Analysis says meme coins hit all-time highs in 17.2 days on average, with only 3% reclaiming peaks

Data cited by Bloomberg shows how short the typical meme coin cycle can be. On average, meme coin projects reach their all-time high 17.2 days after first trading begins, while a quarter of them peak within just 1.6 days. The same dataset says the median time from peak to a “dead” state — defined here as a 95% price decline — is 370 days. The report also points to how rare full recoveries are in the sector. Only 3% of projects manage to return to their all-time high after falling away from the peak. According to the analysis, the meme coin trade is cooling as a wave of new tokens keeps flooding the market, many follow a fast pump-and-dump lifecycle, and attention is being pulled toward AI-related themes and prediction markets. Even so, the report says the cultural expression tied to meme coins has not disappeared, though it has become more subdued.