Less than 4% of the world owns bitcoin.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Special greetings to all bitcoin talker's and happy Sunday. I was scrolling through X today when I came across this post above which the post really got my attention, because of the caption on it, so  I was eager to carry out few research about it if it's true, because i was not expecting just less than 4% of the world to only own bitcoin, I was expecting to see a more reasonable figure. But Despite the growing hype around bitcoin am still surprise that bitcoin adoption globally is still low and slow. And from the estimated bitcion ownership by continent north America leads the park with 10.7%, while the adoption of bitcoin in africa is still low just 1.6%.
Am now wrapping up with this word of encouragement and advise, that those individuals who have not yet get started with bitcoin it's still early for them they can get started as soon as possible, because space offers vast potential for future growth and many more.
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Well, bitcoin sure still has a long way to go in terms of growth in both price and adoption, this is one reason why I've remained extremely hopeful for the future, seems to me that we haven't actually seen the best of bitcoin yet, what we all seem to have seen so far is more like a scratch on the surface, something much more bigger than any thing we have previously seen is still very much on the way.

The US president's son, in that person of Erick Trump made a public prediction of the price he expects bitcoin to reach in the very near future, and he said bitcoin at $1m per coin is not very far away, it is obviously certain that he knows something so many of us may not know..

So, to you who is feeling it's already too late to invest in bitcoin, happy to also join in announcing that we all are still relatively early, because the party isn't even getting started yet, the DJ Is still setting up his instruments 😁

[JeffBrad12]

The infographic goes to show that we're still so... early yet some people are so depressed that they are not early enough. By the time the world adoption rate increases to arond 20% bitcoin might have been priced at $1m already or even more.
Such an asymmetric bet only comes by once in a century.

small guy like me won't ever be able to collect even 1/10th of a coin

It might sound like a joke to you but bitcoin is miracle God has presented to all men who are willing to grab the opportunity. Believe me bitcoin will be worth 10x its value or more in the nearest future, just like gold it will keep appreciating.

Soon you will know the importance of even owning 10 Satoshi not to talk of a bitcoin itself.

Even 1/10 of bitcoin is already good enough. Imagine if BTC reaches $1m. Every satoshi matters, hope people understand this more.
People are too fixated with how much they can own they ignore the ROI potential.

[Iranus]

am not really cool with the bold words on your comment above, because they are word of discouragement, and am putting it to you that nobody is too late to start accumulating bitcoin, provided they accumulating it to hold for long term 4 to 10 years or longer and not short term. Normally there are no doubt that those OGs who first bought bitcoin at early stage when the bitcoin project was first launched are in good advantage. But that's doesn't mean that we who are just getting started and have not accumulated enough should give up and start saying that we are too late, because we are not providing we are committed and consistence in accumulating bitcoin until will accumulate a good portion of it and then hold for long term.

The truth often hurts, and while those statements may seem discouraging, they are the truth and we need to accept reality. Bitcoin is trading at over $100k and has a market cap of over $2 trillion, it is clearly no small coin and we are no longer in the early stages.

It's not too late to invest in bitcoin, but the idea of ​​getting rich quick or getting rich with a small amount of capital is no longer true even if you hold it for the next 50 years, let alone 5 or 10 years.

Bitcoin can't go up by thousands of percent, giving us x100, x1000 profits anymore, let's be realistic.

[As-Soon-As]

Only a few countries mentioned here are for the use of Bitcoin, in these few countries only the names of those who are openly using Bitcoin have come up. But there are countless people who are secretly using Bitcoin who have not come out, but yes you can see that the number of Bitcoin users is increasing more than in the past. And the number of Bitcoin users will increase more in the future, because many treasury companies and Bitcoin holdings are seen in abundance at the present time, and the demand for Bitcoin is also increasing.
The more the demand for Bitcoin increases, the more the number of Bitcoin users will also increase. So the further you go into the future, the more Bitcoin users you will find.

