throughput

Definition and usage guidance for the growthepie throughput metric.

throughput measures throughput using the raw series gas_per_second. Use throughput when you want a chain capacity or throughput view rather than a transaction-count view.

Key Facts

• Canonical metric_id: throughput

• Canonical metric_key: gas_per_second

• Unit: Mgas/s

• Hourly detail available: yes

• Coverage: see master.json.metrics.throughput.supported_chains

• Common search synonyms: gas per second, throughput

Example Request

curl -s https://api.growthepie.com/v1/export/throughput.json

Example Response Excerpt

[
  {
    "metric_key": "gas_per_second",
    "origin_key": "arbitrum",
    "date": "2026-03-01",
    "value": 5.72
  }
]

When To Use throughput

• Compare processing throughput across chains

• Track throughput changes over time

When Not To Use throughput

• You need transaction count instead of gas throughput

• You need fee cost or value metrics

Caveats

• throughput is not the same thing as txcount.

• The unit is Mgas/s, not raw transaction count.

Related Pages

• txcount

• txcosts