IOTA Surpasses 1 Million Active Addresses

September 22, 2025 – The IOTA 1 million active addresses milestone has placed the network in an exclusive group of high-adoption blockchains. According to the IOTA Foundation, the platform now boasts 1.06 million total active addresses which are actively transacting. This marks a sharp rise from 700,000 recorded just 100 days after its mainnet relaunch. Daily active addresses average 30,860, with peak transactions per second (TPS) reaching 1,968 in the past month.

Breaking Down the Milestone

This number reflects user adoption across IOTA’s ecosystem. Its Tangle DAG architecture allows feeless transactions and high throughput, making it ideal for micro-payments and IoT applications. Integrations with Switchboard’s ultra-fast oracles and over 300 new smart contract deployments further enhance DeFi capabilities, while four seamless upgrades in the last quarter demonstrate resilience.

How IOTA Compares to Peers

IOTA’s growth places it alongside leading projects like Solana, TRON, and Ethereum that also crossed the 1M active addresses mark. Historically, these milestones coincided with surges in developer activity and liquidity inflows. For example, when Solana reached 1M AAs in late 2021, NFT volumes exploded; TRON’s crossing point in 2022 aligned with USDT adoption. IOTA’s achievement signals similar potential, pivoting from its IoT niche to a broader DeFi and Web3 contender.

Community and Institutional Momentum

Community sentiment has been overwhelmingly positive, with regional hubs like IOTA Africa hailing it as proof of global traction. Meanwhile, institutional efforts such as the £1M Imperial IOTA Infrastructures Lab highlight real-world adoption paths in tokenized assets and sustainable supply chains. With 4.04B tokens circulating and EVM Layer 2 integration, analysts see the network as poised for a $10B market cap by year-end.

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Future Horizons for IOTA

Crossing the IOTA 1 million active addresses milestone aligns with a broader 2025 crypto renaissance, where total active users globally approach 860 million. While decentralization challenges remain due to its coordinator system, the planned Coordicide upgrade by 2026 could address this. For investors and developers, the milestone confirms IOTA’s resilience and positions it as a strong candidate for IoT–DeFi hybrid leadership.

The Talk

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Sentiment on Social Media: 🐂

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The @iota network just crossed 1 million total active addresses a huge step forward for adoption and a clear sign of ecosystem momentum. 🌐 Explore the milestone live: https://t.co/YOiCs6JKw9 https://t.co/WmGRpbDsEW

"@GLEIF @switchboardxyz @TWINGlobalOrg The IOTA network has surpassed 1 million total addresses actively transacting, a major adoption milestone and proof of ecosystem growth. 🎉 🔗 Check it live: https://t.co/PdKiZpNvGj https://t.co/KZXGYyMNWN"— @

Rexa | HUDL

@martinsrex65950

about 10 hours ago

@iota @GLEIF @switchboard @TWINGlobal @TWINGlobalOrg Absolutely a clear sign of IOTA’s growth and adoption, with even bigger things ahead.

"@GLEIF @switchboard @TWINGlobal @TWINGlobalOrg Major milestone! The IOTA network has surpassed 1 million total addresses actively transacting! Check https://t.co/PdKiZpNvGj and see the ecosystem growth in real time! And that’s a wrap for this Quicktakes!  Watch the video 👇https://t.co/26LB1KiRMV https://t.co/rs4UgnxtVo"— @

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@iamufakii

about 7 hours ago

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