Avalanche’s Primary Network runs three built-in blockchains. The C-Chain supports Ethereum-compatible smart contracts, the X-Chain handles native asset operations, and the P-Chain coordinates staking and validators. The wider ecosystem also includes application-specific Avalanche L1s. More detail is available in the Primary Network documentation.
This report focuses on the C-Chain, rather than adding together every Avalanche L1. It is EVM-compatible and supports applications accessed through wallets such as MetaMask. The AVAX price chart tracks the token’s USD price.
How is Avalanche doing these days? October 2026 shows much lower C-Chain activity than September, even as the cumulative address count moves above 100M. Transaction fees remain small in dollar terms, although the average fee is higher than in the previous month. Let’s take a look at the data.
Let’s look at the C-Chain’s long-term history and the full October 2026 results.
The data presented here comes from https://snowtrace.io/, using its Routescan API. All charts stop at 31 October 2026.
We will be looking at:
- Number of Addresses
- Active Addresses
- Daily Transactions
- Fees
- Verified Contracts and AVAX Price
Number of Addresses
An address count is one way to track a chain’s reach. Addresses are not unique people: one person can use several, and contracts also have addresses. First, the cumulative number of C-Chain addresses recorded by the explorer.
The updated history reaches 101M addresses on 31 October 2026. Growth continued during the month, but the pace was much slower than during the large bursts visible in 2023, 2025 and earlier in 2026. This is a historical total, not the number of addresses currently active.
If we look at the new addresses recorded each day we get this.
The largest daily increase in this series is about 1M addresses on 2 May 2026. Earlier surges are also visible in 2023 and 2025. Overall 2025 was a year of growth for Avalanche addresses.
October added an average of about 12k addresses per day. This is well below the most intense periods in the historical chart.
Active Addresses
How many addresses are active each day? Here is the explorer’s C-Chain activity series.
The history shows several waves of activity, including much higher levels during the first half of 2026. Those earlier peaks have given way to a lower daily count in the latest month.
October averaged approximately 47k active addresses per day, compared with 176k in September. That is a big decline in the daily average. Previously in 2026 the DAUs were at 800k levels.
The median October day had 42k active addresses, so a few busier days lifted the average.
Daily Transactions
Daily transactions measure the number of operations recorded on the C-Chain. An address can make many transactions, so transaction counts and active-address counts measure different things.
The full history includes sharp transaction spikes and sustained periods of heavier use. Activity grew strongly during parts of 2025 and 2026, but October is well below those levels.
The C-Chain processed 8.5M transactions in October, averaging 275k per day. September averaged about 1M per day, so the October daily average was much lower.
Daily counts ranged from 180,893 to 434,803 during October. The final day recorded 215,065 transactions. These figures cover the C-Chain and exclude activity on other Avalanche L1s.
Fees
The average C-Chain transaction fee for October was about $0.0437, or 4.37 US cents, calculated from the month’s total USD fees and total transactions. Actual costs vary with the operation being performed and network conditions.
Here is the chart.
The chart shows daily average fees in USD: each day’s total USD network fees divided by that day’s transaction count.
October’s total network fees were about $372k. The monthly average fee per transaction was higher than September’s roughly $0.0105. October’s daily averages ranged from about $0.0159 to $0.1361. The average on 31 October was approximately $0.0184.
Verified Contracts
Here is the daily number of contracts verified in the explorer. Verification makes contract source code available for inspection and is distinct from deploying a new contract.
The explorer recorded 42 contract verifications in October, averaging about 1.3k per day. Large historical spikes dominate the full-range chart, while October’s values are more consistent. Verification dates can differ from deployment dates, and these counts do not measure the number of separate applications.
AVAX Price
Finally, here is the daily AVAX price history in USD.
AVAX experienced large price increases in 2021 and again in 2024, followed by substantial declines. The latest prices are far below those earlier peaks, even though the cumulative address count is much higher.
The latest price is around $8, compared with $11 in 30 September, a decline of roughly 25%. These are some of the lowest price levels for AVAX in its entire existence. Will se can it recover from here.
All the best @dalz
