NFT Sales Rise In May, Up +20% From April 2025

The global non-fungible token market has surged in May 2025, breaking more than four months downturn trend. In the past 30 days, the non-fungible token market has amassed a trading sales volume of $468 million, up over 20% from April 2025. In this article, we shall explore the full state of the global NFT market in May as well as what collectors and traders should expect in the coming month and beyond.

NFT Sales Rise +20% In May 2025

Data compiled by CryptoSlam.io, an on-chain crypto market data aggregator and a multi-chain non-fungible token collection explorer, indicates that the global non-fungible token market has surged in trading sales volume in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the global non-fungible token market has recorded a trading sales volume of $468 million. During this period, the NFT market has surged over 20%, breaking a three-month downtrend.

In January 2025, the global NFT market raised a sales volume of $679 million, down 24% from the previous month. Since then, the NFT market has been plummeting periodically, dropping from $679 million to $478 million in February, and further dropping from $478 million to $429 million in March. Last month, the NFT market also plunged from $429 million to $373 million in April 2025.

Ethereum, the blockchain network renowned in the global NFT market for hosting the majority of NFT collections, was the most traded blockchain network in the global NFT market in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Ethereum-based NFT collections have recorded a trading sales volume of over $142 million. During this period, the Ethereum NFT trading sales volume has plunged by 19% from the previous month.

Source: CryptoSlam

Polygon, a renowned Ethereum scaling solution blockchain network, was the second most-traded network in the NFT market in May. In the past 30 days, the Polygon-based NFT collection has recorded a trading sales volume of $74 million. During this period, the Polygon-based NFT trading sales volume has plunged 45% from the past month. Polygon’s rise to the second spot in the NFT market came as a result of widespread adoption of real-world assets (RWA) NFTs.

Bitcoin, another popular blockchain network renowned in the global NFT market for powering the Runes, BRC-20, and Ordinal collections, was the third most-traded blockchain network in the NFT market in May. In the past 30 days, the Bitcoin-based NFT series has raised a trading sales volume of $73 million, posing a major threat to Polygon dominance. During this period, the Bitcoin NFT sales volume has surged by 16% from the past month.

Mythos Chain and Immutable were the fourth and fifth most-traded blockchain networks in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Mythos Chain-based NFT collections have amassed a trading sales volume of $40 million, while Immutable-based NFT collections have recorded a trading sales volume of $34 million. During this period, the Mythos Chain NFT sales volume plunged by 26% while Immutable NFT sales volume surged by 44% from the past month.

Top Selling NFTs In May 2025

1. Courtyard NFT Collection

Courtyard, a non-fungible token collection featuring randomly generated digital items created on the Polygon blockchain network, was the most-selling NFT collection in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Courtyard NFT collection has raised a trading sales volume of $60 million. During this time, the Courtyard NFT trading sales volume plunged by 8.08% from the month of April.

Source: CryptoSlam

2. DMarket NFT Collection

DMarket, a renowned gaming non-fungible token collection that represents in-game virtual items of popular online NFT games like Counter-Strike, Rust, and Dota 2, was the second most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in May. In the past 30 days, the DMarket NFT collection has raised a trading sales volume of $40 million. During this period, the DMarket NFT trading sales volume surged 0.95% from the past month.

3. XSY Deposit NFT Collection

XYY Deposit, a new non-fungible token collection featuring a limited edition of 34 items hosted on the Avalanche blockchain network, was the third most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the XYS Deposit NFT collection has recorded a trading sales volume of $30 million. The XSY Deposit NFT collection was minted earlier this month and has rapidly gained traction among crypto enthusiasts.

4. Guilds Of Guardians Heroes NFT Collection

Guild of Guardians Heroes, a renowned non-fungible token collection from Guild of Guardians, a multiplayer, mobile fantasy role-playing game, featuring a limited set of 10,000 NFTs, was the fourth most-selling NFT collection in the global NFT market in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Guild of Guardians Heroes NFT collection has raised a trading sales volume of $24 million. During this time, the Guild of Guardians Heroes NFT trading sales volume surged by 47% from the previous month.

5. ?? BRC-20 NFT Collection

$??, one of the popular non-fungible token collections created on the Bitcoin blockchain network using the BRC-20 protocol, was the fifth most-selling non-fungible token collection in the global NFT market in May. In the past 30 days, the $?? BRC-20 NFT collection has recorded a trading sales volume of $22 million. During this time, the $?? BRC-20 NFT trading sales volume surged by 65% from the past month.

6. CryptoPunks NFT Collection

CryptoPunks, a globally acknowledged non-fungible token collection featuring a limited edition of 10,000 pixelated NFTs previously created by the digital asset incubation studio Larva Labs but now managed by the Infinite Node Foundation, was the sixth most-selling NFT collection in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the CryptoPunks NFT collection has recorded a trading sales volume of $21 million. During this period, the Punks NFT sales volume surged by 12% from the past month.

Source: CryptoSlam

7. Guild of Guardian NFT Collection

Guild of Guardian Avatars, another non-fungible token series from the Guild of Guardian game, featuring a limited edition of 10,000 GOG profile pictures hosted on the Immutable blockchain network, was the seventh most-selling gaming NFT collection in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Guild of Guardians Avatars NFT Collection has raised a trading sales volume of $10 million. During this time, the Guild of Guardians’ NFT sales volume surged by 42% from the past month.

8. Doodles NFT Collection

Doodles, a non-fungible token collection from the digital artist Burnt Toast featuring a limited set of 10,000 cartoon NFTs hosted on the Ethereum blockchain network, was the eighth most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Doodles NFT collection has recorded a trading sales volume of $8.7 million. During this time, the Doodles trading sales rose by 236% from the past month.

9. Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection

Pudgy Penguins, another globally acknowledged non-fungible token series from the digital asset firm Igloo featuring a fixed supply of 8,888 penguin cartoons hosted on the Ethereum blockchain network, was the ninth most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Pudgy Penguins NFT collection has recorded a trading sales volume of $8.4 million. During this period, the Pudgy Penguins NFT sales volume surged 8.8% from the past month.

10.Fx-wsteth-position NFT Collection

Fx-wsteth-position, a non-fungible token collection created on the Ethereum blockchain network, was the tenth most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in May 2025. In the past 30 days, the Fx-wsteth-position NFT collection has raised a trading sales volume of $7.7 million. During this period, the Fx-wsteth-position NFT trading sales volume fell by 4.30% from the past month.

Top NFT Sales Made In May 2025

Strat Option #7 was the top collectible sale made in May, selling for over $2.5 million five days ago. The XSY deposit was the second top collectible sale made in May, selling for $965,886 ten days ago. DNS #58 was the third top collectible sale made in May, selling for $965,000 nine days ago. gUSDC Locked Deposit #374 was the fourth top collectible sales made in May 2025, selling for $831,439 sixteen days ago.

The NFT Market Prediction For June 2025

Even though the NFT market is not expected to reach the same frenzied highs it saw in 2021 and 2022, industry analysts predict that the market will possibly retest another bull run before the end of this year. The NFT market surge retested in May 2025 shows signs of a potential recovery and evolution. The NFT market is projected to reach $231.98 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of over 33% from 2025.

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