{"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":527,"leader":{"name":"Aster","slug":"aster","value":527},"rankings":[{"name":"Aster","slug":"aster","ms":{"p50":527,"p90":527,"p99":527,"mean":527},"successRate":83.3333,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"gains.trade","slug":"gains","ms":{"p50":364,"p90":364,"p99":364,"mean":364},"successRate":60,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"edgeX","slug":"edgex","ms":{"p50":292,"p90":292,"p99":292,"mean":292},"successRate":83.2292,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Extended","slug":"extended","ms":{"p50":280.859,"p90":281,"p99":281,"mean":280.859},"successRate":83.2292,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Aevo","slug":"aevo","ms":{"p50":217,"p90":217,"p99":217,"mean":217},"successRate":66.3628,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Lighter","slug":"lighter","ms":{"p50":203,"p90":203,"p99":203,"mean":203},"successRate":83.3333,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Hyperliquid","slug":"hyperliquid","ms":{"p50":177,"p90":177,"p99":177,"mean":177},"successRate":83.3333,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"GRVT","slug":"grvt","ms":{"p50":173,"p90":173,"p99":173,"mean":173},"successRate":66.6319,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"dYdX v4","slug":"dydx","ms":{"p50":114,"p90":114,"p99":114,"mean":114},"successRate":83.3333,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Ostium","slug":"ostium","ms":{"p50":75,"p90":75,"p99":75,"mean":75},"successRate":60,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Pacifica","slug":"pacifica","ms":{"p50":75,"p90":75,"p99":75,"mean":75},"successRate":66.6667,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Vertex","slug":"vertex","ms":{"p50":64.9023,"p90":65,"p99":65,"mean":64.9023},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Paradex","slug":"paradex","ms":{"p50":62,"p90":62,"p99":62,"mean":62},"successRate":83.3333,"sampleSize":5760},{"name":"Polymarket","slug":"polymarket","ms":{"p50":30.3819,"p90":34,"p99":34,"mean":30.3819},"successRate":79.8333,"sampleSize":5760}],"sparkline":[527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527,527],"sampleSize":80640,"asOf":"2026-08-03T21:39:46.789Z","headline":"Aster leads active markets at 527 (24h) on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues.","quote":"Aster leads active markets at 527 (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 2026-08-03. 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 2026-08-03}\n}","apa":"OpenChainBench. (2026). Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues. Retrieved August 3, 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  - 2026-08-03\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.trade: 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"}