Based on 44 public wallets checked on polyfees by 13 October 2026; rates checked against Polymarket’s documentation on 11 October 2026.
The short answer
Markets without a start time — politics, weather, culture, economics and other events — pay a fee of 0.04 (politics, finance, tech, mentions) or 0.05 (weather, culture, economics, other) on instant trades; geopolitics pays nothing. In 44 wallets that put half or more of their money into such markets, fees were about 1.03% of the money bet, and 13 of them that traded mostly weather paid about 0.41%.
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Rates for these markets
| Category | Rate | Fee on a $100 instant buy at 50¢ |
|---|---|---|
| Politics, finance, tech, mentions | 0.04 | $2.00 |
| Weather, culture, economics, other | 0.05 | $2.50 |
| Geopolitics and world events | 0 | $0 |
Which markets have no fee at all: the full list. Any price: fee calculator.
What we saw in 44 wallets
We looked at 44 public wallets checked on polyfees by 13 October 2026 that put half or more of their money into markets without a start time, each over the 30 days before its check. Polymarket’s monthly leaders are left out, and so are wallets that mostly wait for their price with limit orders (they have their own page).
- Fees: about 1.03% of the money bet for the typical wallet, from 0.27% to 2.70% for the middle half.
- Mostly instant. About 82% of the money went in with instant buys; the typical wallet sold before the end on about 43% of its money.
- Small bets. A typical bet was about $40, and the typical wallet bet $15,451 in 30 days.
- 27 of the 44 were ahead on their Polymarket profile, which is before fees, and 26 after fees.
- Little came back. The typical wallet paid $136.83 in fees in 30 days and got $7.23 back from Polymarket.
Weather. 13 of the 44 traded mostly weather markets (temperature in a city on a day). Their fees were about 0.41% of the money bet, from 0.07% to 2.66% for the middle half; 7 were ahead on the profile and 6 after fees.
Politics. Only 6 of the 44 traded mostly politics, too few to give a typical number. Political traders who mostly wait for their price are on the limit order traders page.
Read this with care
44 wallets over 30 days is a sample, not everyone. These numbers show what these traders paid, not that the style wins. All styles side by side: Polymarket trader types and their fees.
Questions
What is the Polymarket fee on politics markets?
0.04 on instant trades: a $100 instant buy at 50¢ pays $2.00. Geopolitics and world-events markets have no fee, and limit orders that wait for their price pay nothing.
Do weather markets on Polymarket have fees?
Yes, 0.05 on instant trades, the same as sports. In 13 public wallets that traded mostly weather, fees were about 0.41% of the money bet.
Why are fees lower on these markets than on 5-minute crypto?
The rate is lower (0.04 or 0.05 against 0.07 on crypto), and the typical wallet here placed fewer, larger bets: about $40 a bet against about $15 on 5-minute rounds, for a similar amount bet in 30 days.