California takes the crown as the #1 state in America most interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, according to CoinGecko
Tags: bitcoin, cryptocurrency, ethereum
Published: 2022-09-13 11:43:34

**Highlights**

● Surpassing all states, California makes up 43% of total Bitcoin and Ethereum web page traffic on CoinGecko, in the United States.

● Illinois and New York are the second and third states, respectively, that are most interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

● While Bitcoin records a higher average market share of 76% across the top 20 states by web page traffic on CoinGecko, Ethereum’s market share is higher than Bitcoin’s market share for Colorado, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Florida.

California dominates as the #1 state in America most interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, based on a new study by [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/), the world’s largest independent cryptocurrency data aggregator.

The research aims to identify states in America that are most interested in [Bitcoin](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin) and [Ethereum](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum), and does
so by examining CoinGecko’s Bitcoin and Ethereum web page traffic within the United States, between May 2 to August 21, 2022. The data is then indexed on a scale of 0 to 100, and numbers represent web page traffic relative to the highest point in this data set.

Following California, other contenders in the top 10 are Illinois, New York, Florida, Washington, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Georgia and Arizona.


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/blpwya4fwg997stykmvz.png)`Figure 1: Top 10 States in the United States most interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum`

Surpassing all states, California makes up 43% of total [Bitcoin](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin) and [Ethereum](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum) web page traffic on CoinGecko, in the United States, signaling highest interest in these cryptocurrencies.


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/kw092ccc91rp5d96wp1t.png)`Figure 2: California vs. U.S. States ex. California, by Bitcoin and Ethereum interest`

While Bitcoin records an average market share of 76% across the top 20 states by web page traffic (see figure 3), Ethereum's market share is higher than Bitcoin's market share for Colorado, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Florida (see figure 4).


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xom5est0sdkus6kmvggy.png)`Figure 3: Bitcoin vs. Ethereum’s market share,
averaged across top 20 states most interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum`



![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xbbfweov6iiyirkmjxj9.png)`Figure 4: Bitcoin vs. Ethereum Market Share by State, across top 20 states most interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum`

Bobby Ong, COO and co-founder of [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/) commented on the findings: “It is unsurprising that California, as one of the world’s major technological hubs, takes the crown in ‘blue-chip’ cryptocurrency interest. What’s especially notable is Colorado, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Florida’s interest in Ethereum over Bitcoin. It remains to be seen how these rankings and market shares will play out in the coming months, with Ethereum’s Merge around the corner.”

## **Methodology**


The data is based on [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/) web page traffic to [Bitcoin](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin) and [Ethereum](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum) pages, within the United States, between May 2 and August 21, 2022. The data set is indexed to 100, where 100 is the highest point for web page traffic, given the time and location selected. Subsequent numbers represent web page traffic relative to this highest point.


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/iu25dg03pz7qagdoh0xk.png)

**About CoinGecko**

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CoinGecko, visit [www.coingecko.com](www.coingecko.com).