What share of Bitcoin miner revenue comes from fees?
Over the trailing 30 days, fees are 0.64% of what Bitcoin’s miners are paid (as of 2026-09-07) — about $1.8K per block on a trailing-year basis. The all-time peak day was 2024-04-20 at 75.2%; the best 30-day window was January 2018 at 26.2%.
By subsidy epoch
| Epoch | Window | Fee share, average | Peak day | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| epoch 1 | 2010-08-18 – 2012-11-27 | 0.21% | 3.6% | 2011-12-11 |
| epoch 2 | 2012-11-28 – 2016-07-08 | 0.59% | 8.0% | 2016-04-26 |
| epoch 3 | 2016-07-09 – 2020-05-10 | 6.35% | 43.5% | 2017-12-22 |
| epoch 4 | 2020-05-11 – 2024-04-18 | 5.73% | 42.6% | 2023-05-08 |
| epoch 5 | 2024-04-19 – 2026-09-07 | 2.26% | 75.2% | 2024-04-20 |
Fee share of miner revenue, from daily fee and revenue series. The average is over the whole epoch; the peak is a single day. A day is not a budget.
Sustained, not spiked
The longest stretch above 20% is 40 days, ending 2018-01-31. Bitcoin has never held 30% for a 30-day window. To close today’s gap to a 1% target on fees alone would take about 18% held permanently — see when the subsidy ends.
A note on bases
“Fee share” is quoted here as fees over total miner revenue (subsidy plus fees). Some sources quote fees over the subsidy alone, which reads higher: on 2024-04-20 the same day was 304% on that basis. Both are correct; they are different denominators.