released by Bitget Wallet, which uses onchain Dune Analytics data to show a sharp increase in both trading volume and user engagement on the platform. Trading on Polymarket reached $25.7 billion in March alone, and analysis of 1.29 million wallets in the first quarter of 2026 indicates users are logging in more frequently, trading across more categories, and shifting from crypto-only activity into sports, politics, and other real-world markets.

The report underscores that Polymarket’s growth is being driven primarily by repeat usage from retail users rather than larger ticket sizes, with 82.8% of users trading under $10,000 and average active days per user rising from 2.5 to 9.9 while category participation expanded from 1.45 to 2.34. Sports markets led with $10.1 billion in Q1 volume and politics generated $5 billion, including $2.41 billion tied to geopolitics, supporting Polymarket’s positioning as a multi-category, always-on prediction venue and prompting its Director of Growth & Partnerships, Elden Mirzoian, to frame prediction markets as emerging core financial infrastructure where distribution, access, and usability will be critical to scaling toward an industry outlook of up to $240 billion in annual volume by 2026 and a potential long-term trajectory toward $1 trillion.