Politics and elections lead Polymarket activity as trading reaches $79 million
Open interest stands at 271.1 million dollars, with politics and elections taking 52 percent of the day's volume and sports 35 percent. The ten busiest events account for 36 percent of the day's volume.
Polymarket’s 2,100 most active events contained 56,013 markets, with $79 million traded over 24 hours on November 5, according to PolymarketTrader.
The snapshot, published November 5, 2026, at 3:45 AM ET, put open interest at $271.1 million. That figure measures a different aspect of activity from the reported daily trading volume.
Political markets dominate turnover
Politics and elections represented 52 percent of the day’s volume, according to PolymarketTrader. Sports contributed 35 percent, making those two categories the principal sources of trading activity in the snapshot.
Volume was also concentrated at the event level: the ten busiest events generated 36 percent of the day’s total. The summary did not identify those events or provide their individual trading figures.
What it means for prediction markets
- Politics and elections accounted for more than half of daily turnover, so aggregate activity was weighted toward those markets.
- The ten busiest events’ 36 percent share shows that trading was unevenly distributed across the 2,100 most active events.
- The figures describe market activity, not changes in outcome probabilities. The supplied summary contains no contract prices or price movements.
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