Sports-led trading surged as World Cup and NBA Finals contracts lifted Polymarket’s app ranking, with sports volume rising from under $130 million to nearly $300 million a day and soccer markets quadrupling.
Polymarket rose to No. 6 on the U.S. App Store from rank 117 at the start of June, while monthly trading volume exceeded $1 billion. The gains were driven by sports markets tied to the NBA Finals and the World Cup, with sports volume more than doubling from under $130 million per day to nearly $300 million per day after the tournament began. Soccer markets led the increase, with daily volume quadrupling, underscoring how major live sporting events can draw retail users and concentrate liquidity on prediction markets.