Estimates suggest that on the order of 100 million people worldwide own some amount of Bitcoin as of 2025, but the exact number is uncertain. Different analyses generally place Bitcoin ownership at a bit over 1% of the global population.
Global ownership estimates
Analysts who combine on‑chain wallet data, exchange user counts, and survey data estimate that about 1.3% of the world’s population owns Bitcoin, which works out to roughly 100–110 million people. These figures are approximate because one person can control many addresses, some addresses are custodial (for many users), and many created wallets are empty or inactive.
Why estimates differ
On‑chain data shows tens of millions of Bitcoin addresses with a non‑trivial balance, but this overstates the number of actual people because of multiple addresses per user and institutional wallets. Survey‑based research, on the other hand, can under‑ or over‑estimate adoption depending on methodology and whether people hold Bitcoin directly or via platforms and funds.
Blockchain data shows that there are just under 1 million wallet addresses that hold one full bitcoin. Many large holders, such as cryptocurrency exchanges, hold their bitcoin across multiple wallets, which puts the estimate for individual owners of at least one bitcoin closer to 800,000.
I am not one of the owners.