Pump.fun creator rewards are the creator's share of trading fees on a coin. They build up in an on-chain creator vault while people trade on the bonding curve and, after graduation, in the coin's canonical PumpSwap pool. The address set as creator claims them from the Creator rewards section of its profile, any time, with one transaction.
Key points
- Every Pump.fun coin records a creator address, and trades credit that address through a creator vault account.
- Rewards accrue on the bonding curve and keep accruing in the canonical PumpSwap pool after graduation.
- Other pools for the same token, and coins that left via other routes, do not feed creator rewards.
- Claiming takes one transaction from your profile. There is no minimum and no waiting period.
- Rewards can also go to up to 10 fee sharing shareholders, a takeover owner, holders or a charity, depending on how the coin is set up.
What are Pump.fun creator rewards?
Creator rewards are a slice of each trade's fee that the Pump program sets aside for the coin's creator. The rest of the fee goes to the protocol, and once a coin trades in a pool, part goes back to the pool's liquidity. You don't sign up for anything. If your wallet created the coin, your address is written into the coin's on-chain record and the rewards start counting from the first trade.
Pump.fun calls them creator rewards in the app and creator fees in its fee docs. Same thing.
We won't print rates here, partly as a house rule and partly because Pump.fun changes its schedule from time to time. What we can say from the docs: the pool side scales with the coin's market cap, so bigger coins pay the creator a smaller share of each trade. The current table lives on the official fee page, and our Pump.fun fees guide walks through the creator costs around it.
Where do creator rewards come from?
Creator rewards come from two places, one after the other: the first is the bonding curve, the second is the canonical PumpSwap pool. While a coin trades on its bonding curve, every buy and sell sends the creator's share to a creator vault account. Because the Pump program derives that vault from the creator's address, each creator ends up with one vault shared by all their coins, and that explains why the claim screen can show one total across several launches.
When the curve sells out and the coin graduates, the Pump program's migrate instruction creates a canonical PumpSwap pool and records the coin creator on that pool. From then on, trades in that pool credit a separate PumpSwap vault for the creator, and since curve trading itself stops at completion, no new curve rewards arrive after that. Our page on Pump.fun graduation covers when the switch happens.
Which pools feed creator rewards?
| Where the coin trades | Feeds creator rewards? | Where it accrues |
|---|---|---|
| Pump.fun bonding curve, before completion | Yes | Creator vault in the Pump program |
| Canonical PumpSwap pool, created at graduation | Yes | Coin creator vault in the PumpSwap program |
| Any other PumpSwap pool someone creates later | No | Not applicable |
| Coins that migrated to Raydium in the past | No | Not applicable |
The canonical pool matters because only the pool made at graduation carries the creator field. Anyone can open a new pool for a token, but those pools pay the creator nothing. Should a big share of trading move to a different pool, the creator's earnings drop even though the chart looks busy.
Keep links pointing to the canonical pool. That's where the rewards are.
Who receives creator rewards?
Creator rewards go by default to the wallet that created the coin. It's the Pump program that fills the creator field from the create instruction, and older coins had it set later by Pump.fun's backend from metadata. That single address is what the vault is tied to. Launched from a throwaway wallet? Then that throwaway is the one that can claim, so keep its keys.
Can creator rewards go to someone other than the creator?
Yes, there are four ways the money can go somewhere else. Each one is a choice made by the creator or the community, not something that happens by accident.
- Fee sharing. A creator can split rewards across up to 10 shareholder addresses, each with a set share. A sharing config account stores the list, and a distribute instruction pays everyone in proportion.
- Community takeover. If a community takes over a coin, the fee docs say rewards can go to the new coin fee owner instead of the original creator.
- Charity. Pump.fun describes an opt-in that routes the creator portion to charities.
- Holder rewards coins. At creation, a coin can be flagged so the creator share is spread to holders instead of a creator wallet.
What replaced cashback coins?
Holder rewards replaced cashback coins, which Pump.fun briefly offered to send the creator share back to traders. Cashback mode is now listed as deprecated in the public docs, so new coins can't use it. Existing cashback coins keep trading as before and their accrued cashback stays claimable. Like most launch settings, holder rewards has to be picked when the coin is created.
