Pump.fun trending is not a published formula, so no one outside Pump.fun can say exactly how the board orders tokens. What anyone can observe is trade frequency, recent volume, holder count, replies, favorites, the creator profile and market cap progress. A volume session adds to trades, volume, holders, replies and favorites. The image, description, links and the community behind them stay with the team.
Signals worth watching, split by owner
- The ordering logic is not published; treat any claimed formula as a guess.
- Activity signals such as trades, volume, holders, replies and favorites are the ones a session adds to.
- Presentation signals such as image, description, links and community are team work and do not come from volume.
- Creator follows is the one optional paid add-on, priced as a share of the base fee.
Does Pump.fun publish how its board ranks tokens?
No. Pump.fun shows sorted views of tokens, but it does not publish the rules behind them, and those views can change without notice. Anything you read about exact weights or cutoffs is a guess, however confidently it is written.
What is useful is the visitor's view. Open any token on Pump.fun and a set of signals is right there on the page. Those signals are what a person scrolling the board uses to decide whether to click, and they appear to be the kind of thing a sorted view would reflect. The rest of this guide works from that observable layer only.
What can a visitor see on a token?
- Trade frequency: how often new trades appear in the live trades list.
- Recent volume: how much SOL has changed hands lately.
- Holder count: how many wallets hold the token and how concentrated the top holders are.
- Replies: the comment thread under the token, with timestamps.
- Favorites: how many wallets have starred the token.
- Creator profile: who launched it, what else they launched and who follows them.
- Market cap progress: where the token sits on its bonding curve, or whether it has completed and moved to a pool.
A visitor takes these in within seconds. A token with frequent trades, a busy reply thread and a growing holder list looks alive. A token with a stale thread and a broken link looks abandoned, whatever its chart says.
Which signals does a volume session move?
| Signal | Moved by a session? | Console control |
|---|---|---|
| Trade frequency | Yes | Wallets and session length; about 1.6 orders per wallet |
| Recent volume | Yes | Target volume = wallets x average order |
| Holder count | Yes, as an estimate | About 62% of wallets, shown as an estimate |
| Replies | Yes | Auto-comments at 5% to 90% of orders, from distinct wallets |
| Favorites | Yes | Auto-favorites at 10% to 100% of wallets |
| Creator follows | Optional | Paid add-on at 10% to 100% of wallets |
| Market cap progress | Contributes | Preset buy share of 58% to 68%; other traders count too |
| Image, description, links | No | Set by the team |
A worked example with the Slow build preset: 1,200 wallets at 0.10-0.40 SOL over 3 hours. The average order is 0.25 SOL, so the target volume is 300 SOL and the fee at 1% is 3 SOL. Expect about 1,920 orders, a little over ten a minute. With comments at 15% of orders that is roughly 288 replies; with favorites at 40% of wallets, 480 stars; and the console's holder estimate lands near 744.
How that holder figure builds over the hours is covered in how unique holders grow. The short version: it rises with wallets, and it is an estimate rather than a count of people.
How do session comments and favorites look to a visitor?
Comments are posted from distinct wallets, and because density is set as a share of orders, they spread across the session along with the trades. PumpCrest ships a built-in library in eight languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Russian. If the token has its own voice, upload a .txt file of your own lines instead; it can be up to 512 KB and is read in the browser only.
Density is the main judgment call. At 90% of orders, nearly every trade comes with a reply, which on a quiet token can read as noise. Settings around 10% to 20% tend to keep the thread readable. Favorites show up as a single count, so a higher share there changes one number rather than the feel of the thread.
Which signals stay with the team?
No volume setting writes a good description or picks a clear image. These are the signals that decide whether the attention a session brings turns into interest.
Image and name
The board shows tokens small, so the image has to read at thumbnail size. Confirm the console shows the expected name, ticker and image when you paste the mint.
Description and links
Every link should open, and the description should say plainly what the token is. Dead links on a busy token invite the wrong kind of replies.
Community
Real replies from real people are the signal a session cannot supply. Have the team in the thread during the session window, answering questions as they come.
Creator follows, the paid add-on
Creator follows sit between the two groups: session wallets follow the creator profile at 10% to 100% density. It is the only paid add-on and raises the fee by 40% x density. On the 300 SOL example, follows at 50% add 20% to the 3 SOL fee, for 3.6 SOL in total. The creator follows guide covers when that is worth it.
What should you check on the board before a session?
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Look at the token as a stranger
Open it in a fresh browser window and note what you see in the first five seconds: image, name, latest replies, holders.
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Test every link
Website, X and Telegram. Fix or remove anything that fails to load.
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Read the latest replies
If unanswered questions sit at the top of the thread, answer them before new visitors arrive.
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Pick densities and shape
Start with modest comment and favorite densities, then set them in the console alongside wallets, order band and length.
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Fund and confirm
Send the exact amount shown, wait for the confirmed transaction with its Solscan link, then wait for support to confirm the start window.
Questions and answers
Can a volume session put my token at the top of the board?
No one can promise that, because the ordering rules are not published and every other token competes in the same window. A session adds observable activity: trades, volume, holders, replies and favorites. PumpCrest reports what settles and never promises a rank, a price move or a profit, so plan around what you can see afterwards.
Can session replies match the token's audience language?
Yes. The built-in library covers eight languages, so a team focused on Korean or Spanish speakers can match that audience. For anything specific to the project, such as its name, running jokes or plans, upload your own .txt file of lines. The file is read in your browser only and can be up to 512 KB.
Do favorites matter if visitors cannot see who starred the token?
The count is what visitors see, and it sits next to other signs of attention on the page. Favorites are included in the flat fee at any density from 10% to 100% of wallets, so the decision is about how the number looks beside the holder count, not about cost. A favorites figure far above the holder count can look out of place.
What if I am not the creator of the token?
Any public Pump.fun mint works in the console, so a community team can run a session on a token it did not launch. What you may not be able to change are the things the creator set, such as the image and description. Put your effort into the parts you do control: the replies, your own channels and the timing.
Which console settings affect board signals the most?
Wallets and session length set trade frequency, the order band sets volume, comment and favorite densities set visible engagement, and the buy share shapes how curve progress moves. The settings guide explains each control in turn. Start from a preset and change one control at a time, so you can tell what each change did.
Put activity where visitors look
Choose comment and favorite densities in the PumpCrest console, review the estimated holders and order count, and fund the session once the token page is ready for visitors.
We build the PumpCrest console and write these guides from the operator side: what a session spends, what settles on-chain and what a visitor sees on the board. Corrections are welcome at support@pumpcrest.com.