NFT Statistics – Sales, Trends and More [2021]

While non-fungible tokens (aka NFTs) might be confusing to many, one thing is clear (even to newbies) – NFTs are growing rapidly in popularity. Over the years, there were some interesting developments, but as you’ll see from our list of statistics, 2021 (particularly the month of March) has delivered a number of noteworthy statistics.

如果您想知道这些数字资产真正有哪些影响，这里有17个统计数据和事实的增长。从最昂贵的NFT表现出来NFT MarketPlaces那we’ll get you up to speed about the main events in a matter of minutes.

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NFTS统计 - 销售，趋势和更多[2021]：

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1. The Most Expensive NFT Sold for Nearly $70 million

In March 2021, the most expensive NFT ever was sold for$69.3million. As a matter of fact, it was also the first purely digital artwork ever to be offered by a majorauction house.What’s more, the winning bidder, Vignesh Sundaresan (aka MetaKovan), added in an interview with CNBC that he was actually willing to bid even higher.

The NFT,Everydays: The First 5000 Days,was created by the digital artist Beeple (formally known as Mike Winkelmann) and is a collage of his earlier work. As the title suggests, it comprises 5,000 digital artworks. So, you could probably claim that it’s good value for money.

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2. The Most Expensive NFT Video Sold for Almost $7 million

Beeple created three of the 10most expensive NFTs曾经卖过。不仅是他的Everydaysthe most expensive NFT ever to be sold, but his piece titledCrossroad也是最昂贵的NFT视频。

This short 10-second video sold on Nifty Gateway for $6.6 million in February 2021. It depicts former US president Donald Trump flat on his stomach while passersby casually continue with the rest of their day. Interestingly enough, Beeple created it in such a way that the video would change depending on the result of the 2020 US presidential election.

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3. The Most Expensive NFT Meme Sold for $4 million

Doge, an image of a breed of hunting dog from Japan is one of the most famous memes. As of June 2021, it’s also the most expensive NFT meme after it sold for about $4 million on Zora.

这不是第一次将这个Meme举行全球喜剧成名的旅程不同。2013年，密码货币声音狗队以MEME命名。

Very much deserved and a big congratulations to@kabosumama那@knowyourmeme那and@ourZORAfor the original Doge NFT auction which sold for 1,696.9 ETH (~$ 4 Million) to@pleasrdao.

おめでとうございおめでとうございますかぼす！pic.twitter.com/C2uxaMcBYe

— rin (@RinsArt)2021年6月11日

Other well-known memes that were turned into NFTs include Disaster Girl, Overly Attached Girlfriend, Bad Luck Brian, and Nyan Cat. While not close to $4 million, Disaster Girl sold for over $573,000 at an auction.

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4. The Majority of NFTs Sell for Less than $200

While a number of NFTs have sold for millions of dollars in 2021 alone, the reality is that theaverage selling priceis much less. According to research completed about primary sales by an artist, Kimberly Parker, and an anonymous data scientist, 53.6% of NFTs that were sold on OpenSea in March 2021 were for less than $200. In fact, the duo found that more than a third of NFT sales during a 7-day period were for under $100. Only 2.5% of the sales were for $600-$700.

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5. Each Day 1000s of NFT Sales Are Made

亚柯rding to data collected by NonFungible.com, NFT sales can currently range anywhere from15,000 to 50,000每个星期。在2017年后半部分大繁荣之前，每周仅有100个销售额。因此，这个新号码仅显示了几年的NFT市场在几年内增加了多少。

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6. NFT Sales Amount to Millions Per Week

根据Nonfngible.com共享的数据，NFT销售平均趋势往往每周1000万至2000万美元之间的任何东西。虽然，2021年有一些狂野的几周，每周销售额增加了1.7亿美元。

For example, between the end of April and the end of May, the每周批量交易从5000万美元增加到近2亿美元。这增加了300％的增加！

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7. 2021年3月，有近40,000名独特买家

亚柯rding to more numbers crunched by NonFungible.com, March 2021 boasted 39,000 unique buyers. This number is more or less in line with the previous month’s number (30,000).

Compared to 2020, it’s a huge boost. For the most part of 2020, the average number of unique buyers per month was fewer than 10,000. NonFungible.com specifically compared Q2 2020 to Q2 2021 and it worked out to an increase of over 450%.

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8. The NFT Market Grew Almost Tenfold in Two Years

Statista收集的数据表明，非休闲标记的市场帽几乎享有十倍增加between 2018 and 2020. What’s more, these numbers are still considered to be conservative as it’s rather challenging to collect data about such a new and volatile market. Needless to say, one thing is crystal clear - the NFT market is for sure growing rapidly.