How do you claim Pump.fun creator rewards?
Claiming Pump.fun creator rewards takes one transaction from the Creator rewards section of your profile. Pump.fun has moved the button around between app versions, so look for the Creator rewards section wherever your profile shows it. What follows matches the current web app.
Open Pump.fun with the creator wallet
Log in with the exact wallet that created the coin, or the address set as fee recipient. The creator vault is tied to that single address, so a different wallet will show nothing to claim. Launched from a throwaway wallet? Then the throwaway is the one that can claim, so keep its keys safe.
Go to your profile
Click your profile, then open the Creator rewards section. On some versions it sits under More, on older ones under the Coins tab, because Pump.fun has moved the button between app versions. The section name stays the same, so look for Creator rewards if the layout looks different.
Check the total and history
The Creator rewards section shows what is waiting and a history of earlier claims. The total is the sum across every coin tied to this creator address, because the Pump program derives one creator vault per creator and shares it across all their launches. Two launches from one wallet show one combined figure.
Click Claim all
Your wallet opens one transaction. Read it before approving: a claim moves SOL from the creator vault to you and should not ask for anything else. The only cost is the normal Solana network fee of 0.000005 SOL per signature, plus any priority fee your wallet adds.
Confirm on Solscan
Open the transaction signature on Solscan. The transaction should show a transfer from the creator vault to your wallet and a Success status. A claim from the PumpSwap side can appear as a wrapped SOL transfer first, which is normal. Compare the amount with the total the app showed before you claimed.
How often can you claim creator rewards?
You can claim as often as you like. No minimum, no lock-up.
Each claim only costs the normal Solana network fee, which is a tiny fraction of a SOL, so claiming daily on an active coin is fine. On a quiet coin, waiting a few days just saves a few network fees.
On a coin that uses fee sharing, the flow is different. Once a creator vault has moved to a sharing config, the direct collect instructions stop working and payouts run through the distribute instruction of the Pump Fees program. Each shareholder gets their share sent straight to their address. Can't find a claim button on a shared coin? That is why.
What should you check on-chain?
On-chain, check five things: the creator address, the curve program, the canonical pool, claims and any sharing setup. Everything above can be confirmed on a block explorer, and doing it once is worth the ten minutes. Start with the coin's mint address on Solscan, then follow the money. Our guide on how to verify volume on Solscan explains the tabs and filters in more detail.
- The creator address. Open the creation transaction from the token page and note which wallet signed it. That is normally the creator on record.
- The curve program. Bonding curve trades run through the Pump program, 6EF8rrecthR5Dkzon8Nwu78hRvfCKubJ14M5uBEwF6P. Open any buy and look for a small SOL transfer into the creator vault.
- The canonical pool. After graduation, find the migration transaction and the pool it created under the PumpSwap program, pAMMBay6oceH9fJKBRHGP5D4bD4sWpmSwMn52FMfXEA. Pool trades should show a transfer into the coin creator vault.
- Claims. In the creator wallet, look for claim transactions moving SOL out of the vault. Every claim should match what the app showed.
- Sharing setup. If shareholders were promised a split, look for the sharing config and distribute transactions rather than taking a screenshot on trust.
Why verify creator rewards on-chain?
On-chain checks matter because screenshots are easy to fake, and on-chain records aren't. If a team says rewards go to a community wallet or a charity, the transfers either show it or they don't. That same habit protects you as a creator: you can see exactly what your coin has paid you without relying on any dashboard.
A note on wording in explorers. Pump.fun's curve vault holds plain SOL, while the PumpSwap side keeps the creator's share in a token account for the pool's quote asset, which for most coins is wrapped SOL. A claim from the pool side can therefore show as a wrapped SOL transfer before it lands as SOL in your wallet. Both are normal.
How do trading volume and creator rewards connect?