[GigaBit]

Despite seeing so much prosperity of Bitcoin, if we talk based on the acceptance of all the people in the world, then only 4% of people have accepted Bitcoin, which is a small part of the total population, so the potential of Bitcoin is very high. Most people still do not know how to use Bitcoin, and most people are still afraid to use it because they are completely ignorant about its use, setting up a wallet and security. However, the situation is gradually improving. People are slowly learning to use Bitcoin. According to the prospects of the future, those who will use Bitcoin now will definitely benefit the most in the coming days.

Within this 4% of users, some places have more users and some places have very little. It can definitely be said that those who are investing in Bitcoin now are also in the early stages.



https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-price-down-29-2025-liquidity-surge-us-crypto-stockpile

[BitGoba]

Its interesting that people in Latin America or Africa tend to hold U.S. dollars to protect themselves from their highly inflationary local fiat currencies. For example, in Venezuela there is strong demand for dollars and USDT tokens. In contrast, people in North America often prefer to hold Bitcoin as a more stable and harder form of money, protecting themselves from the dollar, which experiences about 7–10 years of continuous inflation.

People in North America are generally much more financially literate, so Bitcoin is more popular there, while in many other regions people still don’t fully understand what Bitcoin is. They often confuse it with various “shitcoins,” pump-and-dump schemes, and other scams.

We are still at the very beginning. Most people have heard of Bitcoin, but don’t really understand it. Over time, more and more people will grasp. I believe the biggest wave of adoption will come after the 2032 halving, when Bitcoin surpasses one million dollars at that point, many people will finally realize what Bitcoin truly is.

[Marvell1]

The infographic goes to show that we're still so... early yet some people are so depressed that they are not early enough. By the time the world adoption rate increases to arond 20% bitcoin might have been priced at $1m already or even more.
Such an asymmetric bet only comes by once in a century.

To be fair, are we still too early or is the demand for bitcoin in the world not as big as we imagine? Not many people really need privacy and freedom as we think. It's hard to know which is right.

But either way, I don't think we're too early, we're not in the early stages of adoption anymore.
And I don't expect the whole world to adopt and need bitcoin, because the world is very colorful and everyone has different tastes and needs.

Even 1/10 of bitcoin is already good enough. Imagine if BTC reaches $1m. Every satoshi matters, hope people understand this more.
People are too fixated with how much they can own they ignore the ROI potential.

1/10 bitcoin, which is 0.1 BTC, and if bitcoin hits $1 million, that means we'll have $100k. $100k is a big amount of money today, but I don't think it will still be considered a big amount of money in 20 years if the USD continues to depreciate more severely in the future.

Therefore, to improve our lives and become wealthy, we need more income and assets, rather than just waiting for Bitcoin to make us rich.

[OcTradism]

Within this 4% of users, some places have more users and some places have very little. It can definitely be said that those who are investing in Bitcoin now are also in the early stages.

Joining earlier than the others is good advantage but it's not enough. Earlier investors in this market bought bitcoin earlier than the others who will only join this market in future years so that they have great price advantage with cheaper entries. However, the more important contributor to make their investment success different than the late comers is how long they can hold their bitcoins.

Buying earlier, and holding their coins long enough even after entries of late comers, earlier investors can get very good profit. Most of Bitcoin holding days are profitable days, but if you can hold more days, you can get better profit according to data as follows.

https://hodl.camp/
https://charts.bitbo.io/profitable-days/
https://www.bitcoinmagazinepro.com/charts/bitcoin-profitable-days/

[Ultegra134]

I usually have a hard time understanding how this type of data are gotten because there are many people who still store their Bitcoin in centralised exchanges. These Bitcoin will be regarded belonging to the exchange and they will not be added according to the number of people that own them. Of we add those Bitcoin ownership that are in CEX, ot will be obvious that more than 4% of the world's population have Bitcoin.

This is actually a great question which I didn't consider myself either. We certainly cannot be sure whether this data is accurate, although from my perspective it seems like a plausible scenario. The OP has quoted a few sources which claim they've been collected from Crypto.com and the Nakamoto (I'm not familiar with the latter). Does that mean they've been collected through centralised exchanges? Because if so, the actual number is then certainly higher than 4%. I'm also guessing that they're seeing it from the total addresses that hold Bitcoin, there's no accurate way of knowing such a number.

