{"slug":"perp-active-markets","title":"Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues","subtitle":"Live count of active perpetual futures markets per venue, polled every 5 minutes from each venue's public API. Higher means more tradable instruments across crypto, forex, stocks, indices and commodities.","category":"Trading","metric":"Active markets","unit":"count","status":"live","higherIsBetter":true,"filters":null,"value":579,"leader":{"name":"Aster","slug":"aster","value":579},"rankings":[{"name":"Aster","slug":"aster","ms":{"p50":579,"p90":579,"p99":579,"mean":579},"successRate":85.7143,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Gains","slug":"gains","ms":{"p50":366,"p90":366,"p99":366,"mean":366},"successRate":83.3275,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Extended","slug":"extended","ms":{"p50":325.544,"p90":326,"p99":326,"mean":325.544},"successRate":85.2679,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Aevo","slug":"aevo","ms":{"p50":238,"p90":238,"p99":238,"mean":238},"successRate":71.1905,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Lighter","slug":"lighter","ms":{"p50":216.438,"p90":217,"p99":217,"mean":216.438},"successRate":85.6548,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"GRVT","slug":"grvt","ms":{"p50":194,"p90":194,"p99":194,"mean":194},"successRate":71.3988,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Hyperliquid","slug":"hyperliquid","ms":{"p50":178,"p90":178,"p99":178,"mean":178},"successRate":85.6101,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Polymarket","slug":"polymarket","ms":{"p50":89,"p90":89,"p99":89,"mean":89},"successRate":80,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Ostium","slug":"ostium","ms":{"p50":83,"p90":83,"p99":83,"mean":83},"successRate":83.3333,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"dYdX v4","slug":"dydx","ms":{"p50":78,"p90":78,"p99":78,"mean":78},"successRate":85.7143,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Pacifica","slug":"pacifica","ms":{"p50":77,"p90":77,"p99":77,"mean":77},"successRate":85.7143,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Vertex","slug":"vertex","ms":{"p50":74,"p90":74,"p99":74,"mean":74},"successRate":85.7143,"sampleSize":2880},{"name":"Paradex","slug":"paradex","ms":{"p50":63,"p90":63,"p99":63,"mean":63},"successRate":85.7143,"sampleSize":2880}],"sparkline":[579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579,579],"sampleSize":40320,"asOf":"2026-09-18T00:33:28.225Z","headline":"Aster leads active markets at 579 (24h) on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues.","quote":"Aster leads active markets at 579 (24h) on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues. Source: OpenChainBench (https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/perp-active-markets).","cite":{"plain":"OpenChainBench. \"Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues\". Retrieved 2026-09-18. https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/perp-active-markets","bibtex":"@misc{ocb_perp_active_markets,\n  author = {OpenChainBench},\n  title  = {Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues},\n  year   = {2026},\n  url    = {https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/perp-active-markets},\n  note   = {Retrieved 2026-09-18}\n}","apa":"OpenChainBench. (2026). Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/perp-active-markets","ris":"TY  - GEN\r\nAU  - OpenChainBench\r\nTI  - Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues\r\nPY  - 2026\r\nUR  - https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/perp-active-markets\r\nY2  - 2026-09-18\r\nER  - \r\n"},"pageUrl":"https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/perp-active-markets","ogImage":"https://openchainbench.com/api/og/perp-active-markets","source":"https://github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/perp-cohort-stats","methodology":["Cadence: every 5 minutes per venue in parallel, 10 second timeout per request.","Hyperliquid: info metaAndAssetCtxs, count of non-delisted assets. Active perp markets only, crypto assets.","Lighter: orderBookDetails, count of markets where market_type==perp and status==active. Native API, mainnet only.","dYdX v4: indexer perpetualMarkets, count of non-deactivated markets.","Paradex: markets summary endpoint on Starknet L2, count of active perp markets.","edgeX: native markets endpoint, count of active perp markets on zkSync.","Aster: fapi exchangeInfo, count of instruments with contractType==PERPETUAL and status==TRADING on BNB Chain.","Vertex: public indexer, count of active perp products on Arbitrum.","GRVT: public markets endpoint, count of active instruments on ZK Stack.","Extended: public markets API, count of active perp markets on StarkEx.","Aevo: public markets endpoint, count of active perp instruments on OP Stack.","Pacifica: onchain reads on the Solana program state, count of active perp markets.","Ostium: Arbitrum subgraph, count of active pairs. Covers FX and commodities alongside crypto.","Polymarket: public perps tickers endpoint on Polygon, count of listed instruments.","Gains: Mobula perp pairs catalog (GET /api/2/perp/pairs, dex=gains, mainnet only). Covers crypto, forex, stocks, indices and commodities across Arbitrum, Base, Polygon and ApeChain.","Headline: avg_over_time of the live market count gauge over the last 24 hours. Listings change infrequently so the 24h average is effectively the current count.","Failures: a venue that errors keeps its last gauge value and its perp_venue_health gauge drops toward 0; the leaderboard tags it as stale."],"license":"CC-BY-4.0"}