Trading volume and creator rewards connect directly. Rewards are a share of trading fees, so they grow with the number and size of trades on the curve and in the canonical pool. A coin nobody trades earns nothing. A coin that keeps a steady stream of buyers and sellers keeps the vault filling, whether those trades come from the community, from holders rebalancing or from a scheduled run.
That is worth keeping in mind when you plan a launch. Steady activity from many wallets keeps a coin visible on Pump.fun and, after graduation, on charts. Our runs spread trades over 500 to 10,000 fresh wallets for anything from 15 minutes to 10 hours, and every trade pays its normal on-chain fees, including the creator's share. The price is a flat 1% of the volume goal with a 100 SOL minimum target, and the trading fees on the run's own trades are already inside that figure. See what a run costs for worked quotes. If the coin graduates during a run, the run follows it into the canonical pool, so trading keeps feeding the pool side of the vault. For more on that stage, read our page on volume in PumpSwap pools.
What are the common creator rewards problems?
The common creator rewards problems are a wrong wallet, trading in another pool, active fee sharing, a takeover and the holder rewards flag. Work through these before assuming anything is broken.
- Wrong wallet. The claim screen only shows rewards for the connected address. Switch to the wallet that signed the creation transaction.
- Trading moved to another pool. Only the canonical pool pays. Check which pool your links and charts point to.
- Fee sharing is active. Payouts go through distribute, not the claim button, and arrive directly at each shareholder.
- A takeover changed the owner. After a community takeover, the coin fee owner may be someone else.
- Holder rewards coin. If the coin was created with the holder rewards flag, the creator share goes to holders, not to a creator wallet.
If none of those fit, open your creator vault on Solscan and compare its balance with the app.
On-chain data is the source of truth.
If the vault holds SOL and the app shows zero, wait a little and refresh before you claim, since the app reads from its own index, which can trail the chain for a short while.
Quick answers
What are Pump.fun creator rewards?
Pump.fun creator rewards are the creator's share of trading fees on a Pump.fun coin. The rewards accrue in an on-chain creator vault from bonding curve trades and, after graduation, from trades in the canonical PumpSwap pool. According to the Pump.fun fee docs, the pool-side share scales with market cap, so bigger coins pay the creator a smaller share of each trade.
How do I claim creator rewards on Pump.fun?
Claiming creator rewards on Pump.fun is a one-transaction job: log in with the wallet that created the coin, open your profile, go to Creator rewards and click Claim all. Approve one transaction, which costs only the normal Solana base fee of 0.000005 SOL per signature. You can claim any time, with no minimum and no lock-up period.
Do creator rewards continue after graduation?
Yes, Pump.fun creator rewards continue after graduation, but the only source is the canonical PumpSwap pool that the migrate instruction creates. Other pools for the same token don't pay the creator, and coins that migrated to Raydium in the past don't feed creator rewards either. Graduation comes when the curve sells its 793,100,000 sellable tokens.
Can creator rewards be split between several people?
Yes, fee sharing is the feature that splits Pump.fun creator rewards between several people, with up to 10 shareholder addresses and set shares. A sharing config account stores the list. Payouts then run through the distribute instruction of the Pump Fees program instead of the normal claim button, and each shareholder receives a share directly.
Why does my claim screen show nothing?
A Pump.fun claim screen usually shows nothing for one of five reasons: the wrong wallet is connected, fee sharing is active, trading has moved to a non-canonical pool, a community takeover changed the fee owner, or the coin was created as a holder rewards coin. If the vault on Solscan holds SOL, refresh the app a little later.
What happened to cashback coins?
Cashback coins are deprecated, according to the public Pump.fun docs, so new coins can't use cashback mode. Cashback mode sent the creator share back to traders. Existing cashback coins keep trading as before, and their accrued cashback stays claimable. Holder rewards is the newer option, set at creation, alongside fee sharing across up to 10 shareholder addresses.
Give the curve something to trade
Rewards follow trading activity. Set a volume goal, a wallet count and a run length in the console and see the flat price before you send any SOL.
Mitchel Davis writes and maintains the Softatjeh guides and revises them whenever Pump.fun changes its curve, feed or PumpSwap rules. Found a stale number? Tell us at support@softatjeh.com.