[Altryist]

Despite seeing so much prosperity of Bitcoin, if we talk based on the acceptance of all the people in the world, then only 4% of people have accepted Bitcoin, which is a small part of the total population, so the potential of Bitcoin is very high. Most people still do not know how to use Bitcoin, and most people are still afraid to use it because they are completely ignorant about its use, setting up a wallet and security. However, the situation is gradually improving. People are slowly learning to use Bitcoin. According to the prospects of the future, those who will use Bitcoin now will definitely benefit the most in the coming days.

Within this 4% of users, some places have more users and some places have very little. It can definitely be said that those who are investing in Bitcoin now are also in the early stages.



https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-price-down-29-2025-liquidity-surge-us-crypto-stockpile

I think the early stages are already behind for Bitcoin. Now that it has surpassed $100k and countries are considering creating their own Bitcoin reserves, this is already the stage of establishment, and those who don’t have Bitcoin now will think it’s already too late because it has become too expensive. And when you tell people that Bitcoin can be bought in parts, it rarely convinces anyone, because in the end they still look at the current price of Bitcoin.

Right now, Bitcoin is becoming an investment asset that has attracted the attention of big players, this is already a completely different level, while retail is now more fascinated by altcoins, because they believe in the altseason. And I think this trend will continue in the future.

[betswift]

The truth often hurts, and while those statements may seem discouraging, they are the truth and we need to accept reality. Bitcoin is trading at over $100k and has a market cap of over $2 trillion, it is clearly no small coin and we are no longer in the early stages.

It's not too late to invest in bitcoin, but the idea of ​​getting rich quick or getting rich with a small amount of capital is no longer true even if you hold it for the next 50 years, let alone 5 or 10 years.

Bitcoin can't go up by thousands of percent, giving us x100, x1000 profits anymore, let's be realistic.

It won't give such x's, but it's still the stablest and greatest coin, performance-wise too (even though, of course, it doesn't pump like a meme or so).

Surely, the early stage of BTC can be said to be gone, but we need to act with what we have at hands.

[sunsilk]

or 18/320= 0.0563 btc for the owners on average

So your goal as an owner should be to own at least 0.1 coins

If others are going to see this, it's a good goal for them trying to reach before the price of Bitcoin reaches to the top. Having 0.0563 BTC or 0.1 BTC, it's already a lot today.

But, if they're going to think of how long term investing is in bitcoin. They'd understand how encouraging the scarcity of it.

So, to those who own 0.1 BTC and above, you're now bitcoin rich. While others might not agree to that, but believe it you are.

[fikrett]

or 18/320= 0.0563 btc for the owners on average

So your goal as an owner should be to own at least 0.1 coins

If others are going to see this, it's a good goal for them trying to reach before the price of Bitcoin reaches to the top. Having 0.0563 BTC or 0.1 BTC, it's already a lot today.

But, if they're going to think of how long term investing is in bitcoin. They'd understand how encouraging the scarcity of it.

So, to those who own 0.1 BTC and above, you're now bitcoin rich. While others might not agree to that, but believe it you are.

It's not something that happens over a day..

Not many people are able to put so many funds or trust in BTC from the get-go, and they should learn before they go forward..

Eventually, people with the right knowledge and discipline will reach their goals, be it 0,1 BTC or more.

[Helena Yu]

Or it could be 96% of the world are poor/low middle class people.

Just like this in statistic, 68% of people only have <$10K, 22% of people have $10K-$100K. Average people place Bitcoin as their last investment because it's high risk, they will prioritize lower risk investment.

Even these 96% of people invest in Bitcoin, I think it won't really drive Bitcoin significant, probably the price will double or triple from the present. Not 25x from the current price.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_of_wealth

[BurningChrome]

Those who missed out to invest at the early stage of bitcoin still have the opportunity to do so now. No time is too late, the value of bitcoin will keep on appreciating

yeah but by how much? even if btc reaches 200k the value of ur investment would be only 2x from now

whereas people who got in really early, the real og bitcoin hodlers made a fortune

so, let's stop saying we're still early. can we do that pls? we're late and we must accept it.

its big boys games now, ppl like saylor and big corporations who can buy 100s of bitcoin but

small guy like me won't ever be able to collect even 1/10th of a coin

but having said it will still 2x 3x far sooner than any mutual funds, etfs, stocks, so i continue buying

Thinking like that? That's how you stay poor.

