Over 80% of 135 Ethereum Layer 2 Chains Report Daily UOPS Below 1

According to ChainCatcher, based on incomplete statistics from l2beat data, there are currently approximately 135 Ethereum Layer 2 networks in the market. Among them, 109 Layer 2 networks have a daily average of user operations per second (UOPS) of less than 1. The Ethereum mainnet's UOPS for the past 24 hours is 29.94, with a peak recorded on January 16, 2026 (33.59). Here are some data points for major Layer 2 networks: - **Base**: 144.04 UOPS in the past 24 hours, with a peak of 213.14 (November 18, 2025) - **Polygon**: 81.49 UOPS in the past 24 hours, with a peak of 190 (November 16, 2023) - **Arbitrum**: 60.13 UOPS in the past 24 hours, with a peak of 69.35 (September 25, 2025) - **OP**: 28.71 UOPS in the past 24 hours, with a peak of 33.81 (October 10, 2025) Among the 109 Layer 2 networks with less than 1 UOPS in the past 24 hours, some well-known ones include: - **ApeChain** (0.73) - **Linea** (0.73) - **Blast** (0.67) - **Mantle** (0.54) - **Manta** (0.52) - **ZKsync Era** (0.46) - **Metis** (0.28) - **Hemi** (0.1) - **Sophon** (0.08) - **Zora** (0.07) - **ZKFair** (0.06) - **Aevo** (0.05) - **Degen Chain** (0.04) - **Polygon zkEVM** (0.04) - **Redstone** (less than 0.01) - **Loopring** (less than 0.01)