In a recent tweet, the world’s most-referenced cryptocurrency price-tracking website CoinMarketCap announced that Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) was the most viewed crypto in 2021.
It is currently the 13th largest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market cap of over $20 billion.
According to CoinMarketCap, Shiba Inu recorded more than 188 million views during the last 12 months, while apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) came in second with 145 million views in 2021.
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) was ranked in the third position among the most viewed cryptocurrencies with 107 million views.
Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) had around 86 million views, and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) garnered 81 million views.
Regardless of ranking, here’s what #CoinMarketCap users ended up viewing the most this year! #CoinMarketCapUnwrapped pic.twitter.com/CDP1ZXv5jI
— CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) December 24, 2021
In October, SHIB surged over 216% in a week-long period, reaching an all-time high of $0.000088.
Earlier this month, Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), pointed out that Dogecoin killer Shiba Inu has become mainstream.
SHIB was up 20% last week and is trading at $0.0000385 at the time of writing.
Shiba Inu has been undergoing continuous development over the last few months, even as the crypto’s price has been dropping.