How does pumpfun generate revenue?

1. Swap fees (1% per trade)

Every token trade conducted on Pump.fun incurs a 1% fee—this has been the platform’s main income source.

Every buy or sell activity generates revenue for Pump.fun's team.

2. Graduation fees (1.5 SOL per “graduation”)

Tokens that “graduate” to external DEXs (e.g. Raydium/Orca) pay a fee of about 1.5 SOL when they graduate

Revenue sharing

50% of swap fees from a token go back to its creator (i.e. 0.5% of volume)

When the Token graduates

Once a coin “graduates” to PumpSwap (Pump.fun’s native DEX), swaps are charged at 0.30% total:

0.25% goes to liquidity providers,

0.05% goes to Pump.fun as protocol fee,

0.05% goes to the token’s creator