Meme Coins Still Rule in 2025, but AI Agents Are Closing In Fast

According to the latest report from CoinGecko, meme coins have once again claimed the top spot among the most popular crypto narratives in 2025. Despite a slight cooldown in speculative hype, this trend continues to dominate investor attention, while projects powered by AI agents and DeFAI are quickly gaining ground.

Meme Coins Remain on Top, But Their Dominance Is Fading The combined interest in the main meme coin category and 35 related trends captured 25.02% of total investor attention, down from 30.67% in 2024. Although the speculative frenzy has cooled somewhat, the meme coin phenomenon remains a major force. 🔹 The main meme coin narrative alone accounted for 12.48% (compared to 14.36% in 2024), yet still held the #1 spot for the second consecutive year, after ranking third in 2023. 🔹 Solana-based meme coins took 6th place with 4.57%, AI-powered meme coins ranked 18th at 1.51%, and bass-themed meme coins followed closely in 19th with 1.40% investor interest.

AI Agents and DeFAI Are Taking Over the Spotlight While meme coins may be losing some steam, crypto narratives linked to artificial intelligence are surging. Altogether, AI-related crypto captured 22.39% of total attention, a sharp increase from 15.67% last year. The main AI crypto category dropped slightly from 12.58% to 9.76% in 2025 but held firmly to second place overall in popularity. The standout growth came from AI agents, whose market share rose dramatically from 1.17% to 5.03%, a leap of 14 ranks. At the same time, the emerging DeFAI narrative — decentralized finance powered by AI agents — gained momentum.

RWA Narratives Slide Out of the Top Three Not every narrative is on the rise. The category facing the sharpest decline in 2025 is Real-World Assets (RWA). Their share dropped from 8.64% in 2024 to just 4.98%, knocking them from third to fourth place. This marks a continued decline from 6.48% in 2023, as investor attention is increasingly drawn to new and dynamic narratives entering the space.

Stablecoins Climb the Rankings One of the biggest surprises this year is the steep rise in interest in stablecoins. Previously sitting at 31st place, the narrative has now moved up to 16th position in 2025. Its narrative share increased from 0.48% to 1.69%, reflecting renewed activity in the stablecoin sector as more protocols and blockchain networks launch their own native stablecoins.

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