Q92. One way to track developer growth in an ecosystem is through the number of unique contracts used. Create a visualization of the number of unique programs used per day since the beginning of January.

What type of programs are the most popular, and what programs seem to be gaining in popularity over that timeframe? Does it appear that development is still ongoing in the bear market?

Methodology

First, I will find the top 5 contracts based on calls (usages) and show them. Then I show these contracts usage on weekly basis. Also we see top contract users based on Type

Top 5 unique programs, their address name and usage count show Mango Market in the first place and 2.3B swaps from January.

Serum dex is next program with 2.1B usage. Next programs have near 1B usage and they have little difference with each other.

Mango market > serum dex > jupiter aggregator > raydium liquidity pool > system program. This is the order of Solana program’s popularity.

Daily usage of each program shows that Mango has increasing popularity over time. Since April, this program has increased trend and grow faster.

Usage of Serum dex dropped between April to June but peaked after June 6.

System program usage is downward over time, especially on bear market.

Raydium liquidity is also gained popularity after May 30.

Dex programs have more usage and they are gaining more popularity since January even in bear market. Their usage is increasing and on June there is a spike in their popularity. System program usage is decreasing. dex programs which is 4 out of 5 mentioned programs have 6B usage which is 87% of total usage. Chadmin has only 12% of total usage.

Conclusion

Mango market > serum dex > jupiter aggregator > raydium liquidity pool > system program are top 5 popular programs.

Serum dex and Mango market are gaining popularity in bear market and system program is losing popularity.

Dex programs are gaining popularity in bear markets and have 87% of total usage.