What's normal in new memecoins this week: top 10 hold 19.3%, 0% acquisition timing overlap (week to October 28, 2026)
Measured across 168 coins Whodl scanned in the 7 days to October 28, 2026: the median top 10 share was 19.3%, acquisition timing overlap supply 0%, and 14.3% of coins had 10% or more of supply with observed acquisition timing overlaps. What changed from last week, what the coins did next, and which metas rose.
This is original research from Whodl's own scans: every coin someone asked about on X, Telegram, Discord or the web, read wallet by wallet. One reading per coin (its latest scan of the week), pools and exchanges excluded. It describes the coins people were checking, not the whole market.
The medians this week
| Measure | This week | Week before | Coins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 share | 19.3% | 19.4% | 168 |
| Acquisition timing overlap supply | 0% | 0% | 168 |
| Fresh-wallet supply | 3.4% | 2% | 124 |
| Supply still with snipers | 6.4% | 1% | 134 |
| Holders | 1106 | 1349 | 168 |
| Timing score (0 early, 100 late) | 39 | 35 | 161 |
| Hype Gap (50 = same pace) | 45 | 55 | 10 |
| Room (0 fear, 100 greed) | 73 | 61 | 168 |
Top 10 share: 19.3%, down from 19.4%. Acquisition timing overlap supply: 0%, unchanged. 14.3% of coins had at least 10% of supply with observed acquisition timing overlaps. 78.4% still had supply with launch snipers at the time of the scan. Background: what top 10 share is normal, how much acquisition timing overlap is normal, snipers vs bundlers.
What the coins did next
Of 193 coins first scanned in the past two weeks with a 24-hour check, 18.7% were higher 24 hours later (median -63.1%). Coins with 10% or more acquisition timing overlap supply: 25% were higher 24 hours later (median -74.1%), across 28. Coins under 5%: 18.1% were higher 24 hours later (median -55.1%), across 149. A day is short and these groups are small, so read them as this week's record, not a rule. See outcomes for coins with acquisition timing overlap.
Metas this week
Rising or peaking: DeFi and infrastructure (rising, volume up 1375% vs a day ago); DeSci (rising, volume up 9039% vs a day ago); anime and waifu coins (rising, volume up 284% vs a day ago); religion coins (rising, volume up 29% vs a day ago).
Cooling or fading: PolitiFi (cooling, volume down 95% vs a day ago); celebrity and influencer coins (cooling, volume down 94% vs a day ago); "again" coins (cooling, volume down 100% vs a day ago); brainrot coins (cooling, volume down 89% vs a day ago); cat coins (fading, volume down 64% vs a day ago).
Meta stages come from DEX Screener volume, market cap and new launches compared with a day and three days earlier, plus X post counts.
Method
Medians use the latest scan of each coin in the 7 days to October 28, 2026. "Acquisition timing overlap" means top wallets with acquisitions in the same transaction, or earliest observed acquisitions in the same block. This does not verify buys, bundling or common control. "Fresh" wallets have fewer than 100 lifetime transactions. Outcome checks read the price 24 hours after each coin's first scan. Every coin links to its page under coin reports. Nothing here is a verdict or advice.
How this post was made: it is assembled by code from the measured data of every coin scanned in the period, with no AI writing. Details on the about page.