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9.在2021年的前6个月内，NFT销售额超过24亿美元

Data by DappRadar reveals that the sales for the first half of 2021 added up to$2.47十亿。虽然，非功率以13亿美元估计这一点。无论您看看哪个数据，它仍然是数十亿美元，与上一年相比巨大增加。2020年，同期的NFT销售额根据阴道增加约2.5亿美元。

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10. OpenSea的交易量增加了800 +％

OpenSea, the biggest digital marketplace for crypto collectibles and NFTs across the globe, boasted more than$3 billionin trading volume in August 2021. What’s arguably more impressive is that it’s an increase of more than 800% compared to the previous month’s volumes.

Part of this spike can be attributed to the launch of the Mutant Apes collection by Bored Ape Yacht Club’s NFT project. After this launch, the daily trading volume on the marketplace reached an all-time high of over $320 million.

To put this into even more perspective. At the beginning of the year, OpenSea’smonthly sales for January 2021added up to “just” $8 million, while in 2020 it completed about $20 million for the whole year.

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11. Twitter Founder Sells the First Tweet via an NFT Marketplace

If you thought that NFTs are only for contemporary art sales, you would be very much mistaken. From sound effects to clips from sporting events, there are many different types of NFTs that are sold for millions. There’s even a market for tweets.

Twitter的创始人Jack Dorsey，通过贵重物品，借助于NFT市场销售他的第一所推文。他推文十五年后，“只是设置我的TWTTR”，这款非常推文被卖掉了$2.9million.

The winning bidder, Sina Estavi, shared in an interview that he wanted to encourage engagement between charities and the crypto space. This goal was achieved when Dorsey announced that all the proceeds from this sale would be donated to GiveDirectly to help with Africa’s response to COVID-19.

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12. NBA’s Top Shots Has Already Made $700+ Million

In 2019, basketball trading cards took on a different form when the NBA partnered with Dapper Labs to create NBA’s Top Shots, a blockchain-based trading card system. According to the website of Dapper Labs, NBA’s Top Shots has already generated more than$700 millionin total sales.

The top sale to date is a highlight of LeBron James which sold for$ 230,000at the end of August 2021. In fact, all top three sales to date feature LeBron James.

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13. NFTs for Gaming Declined

While the overall NFTs sales in 2021 are enjoying a significant spike, thevalue of NFTs for gamingdecreased. On the other hand, the value of NFTs for arts increased.

虽然，它仍然没有接近于2021季度享有的收藏队段的普及。根据非福音网Non-fungible Tokens Quarterly Report Q2 2021，收藏品负责本季度交易的所有卷的66％。

这个声望可以部分地归因于加密Punks. For example, in 2021 alone, 6 of Larva Labs’ CryptoPunks sold for millions of dollars, with CryptoPunk #7523 being the second most expensive NFT ever to be sold at a whopping $11.7 million.

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14. Kings of Leon Released an Album as an NFT

在3月2021年3月发生了很多NFT里程碑。另一个这样的第一款是当莱昂国王发布的新专辑时，When You See Yourself，作为一个人成为探索这条路的第一条乐队。事实上，该乐队提供了三种类型的NFT，作为他们“NFT”系列的一部分。除了特别专辑包外，他们还为他们的现场表演发布了津贴，以及独家视听艺术作为另外两种类型的令牌。

乐队设法生成超过$2 million经过means of the NFT sales. More than $500,000 of the proceeds were donated to Live Nation’s Crew Nation fund to help live music crews during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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15. Taco Bell Released 25 NFTs

If bands can sell NFTs, so too can fast-food chains. In March 2021 (yes, that’s one more event on theNFT calendar在那个月），Taco Bell成为第一个出售NFT的快餐链。“NFTACOBELLS”总共组成25件数字艺术，在不到30分钟的时间内销售。收到最高出价的作品已售出超过3,500美元。所有的利润都去了Taco Bell的现场奖学金。

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16. More Than a Third of E-sports Fans are Interested in NFTs

In the middle of March 2021, 2,200 respondents were surveyed about their interest in collecting NFTs either as a hobby or an investment. The results revealed that e-sports fans were the most interested in collecting NFTs. Slightly over 20% stated that they were very interested, while35％indicated that they were somewhat interested.

关于年龄组，千禧一代最有可能投资NFTS（23％）。只有2％的婴儿潮一代表明他们收集了NFT。

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17. Men Are the Most Likely to Collect NFTs

同样的调查发现了男女之间的显着差异。根据其调查结果，15％的男性受访者表示他们收集了NFT。另一方面，只有4％的女性受访者表示他们收集了NFT。

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Wrapping Things Up

虽然普通的NFT销售价格可能只有几百美元，但肯定仍然是一个有前途的行业，以避免关注（特别是如果您进入收藏品）。不仅每天售出1000多份NFT，但需求各种不同类型的需求。从“更传统”的数字艺术到专辑封面到推文到MEMES，基本上任何东西都可以变成并作为NFT销售。考虑到这两年的跨度在两年内发化了多少，并且在2021年产生的巨大增长，它将有趣，看看未来的NFTS是什么。