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Ethereum Extends 2025 Developer Lead as Solana Cements No. 2, Together Near Half of Active Builders

DeFi liquidity remains concentrated on Ethereum despite Solana’s rapid growth.

Overview

  • Electric Capital data for January through September 2025 show Ethereum drew 16,181 new developers and counts 31,869 active contributors.
  • Solana added 11,534 new developers and reached 17,708 active contributors, with the Solana Foundation saying thousands of contributors are missing from the dataset.
  • Combined, Ethereum and Solana account for nearly half of active blockchain developers worldwide.
  • DeFiLlama reports Ethereum at 67.4% of total value locked versus Solana at 8.9%, marking Solana’s strongest share since early 2022.
  • Recent market data show ETH and SOL price movements are tightly aligned with a correlation of about 0.96.