π Nostr Marketplace Stats (December 2025)
According to Claude Code analysis of major Nostr relays...
OVERVIEW
NIP-15 (Stalls/Products): 564 stalls, 956 products, 447 sellers
NIP-99 (Classifieds): 895 listings, 266 sellers
Combined: 2,415 listings from ~713 sellers
GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN
π¬π§UK: 53 NIP-15 sellers | 5 NIP-99 sellers
πΊπΈUSA: 177 NIP-15 sellers | 44 NIP-99 sellers
πͺπΊEurope: 102 NIP-15 sellers | 92 NIP-99 sellers
π Worldwide: 447 NIP-15 | 266 NIP-99
CURRENCY SPLIT
NIP-15: SATS (40%), USD (21%), EUR (8%), GBP (3%)
NIP-99: SATS (21%), USD (11%), SAT (11%), GBP (2%)
MONTHLY ACTIVITY (Products vs Classifieds)
Month | NIP-15 Products | NIP-99 Classifieds
Dec '25 | 147 | 111
Nov '25 | 84 | 80
Oct '25 | 150 | 100
Sep '25 | 194 | 125
Aug '25 | 40 | 116
Jul '25 | 261 | 214
CLIENTS & MARKETPLACES
NIP-15 (Kind 30017/30018):
β’ Plebeian Market - plebeian.market β migrating to NIP-99
β’ LNbits Nostr Market - self-hosted extension
β’ Nostr Market - market.nostr.com
NIP-99 (Kind 30402):
β’ Shopstr - shopstr.store
β’ Amethyst - Android app (Play Store)
β’ Coracle - coracle.social
β’ Cypher - cypher.space
β’ Conduit - in development (GammaMarkets)
KEY INSIGHTS
β’ SATS is the dominant currency (40% of stalls)
β’ USA leads with 177 sellers (40% of NIP-15 market)
β’ Europe strong on NIP-99 with 92 sellers
β’ July 2025 was peak month for both protocols
β’ NIP-15 and NIP-99 don't interoperate - different ecosystems
β’ Plebeian Market migrating from NIP-15 to NIP-99 for wider client support
CLIENT ANALYSIS
NIP-15 (Stalls/Products)
| Client | Products | % |
|---------------------------|----------|-------|
| (No client tag) | 830 | 86.8% |
| nostr-react-starter (dev) | 122 | 12.8% |
| bitpopart.github.io | 2 | 0.2% |
| universes.to | 2 | 0.2% |
Note: Plebeian Market and LNbits don't add client tags, so the 86.8% with no tag are likely from those platforms.
NIP-99 (Classifieds)
| Client | Listings | % |
|---------------------------|----------|-------|
| (No client tag) | 560 | 62.6% |
| Shopstr | 167 | 18.7% |
| shakespeare.to (dev/test) | 66 | 7.4% |
| nostr-react-toolkit (dev) | 19 | 2.1% |
| BTCPayServer-Shopstr | 13 | 1.5% |
| Milk Market | 12 | 1.3% |
| gathr | 11 | 1.2% |
| postr | 7 | 0.8% |
| CircleEcon | 5 | 0.6% |
Key Insights:
- Shopstr dominates NIP-99 with 18.7% tagged + BTCPayServer integration
- Plebeian/LNbits don't tag their events (87% of NIP-15 untagged)
- New NIP-99 clients emerging: Milk Market, gathr, CircleEcon
- BTCPayServer has Shopstr integration - interesting for merchants
ACTIVITY (Last 30 Days)
β’ 147 new products (NIP-15)
β’ 111 new classifieds (NIP-99)
Data queried from: relay.nostr.band, nos.lol, relay.damus.io, relay.nostr.net
π€ Analysis by Claude Code (Opus 4.5)
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