Total Altcoin Market Cap — TOTAL 2 and TOTAL2ES Charts

What is total altcoin market capitalization?

Total altcoin market capitalization is the value of the entire alternative cryptocurrency market in US dollars. There are 2 charts: the standard TOTAL2 chart, covering the 125 largest cryptocurrencies (excluding BTC), and TOTAL2ES, which also excludes stablecoins.

How is the TOTAL 2 chart calculated?

Altcoin market capitalization (chart: TOTAL2) is calculated by adding the market capitalizations of its constituent cryptocurrencies (the 125 largest cryptocurrencies excluding Bitcoin).

TOTAL2ES chart (excluding stablecoins)

How is the TOTAL2ES chart calculated?

Altcoin market capitalization (chart: TOTAL2ES) is the same as TOTAL2, but excludes stablecoins.

Altcoin market capitalization by year

TOTAL2, like TOTAL, was launched on 1 March 2014 by TradingView, an analytics service and social network for traders.

Year	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
2025	$727.11 billion	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2024	340.32 billion	726.11 billion	947.87 billion	281.54 billion	+113.37%
2023	154.02 billion	340.3 billion	366.74 billion	151.32 billion	+120.97%
2022	523.66 billion	154 billion	558.3 billion	149.93 billion	-70.59%
2021	81.52 billion	523.58 billion	757.43 billion	77.31 billion	+542.32%
2020	31.13 billion	81.51 billion	107.93 billion	19.92 billion	+161.71%
2019	31.34 billion	31.15 billion	76.86 billion	26.53 billion	-0.41%
2018	178.22 billion	31.27 billion	278.08 billion	23.47 billion	-82.54%
2017	832.9 million	179.26 billion	205.06 billion	633.42 million	+22136.85%
2016	384.05 million	805.28 million	866.19 million	328.04 million	+109.68%
2015	890.83 million	384.05 million	892.26 million	265.88 million	-56.89%
2014	533.65 million	890.83 million	1.02 billion	178.94

As the chart shows, total altcoin market capitalization has followed a long-term upward trend, except during bear markets when altcoins experienced cyclical corrections. These corrections usually occur at the beginning of market cycles.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

➤ What are altcoins?

Altcoins, or alternative cryptocurrencies, are all cryptocurrencies launched after Bitcoin. They include cryptocurrencies such as ETH, SOL and XRP, as well as stablecoins such as USDT and USDC.

➤ What is altcoin market capitalization?

Total altcoin market capitalization is the combined market value of all alternative cryptocurrencies included in this chart. It is an important indicator of the altcoin market’s condition and is often used in technical analysis to identify the market cycle.

➤ What is the difference between TOTAL 2 and TOTAL2ES?

The TOTAL2 market cap chart includes altcoins among the top 125 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. TOTAL2ES has the same constituents but excludes stablecoins such as USDT and USDC.

➤ Why is the altcoin market cap chart important?

Like many other charts, TOTAL2 is used by analysts for technical market analysis. Unlike individual coin charts, the altcoin market cap chart shows the overall condition of the alternative cryptocurrency market.