
Daniel Batten|Sep 30, 2025 23:49
What percentage of cryptocurrency owners own Bitcoin?
TL;DR: ~63%
Long answer:
No single source of truth, so here are some rough indicators which all generally agree with eachother within a range.
1. US: ~74% of crypto owners own Bitcoin
48 Million Bitcoin owners (source: https://x.com/thetrocro/status/1940560058469015867
65 Million Crypto owners (source: https://www.security.org/digital-security/cryptocurrency-annual-consumer-report/)
2. Worldwide: ~63% of crypto-owners own Bitcoin (average of 4 estimates)
Chainalysis puts crypto ownership at 560Million (source: https://www.triple-a.io/cryptocurrency-ownership-data). Assuming that is accurate, here's the % who own bitcoin according to different Bitcoin-only estimates
Bitcoin ownership estimates are
- 426M Bitcoin owners = 76% (Woonomic: https://x.com/woonomic/status/1785306024662143025
- 65% (Binance: https://research.binance.com/static/pdf/Global_Crypto_Index_2021.pdf)
- 324M = 58% (River: https://river.com/learn/files/river-bitcoin-adoption-report-2025.pdf)
- 295 M (53%) Henley & Partners: https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/henley-crypto-adoption-index-2025/methodology)
There's always a risk comparing across reports which may have different data-gathering methods and definitions of ownership, so this isn't scientifically robust - just a general estimate. If anyone has seen more up-to-date studies, let me know!(Daniel Batten)
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