DexScreener
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| type | charting and screening site |
|---|---|
| launched | 2021 |
| website | dexscreener.com |
DexScreener is a free multichain charting and token screening site founded in 2021 that became the default price chart of on chain trading.
Function
DexScreener, also written DEX Screener, aggregates decentralized exchange data across more than 100 blockchains and presents it as searchable pair pages with live charts, liquidity, volume, transaction feeds, and token metadata. Anyone can look up any traded token without an account. Company profiles list it as founded in January 2021 by Alexandre Bini and Andreas Diegues, with some profiles also naming Robert Smart, and headquartered in Austin, Texas. The site is free to use; revenue comes from token teams who pay for Enhanced Token Info (social links, banners, and verified metadata on their pair page) and for Boosts that raise a token's visibility. A widely shared 2026 analysis credited the company with more than 125 million dollars in revenue from these paid features since 2025.
Use in the trenches
A DexScreener link is the lingua franca of the trenches: when a ticker is shared in a Telegram or X post, the chart linked is usually DexScreener. Traders watch new pairs pages for pump.fun tokens after graduation, scan trending tabs, and check whether a team has "paid dex", slang for purchasing Enhanced Token Info, which is read as a minimal signal of developer commitment. The phrase "dex paid" became so standard that bots and terminals such as Axiom and GMGN display the status directly.
History
DexScreener grew through the 2021 cycle as a faster, cleaner alternative to DEXTools and became dominant during the Solana memecoin era. In 2024 the team built Moonshot, a consumer memecoin buying app, which surged to the top of the US App Store during the TRUMP token launch of January 2025 before Jupiter acquired a majority stake in it that month. The site has also been a recurring vector for spam and impersonation attempts through fake token metadata, which the paid verification features partly address.
Status in 2026
In 2026 DexScreener remains the default charting site of on chain trading, serving well over a million traders monthly according to company profiles, with its paid listing products a major revenue engine.