Chain vs App vs Ecosystem Metrics

Understand the difference between chain metrics, app metrics, and ecosystem context in growthepie.

growthepie exposes multiple scopes of data. The most common public exports are chain-level metrics, but growthepie also exposes app coverage and richer chain overview JSON that includes ecosystem context such as top apps and active app counts.

Key Facts

• Chain metrics answer questions about a chain such as arbitrum or base

• App coverage answers questions about projects and owner_project identifiers

• Ecosystem context appears in richer endpoints such as chains/{origin_key}/overview.json

Scope Definitions

Chain metrics

Chain metrics describe a covered chain. Examples include txcount, daa, tvl, and throughput.

App metrics

App coverage is exposed through project metadata and app-related fields. The canonical public starting points are labels/projects.json for project discovery and apps/details/{owner_project}.json for project detail.

Ecosystem context

Ecosystem context combines chain-level and app-level information. For example, the chain overview endpoint includes ecosystem.active_apps and an ecosystem.apps table.

Caveats

• Not every chain supports every metric. Use master.json.chains.{origin_key}.supported_metrics.

• Not every app-oriented or internal endpoint is public. This docs set only documents public endpoints that are currently accessible.

Related Pages

• Projects And owner_project

• Endpoint: chains/{origin_key}/overview.json

• Endpoint: apps/details/{owner_project}.json