# DeFi Fee & Revenue Ranker — Protocol Revenue vs User Fees (`gochujang/defi-fee-revenue-ranker`) Actor

Ranks 2,000+ DeFi protocols by 24h fees and developer revenue using DefiLlama. Shows revenue margin (how much developers keep vs users pay). No API key. $0.005/run.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gochujang/defi-fee-revenue-ranker.md
- **Developed by:** [Hojun Lee](https://apify.com/gochujang) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## DeFi Fee & Revenue Ranker

> Ranks 2,000+ DeFi protocols by 24h fees (user-paid) and developer revenue, with revenue margin analysis. Powered by DefiLlama — no API key required.

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### What It Does

Fetches fee and revenue data for all protocols tracked by DefiLlama and produces three ranked lists:

| List | Sorted By |
|------|-----------|
| `top_fees_24h` | Total fees paid by users in last 24h |
| `top_revenue_24h` | Revenue kept by protocol developers |
| `highest_revenue_margin` | % of fees captured as revenue (for protocols >$100k daily fees) |

**Summary record**: total 24h fees, total revenue, overall margin across all tracked protocols.

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### Key Metrics

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `fees_24h` | Total fees users paid in 24h (USD) |
| `revenue_24h` | Portion kept by the protocol (USD) |
| `revenue_margin_pct` | Revenue as % of fees — the protocol's take rate |
| `fees_7d`, `fees_30d` | Weekly and monthly fee totals |
| `fees_change_30d_pct` | MoM fee change % |

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### Revenue Margin Explained

- **High margin (>70%)**: Protocol keeps most of what users pay (e.g., stablecoin issuers, RWA protocols)
- **Low margin (<20%)**: Most fees distributed to LPs or token holders (e.g., many DEXes)
- **Negative or zero**: Protocol subsidizes users or has no revenue model yet

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### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| `topN` | 30 | Results per list |
| `category` | (all) | Filter by category: DEX, Lending, Derivatives, etc. |

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### Pricing

**$0.005 flat per run.**

# Actor input Schema

## `topN` (type: `integer`):

Number of protocols per list (top\_fees\_24h, top\_revenue\_24h, highest\_revenue\_margin).

## `category` (type: `string`):

Optional: filter to a specific DeFi category (e.g., DEX, Lending, Derivatives, Chain).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "topN": 30
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gochujang/defi-fee-revenue-ranker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gochujang/defi-fee-revenue-ranker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call gochujang/defi-fee-revenue-ranker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gochujang/defi-fee-revenue-ranker"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/70Ku7FbzSDtauNc3u/builds/YWJPFgCwiYx2wgVpG/openapi.json