Meme coins dominate 2025 again, but AI agents are fast approaching

Meme coins lead with 25% investor interest in 2025, while AI agents rise dramatically.

In 2025, meme coins will once again top the list of the most popular crypto stories, according to CoinGecko’s latest report.

The combined interest in the main category of meme coins and 35 related trends attracted 25.02% of global investor attention, just down from 30.67% last year, amid a modest cooling of the speculative frenzy surrounding these tokens.

Meme coins and AI Sweep investor interest

Within this broader category, the most important meme coin story led with a share of 12.48%, down from 14.36% in 2024. Despite this, it retained the top spot for the second consecutive year after ranking third in 2023. Other meme coin trends continued to perform strongly, with Solana meme coins ranking 6th with 4.57% interest, AI meme coins 18th with 1.51%, and Base meme coins following closely in 19th with 1.40% interest. attention from investors.

AI-related crypto stories continued to gain momentum in 2025, as they collectively accounted for 22.39% of interest, up from 15.67% in 2024. While the main AI crypto category saw a slight decline in its individual share, from 12.58% last year to 9.76% this year, it retained the second position overall in popularity.

The increase in interest in AI crypto was largely driven by the focus on AI agents and the rise of the DeFAI story. Among the top 20 stories, AI agents recorded the most notable year-on-year increase, rising from 1.17% to 5.03% market share, moving up 14 places in the rankings.

RWA falls out of the top 3

On the other hand, real-world assets (RWA) saw the sharpest decline in interest in crypto stories this year. CoinGecko found that the category’s share fell from 8.64% in 2024 to 4.98% in 2025, pushing RWAs from last year’s third place to fourth.

This is also a further decline from the 6.48% share recorded in 2023, as competition for investor attention increases as more stories hit the market.

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Meanwhile, stablecoins made one of the most significant improvements in the rankings, having risen from 31st place last year to 16th in 2025. Their share of narrative interest increased from 0.48% to 1.69%, indicating increased activity in the sector as additional protocols and blockchain networks begin introducing their own stablecoins.