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Solana Overtakes Ethereum in New Developer Signups, Reaches 23% Share

Solana is gaining ground in the global blockchain developer race. A Syndica report puts Solana's share of active developers at 23%, up from 6% in 2020, alongside a 45% year-over-year increase in active builders. Ethereum's share has slid to 31%, falling below 35% for the first time since 2022. Syndica's tracking suggests a structural shift: developer talent is concentrating on high-performance, integrated Layer 1 networks, resetting the competitive landscape. Electric Capital data cited in the report underscores the change. Ethereum accounted for 82% of active blockchain developers in 2020; it now stands at 31%, a 51-percentage-point drop over six years. Solana moved the other way across key cohorts: - Professional developers: 5% to 20% - Hobbyist developers: Solana leads at 28% vs. Ethereum at 24% - New developers onboarded in 2025: Solana drew 4,100 vs. Ethereum's 3,700 By its fifth year, Solana's cumulative developer count exceeded Ethereum's fifth-year total by roughly 50%, pointing to a compounding growth trajectory. Within non-EVM networks, Syndica estimates Solana represents 60% of weekly active developers, more than the next five chains combined. Base has emerged as a third-place contender with 14% overall share. Because Base operates on Ethereum's stack, the report frames its rise as contributing to ecosystem fragmentation as much as expansion. Code contribution patterns also differ. On Ethereum, the top 1% of developers produce 51% of total code output; on Solana, the top 1% accounts for 31%. Syndica describes Solana's developer base as more broadly distributed, with 17% of work happening on weekends and less reliance on a small group of high-output contributors. Network usage metrics help explain the momentum. Solana processed 25.3 billion transactions in Q1 2026, about 125 times Ethereum's volume over the same period, according to the report. Ben Nadareski, CEO and co-founder of Solstice, a DeFi protocol on Solana, said activity is shifting to where cost and speed align with real-world financial applications: "The transactions are happening on Solana. Activity moved to where the cost and speed make sense." Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap has spread developers across Base, Arbitrum, Optimism and many smaller networks, requiring separate tooling, context switching, and liquidity splits. Solana's monolithic architecture keeps execution, liquidity and developer focus in a single environment, reinforcing what the report calls the integrated-chain thesis. Nadareski added that hobbyist builders are contributing meaningful layers on top of core primitives, while institutional tooling is catching up. He said custody providers are integrating Solana faster than they integrated Ethereum five years ago as institutional demand accelerates, and pointed to recent Solana Foundation infrastructure partnerships as a tailwind for onboarding. Source: Syndica
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