# Get Network Stats

GET /v1/network/stats — Taostats API endpoint in the Network group.

_Source: https://beta.taostats.io/docs/new/network/get-network-stats_

_Last reviewed: 2026-10-07_

```http
GET https://api.taostats.io/v1/network/stats
```

Requires an API key in the `Authorization` header.

Latest snapshot.

## Try it

Try this request in the browser on the HTML version of this page, or use the code samples below.

### Code samples

**cURL**

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  "https://api.taostats.io/v1/network/stats"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.taostats.io/v1/network/stats', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: '<YOUR_API_KEY>',
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.taostats.io/v1/network/stats",
    headers={"Authorization": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"},
)
data = response.json()
```

## Parameters

_No parameters._

## Responses

### `200` — Latest network-wide statistics

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | `object` | Yes | One row of network-wide statistics. |
| `data.accounts` | `integer (int64)` | Yes | Total accounts. |
| `data.balance_holders` | `integer (int64)` | Yes | Accounts with balance. |
| `data.block_number` | `integer (int32)` | Yes | Block height. |
| `data.extrinsics` | `integer (int64)` | Yes | Total extrinsics. |
| `data.free` | `string` | Yes | Circulating supply (RAO, u64 as string). |
| `data.issued` | `string` | Yes | Total issued (RAO, u64 as string). |
| `data.staked` | `string` | Yes | Total staked (RAO, u64 as string). |
| `data.staked_alpha` | `string, nullable` |  | Total staked alpha (RAO, u64 as string). `null` pre-dTAO. |
| `data.staked_root` | `string, nullable` |  | Root stake the stakers hold, `TotalHotkeyAlpha(_, 0)` summed (RAO, u64 as string) — not the root pool's reserve, so it need not add up with `staked_alpha` to `staked` (#827). `null` pre-dTAO. |
| `data.subnet_locked` | `string` | Yes | Total subnet locked (RAO, u64 as string). |
| `data.subnets` | `integer (int64)` | Yes | Total subnets. |
| `data.timestamp` | `string` | Yes | ISO 8601 timestamp with millisecond precision. |
| `data.transfers` | `integer (int64)` | Yes | Total transfers. |

### `404` — No data yet

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `message` | `string` | Yes | Plain-english message describing the failure from the caller's perspective. |
| `status_code` | `integer (int32)` | Yes | HTTP status code (mirrored in the response status line for convenience). |

### `500` — Internal server error

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `message` | `string` | Yes | Plain-english message describing the failure from the caller's perspective. |
| `status_code` | `integer (int32)` | Yes | HTTP status code (mirrored in the response status line for convenience). |

Every request needs an `Authorization` header holding your API key — see [Getting started with the Taostats API](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/start-here/getting-started-with-taostats-api).