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Average Fee per User is a simple but revealing metric. It measures the total fees generated on a network over a period, divided by the number of active users in that same period.
This helps answer a key question: How much is each user contributing in fees?
It provides a sense of the average economic footprint of each address on the network. Whether users are paying cents or hundreds of dollars in fees, this number helps describe the depth and intensity of engagement.
This metric offers insight into the type of activity happening on the protocol. A high average fee per user may suggest users are making complex or high-value transactions, for example, swaps, bridging, or contract deployments. A low average fee could point to lightweight use cases like simple transfers or social applications.
It’s also useful for benchmarking across protocols. Some networks are optimised for high throughput and low fees, while others may cater to institutional-grade applications with fewer users but higher per-user activity.
Additionally, average fees per user can help assess network affordability. If fees are rising sharply but active users are falling, it could suggest pricing friction. On the other hand, if fees remain stable while user count rises, it may point to better scalability or improved user experience.
A rising average fee per user can reflect deeper engagement or more intensive usage. It might mean users are willing to pay more for specific services, or that more value is flowing through the network.
If the average fee is falling while user activity is rising, it could signal improved efficiency or successful scaling efforts, especially on networks that are reducing congestion or migrating activity to rollups or L2s.
When viewed alongside average revenue per user, it can also help assess how much of each user’s fees are captured by the protocol versus paid out to infrastructure providers.