Sure, those who bought Bitcoin super early made a killing. They were visionaries and got lucky.

But obsessing over Bitcoin's past and wishing you'd bought it at $20? That's just feeling sorry for yourself, not being smart about money. What others made then doesn't matter to you now. The point is, even now, a well-known asset like Bitcoin could still give you a 5x or 10x return in the next ten years.

And if you don't think a 10x return is a ton of money, then your expectations are way too high.

[HardFireMiner]

US is planning to buy 1.000.000 BTC for it's strategic reserve. Other contries are accumulating as well. When the accumulation will end, I can imagine the price will be driven to 1 Million USD per Bitcoin, with a lot of printed $.

0.1 BTC to have is very nice, I would say even 0.01 is a good amount, it will only grow.

[fuguebtc]

US is planning to buy 1.000.000 BTC for it's strategic reserve. Other contries are accumulating as well. When the accumulation will end, I can imagine the price will be driven to 1 Million USD per Bitcoin, with a lot of printed $.

There is no official information that the US is planning to buy 1 million BTC as a reserve. This is just the idea that Senator Cynthia Lummis raised at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, in July 2024.

To date, no country has officially had bitcoin reserves and is actively accumulating bitcoins. All is just rumor or is under discussion and waiting for National Assembly approval.

Also, if countries plan to buy bitcoin as reserves. They will need to use sources of funds such as borrowing, issuing government bonds or selling other reserve assets to buy bitcoin. They won't print money indiscriminately just to buy bitcoins because that will cause inflation. So this is going to be a long process.

[HardFireMiner]

US is planning to buy 1.000.000 BTC for it's strategic reserve. Other contries are accumulating as well. When the accumulation will end, I can imagine the price will be driven to 1 Million USD per Bitcoin, with a lot of printed $.

There is no official information that the US is planning to buy 1 million BTC as a reserve. This is just the idea that Senator Cynthia Lummis raised at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, in July 2024.

To date, no country has officially had bitcoin reserves and is actively accumulating bitcoins. All is just rumor or is under discussion and waiting for National Assembly approval.

Also, if countries plan to buy bitcoin as reserves. They will need to use sources of funds such as borrowing, issuing government bonds or selling other reserve assets to buy bitcoin. They won't print money indiscriminately just to buy bitcoins because that will cause inflation. So this is going to be a long process.

Check this link, it is not just rumours and speculation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Strategic_Bitcoin_Reserve#:~:text=A%20strategic%20reserve%20is%20a,establish%20a%20strategic%20bitcoin%20reserve.

[Silverstonez]

With the figure am seeing right now I won't say otherwise but to stand on the existing protocol, if this is the exact figure of the  world population who owns bitcoin, then bitcoin adoption is still slow and still early. Although others may see this figure as a good one from the mathematics that has been done so far, but for it not, let's take a look at how far bitcoin have gone, people talk about bitcoin both offline and online yet less than 4 percent of the world population owns bitcoin, not good at all I expected to see more than that  at least 10 percent will be preferable.

[boyptc]

Joining earlier than the others is good advantage but it's not enough. Earlier investors in this market bought bitcoin earlier than the others who will only join this market in future years so that they have great price advantage with cheaper entries. However, the more important contributor to make their investment success different than the late comers is how long they can hold their bitcoins.

Buying earlier, and holding their coins long enough even after entries of late comers, earlier investors can get very good profit. Most of Bitcoin holding days are profitable days, but if you can hold more days, you can get better profit according to data as follows.

https://hodl.camp/
https://charts.bitbo.io/profitable-days/
https://www.bitcoinmagazinepro.com/charts/bitcoin-profitable-days/

Well said.

It's because that many of the early buyers probably have sold their Bitcoins when it has reached x5 to x10. And that's why even with the early advantage that they have, it's unknown on how many of them were able to keep most of their bitcoins.

But it's greater if these early holders have managed to hold their bitcoins and didn't move an inch when the all time highs have appeared. That's why I understand those billions worth of bitcoin that have suddenly awake for this bull run if most of them were sold.