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Monthly review · September 2026

Solana · September 2026

Published 22 October 2026.

Published 22 October 2026, after the period closed.

The month in brief

'Solana Scalability Adoption Growth' took over as the largest argument from the month before: 24 of the month's 612 Solana narrative mentions (3.9%), from 6 outlets.

The figures

  • 85% (127 of 150 articles that took a side) argued Solana higher, in September 2026, New York time.
  • 80% (149 of 186) the month before, in August 2026.

Largest argument: Solana Scalability Adoption Growth, 3.9% of 612 Solana narrative mentions (24), from 6 outlets; 3.8% (25 of 661) the month before.

Articles matched to this narrative

  • “I think Solana will probably do well”

    CoinGape, 25 Sep 2026

  • “Solana generated more user fees than Ethereum in data provider DefiLlama's Sept. 22 dashboard snapshot”

    CryptoSlate, 23 Sep 2026

  • “They'll all switch their default over to Solana because it's the most functional network for all of them and it's just easier to consolidate their operations around Solana to the extent that they can.”

    Cointelegraph, 21 Sep 2026

  • “Solana is likely to become the "default" smart contract platform for more firms during the current market cycle, potentially eroding Ethereum's long-held dominance in that role.”

    Crypto Breaking News, 21 Sep 2026

  • “Solana has the developer talent and the ecosystem depth to do all of that. The question is speed. Solana has a deep developer community, years of battle-tested infrastructure, and institutional relationships that took a long time to build.”

    Crypto News, 5 Sep 2026

Solana history