DappRadar is a website for discovering and comparing decentralized applications (dapps). It launched in 2018 and ranks DeFi protocols, games, NFT collections, marketplaces and tokens by on-chain activity 13. It is an information service, not an exchange or wallet: you can browse it without connecting anything, and any trade happens on the third-party app it links to. In November 2025 its founders announced that the company would shut down 1. As of October 2026, dappradar.com is running again with a redesigned data site, but no public statement explains who now operates it 7.
DappRadar collects data on blockchain applications and presents it as rankings and dashboards. Its About page describes coverage of "18,452 dapps from over 93 chains" across DeFi, DEXs, NFTs, gaming, social apps, tokens and crypto gambling 3. If you're new to these categories, see our explainers on what DeFi is and how NFTs work.
As observed on October 23, 2026, the site offers 7:
The current site footer credits CoinGecko, DefiLlama and growthepie for data 7. The About page says activity is "measured directly from the blockchain" and filtered to remove fake activity 3. These two descriptions can both be true: prices and TVL often come from aggregators, while wallet activity can be indexed on-chain. The site doesn't break down which metric comes from which source.
Treat DappRadar's figures as one view of the data, not an audited record. Its disclaimer states the information is general and carries no warranty of accuracy or completeness 9. "Unique active wallets" counts addresses, not people, and one user can control many wallets.
You don't need an account to browse rankings. The privacy policy says registered accounts can include an email, social-media ID, wallet addresses and wallet portfolio information. Lithuania's State Data Protection Inspectorate is the complaints authority 6. Connecting a wallet to a tracker means sharing your public address, which links your on-chain history to that account. DappRadar has no legitimate reason to ask for a seed phrase or private key.
DappRadar's terms cover dapp developers who submit apps for listing or advertising. Under the terms, developers own and are responsible for their listing content, not DappRadar 5. The site has an "Advertise" section. As of October 2026, its "Rewards" page also features token presales, with "Visit" links and quoted staking APYs 7.
A presale feature on a data site is not a vetted endorsement. Early-stage token sales carry a high risk of total loss. See rug pulls and avoiding crypto scams before acting on any listing.
On November 17, 2025, co-founders Skirmantas Januškas and Dragos Dunica said DappRadar would stop tracking blockchains and dapps "in the coming days." They explained that running the platform at its scale had become financially unsustainable 1. They said the future of the RADAR token and the DAO would be announced separately, and RADAR fell about 30% after the news 1. Secondary reporting at the time put the DAO treasury at roughly $1.6 million, mostly held in RADAR 2.
The site did not stay offline. By October 2026, dappradar.com served live rankings, a DEX screener and new blog posts dated January and March 2026 78. Its terms still refer to "DappRadar" under Lithuanian law 5. However, CoinPulse found no public announcement of a relaunch, a sale or a new operator, and no update on the RADAR token or DAO. Readers who depend on the data, or who hold RADAR, should look for an official statement from DappRadar's channels.
No hack or exploit involving DappRadar was found in the sources checked.
Hacks in DefiLlama’s public database are also scored as the security record on the DappRadar rating page.
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