Somnia is a high-performance, EVM‑compatible blockchain designed for real-time, on‑chain applications across gaming, social media, DeFi, NFT minting, and metaverse use cases. It employs a custom Multistream Consensus and IceDB database to deliver ultra‑low latency, sub‑cent fees, and internet‑scale throughput—reaching over 1 million TPS during DevNet benchmarks.

The Somnia ecosystem is backed by a cumulative $270 million investment from major strategic players including Improbable, the Virtual Society Foundation (M²), a16z, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Mirana, DCG, SIG, Ethereal Ventures, CMT Digital, and others. This deep financial support empowers its grant programs, infrastructure buildout, and ecosystem growth.

Somnia’s Shannon Testnet launched on February 20, 2025, featuring multi‑region validators, staking protocols, and integrations with RPC, indexing, oracle, bridge, and multisig services—making it ready for fully on‑chain apps. Alongside testnet expansion, 14 dApps across DeFi, gaming, AI, and metaverse sectors went live (including DEXs like Somnia Swap), supported by a $10 million grant program and active community hackathons.

On-Chain Insights

Recently LayerHub listed Somnia, so you can access advanced analytics and statistics of the Somnia Testnet. LayerHub provides detailed metrics on transactions, user activity and other important indicators, which makes the platform transparent and understandable for ecosystem members.

Somnia Metrics and User Engagement

Thanks to LayerHub’s integration, users can seamlessly monitor crucial Somnia metrics, analyze trends, and evaluate their engagement levels in various ecosystem activities. Let’s explore the metrics.

Transaction count and Wallets by Active Days

The total number of transactions amounted to almost 1.5B, with a peak of 735M transactions per day. However, the average number of active wallets per day is not that high for such a project, it stays around 600K.

Thanks to LayerHub, we can dig deeper and look at key metrics regarding wallets. For example, more than 29% of wallets have less than 5 transactions and more than 44% have been active for less than 5 days.

Wallets by Number of Interacted and Created Contracts

Since the testnet was launched, a little over 27M contracts have been created in total.

From all active users, 77% have interacted with contracts, from which 21% have interacted with less than 5.

Only 24% of all wallets created a contract, from which 50% created less than 5.

How to get into top 10%

So, based on the resulting metrics and numbers, the following criteria for getting into the top 10% of the leaderboard can currently be identified:

  • Interact with more than 100 contracts.
  • Create more than 20 contracts.
  • Complete more than 290 transactions.
  • Be active for more than 35 days.
  • Hold more than 0.3 $STT.

Let’s get started

Somnia Testnet

What to do:

  • Visit Somnia website.
  • Connect your wallet.
  • Add the Somnia testnet to your wallet.
  • Get STT tokens to your wallet from faucet.
  • Send STT tokens to your friends and test the network.
  • Check out and Explore the Somnia Blockchain.
  • Earn points on Somnia’s Quest platform.
Somnia Exchange

Somnia Exchange is a gamified decentralized exchange (DEX) developed by GingerLabs, operating on the Somnia network. Built independently without VC funding or paid influencers, the platform enables efficient token swaps and liquidity aggregation.

Users can swap tokens, provide liquidity, earn NFTs, and engage with gamified mechanics to collect rewards. Every first time swapper receives a Chicken NFT, which can generate new NFTs through in game interactions.

What to do:

QuickSwap

QuickSwap is the home of the DragonFi ecosystem and a leader in Polygon CDK adoption. Trade, LP, farm, stake, and more at lightning fast speeds and near-zero gas fees.

What to do:

  • Visit QuickSwap.
  • Swap tokens.
  • Add liquidity (LP).
Somnex

Native One-stop DeFi on Somnia Network: Swap aggregator, Perps, Liquidity layer and Meme launches .

What to do:

  • Visit Somnex.
  • Use the faucet (claim USDT.x).
  • Try Perp trading (long/short).
  • SpotX: swap tokens.
  • Meme: buy and sell memecoins.
  • Earn: add liquidity (LP).
Standard Protocol

Standard is the first verified, fully onchain central limit orderbook(CLOB) DEX protocol to solve liquidity fragmentation across blockchains and bring true interoperability in internet of values. Standard strives to be decentralized Binance and Coinbase, and built stablecoin on top of it to form the next standard of finance.

What to do:

Quills

A PFP NFT collection is coming to Somnia Network, promising an exciting adventure for all.

What to do:

  • Visit Quills.
  • Send your FUN tokens.
  • Click the heart button.
Somniarpc

What to do:

  • Visit Somniarpc.
  • Play Rock, Paper, Scissors.
NFTs2Me

Create, deploy and manage your NFT collection and minting page with custom subdomain for free. No-code Art Generator, Token Gating & much much more. 

What to do:

  • Visit NFTs2Me.
  • Create your own NFT collection.
  • Mint your own NFT.
  • Withdraw your mint reward.
ClickOnchain

Deploy contracts daily on 40+ chains in a click, boost your onchain activity, rep your favourite chains through this daily ritual.

What to do:

  • Visit ClickOnchain.
  • Deploy your smart contract.
  • Deploy your token.
  • Deploy your NFT.
  • Create custom smart contracts with AI.
Somnia Domains

Somnia Domain Service is a decentralized domain layer on the Somnia Shannon Testnet. It allows users to register human-readable, unique domain names.

What to do:

Conclusion

To secure a spot in the top 10% of users:

  • Interact with more than 100 contracts.
  • Create more than 20 contracts.
  • Complete more than 290 transactions.
  • Be active for more than 35 days.
  • Hold more than 0.3 $STT.

Don’t forget to use LayerHub to monitor real-time Onchain statistics, track your wallet ranking via Wallet Checker. Stay updated with the latest analytics and insights on Somnia through LayerHub!