DexScreener, explained — and what it doesn't show you

Guides

• DexScreener API guideThe DexScreener API explained: every public endpoint, rate limits, no key needed, curl/JS/Python examples — and the paid-activity data it never exposes.
• DexScreener boostsWhat a DexScreener boost is, the 10x–500x packs, how long it lasts, what it costs, who buys them — and what happened to boosted tokens afterwards, in our data.
• Trending explainedHow DexScreener Trending is ranked (volume, buys, makers, recency, social, boost multiplier), why a token is trending, how lists get gamed and how to read one.
• How to use DexScreenerStep-by-step DexScreener tutorial for beginners: find a token by contract, read the pair page, FDV vs market cap, paid badges, charts, filters and alerts.
• Reading paid activityHow to read the Dex Paid check-mark, boost count, ad label and CTO mark on a DexScreener token page — plus Paid @, ATH after, flop verdict and seen-before.
• Paid services & pricesWhat DexScreener sells — Enhanced Token Info (Dex Paid), boosts, ads, CTO — what each costs, how to pay, and what happened to tokens that paid.
• Dex Paid (Enhanced Info)What Dex Paid means on DexScreener: what Enhanced Token Info includes and costs, how approval works, why it signals budget not safety, and how to check a token.
• Alternatives & vsDexScreener alternatives compared — DexTools, GeckoTerminal, GMGN, Birdeye, Photon, Axiom, BullX — chains, strengths, pricing, and what none show: who paid.
• DexScreener app & loginDexScreener app guide: official iOS and Android apps, why to avoid APK sites, DexScreener on PC, what needs a login — and what the app never shows.
• Is DexScreener down?Live check of whether DexScreener is down right now, measured by our own API collector, plus why it looks broken, what to check and what to use meanwhile.
• CTO (community takeover)What a CTO (community takeover) is on DexScreener, how a community applies, what changes on the profile, how to judge one — plus a live feed of every CTO.
• Alerts & botsHow to get DexScreener alerts for Dex Paid, boosts, ads and CTOs: DexScreener price alerts, Telegram and Discord bots, X accounts and DXT Tools compared.
• Banner & logo sizeDexScreener banner size, header size and logo size for token teams: shapes, formats, how a token info update lands after paying, and common rejections.

DexScreener by chain

• DexScreener SolanaSOL — paid activity, boosts, ads on Solana
• DexScreener Robinhood ChainRBH — paid activity, boosts, ads on Robinhood Chain
• DexScreener BNB ChainBNB — paid activity, boosts, ads on BNB Chain
• DexScreener BaseBASE — paid activity, boosts, ads on Base
• DexScreener EthereumETH — paid activity, boosts, ads on Ethereum
• All chainsEvery chain DexScreener lists, with live paid-activity counts

What DexScreener shows

Every pair with liquidity on a supported DEX: price, chart, market cap / FDV, liquidity, volume, buys vs sells, holders link, the token's socials and description (once the team adds them), and three badges when the team paid: the check-mark (Enhanced Token Info / "Dex Paid"), the lightning bolt with a number (boosts) and a banner (ads).

Tabs per chain: Trending, New pairs, Gainers/Losers, Top traders, plus a search that accepts a contract address, a pair address or a name. Everything is live; nothing needs an account.

How Trending works (short version)

Trending is a score, not a list of the biggest coins: it blends recent volume, buys, unique traders, social activity and — importantly — boosts. A boosted token is multiplied up the list for the duration of the pack, which is why the top of Trending on Solana is so often a row of lightning badges. The full breakdown is in the Trending guide.

DexScreener Trending explained →

The four paid services

• Dex Paid / Enhanced Token Info — a one-time payment that unlocks the profile: logo, banner, socials, description and the check-mark. Usually the first visible sign that a token has a marketing budget. → Dex Paid guide
• Boosts — packs of 10x, 30x, 50x, 100x and 500x that lift the token in Trending for a limited time and show the lightning badge. The larger the pack, the larger the budget behind it. → Boosts guide
• Ads — banner campaigns across the site, the most expensive placement. → Ads and paid services
• CTO (Community Takeover) — when the original team is gone, a community can apply to take over the profile; DexScreener marks it CTO. → CTO guide

Prices, what each product actually does and — from our tracking data — how often a payment was followed by a run or a flop, are in the paid services guide.

What DexScreener doesn't show you

The badges tell you that someone paid. They do not tell you when the payment landed, what the token was worth at that moment, whether it ran afterwards, how many times the same team has done this before, or which tokens are paying right now across all chains. Those are the questions a trader actually has — and the ones DXT Tools records, second by second, from the public API:

• a live feed of every Dex Paid profile, boost purchase, ad campaign and CTO as it lands, every chain,
• "Paid @" — the market cap at the moment of each payment, and the ATH reached after it,
• a flop verdict and a "seen before" warning for serial launchers,
• Insights: which kind of payment works, on which chain, at which hour,
• a token check: paste any contract and see its full paid history.

DexScreener by chain

DexScreener lists 100+ chains, but paid activity concentrates on a handful: Solana carries most of it, Robinhood Chain is the fastest-growing newcomer, then BNB Chain, Base and Ethereum. Each chain page shows who paid there recently, how payments performed on that chain and the busiest hours. See the chains overview for all of them.

Using DexScreener well

1. Search by contract address, never by name — names are copied constantly.
2. Read the paid badges as budget signals, not endorsements: a Dex Paid check-mark costs a few hundred dollars; a 500x boost costs thousands.
3. Check liquidity and the lock/burn status before the chart; check who else the team launched before the socials.
4. Use alerts instead of staring: DexScreener has watchlists; DXT Tools has payment alerts by source, pack size and chain.

Step-by-step with screenshots: How to use DexScreener.

The DexScreener API

DexScreener exposes a free public API (pairs, tokens, search, token profiles, boosts) with rate limits per endpoint. It does not expose who paid — only the current boosted/profile lists. Everything about endpoints, limits and examples is in the API guide.

DexScreener API guide →