Bubble maps crypto traders use, and holder visualization on ripr

The bubble maps crypto traders pass around turn a token's holder list into a picture: one circle per wallet, bigger circles for bigger balances, clusters where wallets have moved funds to each other. Strip the picture away and the map is asking three things: how much of the supply sits in a few hands, how much the creator kept, and whether the biggest holders look connected. On ripr, the practical way to visualize a token's holders is the coin's own page: all three answers sit there, in front of you when you trade.

What bubble maps crypto traders use actually show

A bubble map is a drawing of one token's holders, built from public Solana data that anyone can read. Each wallet becomes a circle sized by its balance, and lines or tight clusters mark wallets that have sent funds to one another. It is a way of looking at holder concentration rather than a separate source of truth.

The picture is only worth the answers you take from it. Ten wallets holding most of a supply can sell a coin into the ground between them, where ten wallets holding a fifth of it have far less room to do it. A creator sitting on a large share can do it alone. Wallets funded from the same place, all buying the same new coin, are often one person wearing ten hats.

Those drawings are also easy to misread. Liquidity pools and vaults hold tokens on behalf of everyone trading a coin, so a map that draws a pool as a holder makes supply look far more concentrated than it is. That is why the useful version of this check is a set of numbers with the pools taken out, which is what ripr puts on each coin.

What to look for in a holder visualization tool

A holder visualization tool is worth your time if it answers those three questions on the exact coin you are about to buy, at the moment you are deciding. Four things separate a useful one from a pretty picture:

1. Current shares, not just a holder count. A coin with a few thousand holders can still be owned by ten wallets. On each coin, ripr shows how much of the supply the top 10 and the top 50 holders hold.
2. Pools and vaults left out. A liquidity pool is a shared reserve that holds tokens for everyone trading the coin, so it is not a holder in any meaningful sense. The shares on a ripr coin page leave pools and vaults out, so the percentages describe wallets someone actually controls.
3. The creator's holding, called out on its own. On ripr the creator's share sits with the holder shares, along with the other coins that creator has launched, on web, iOS and Android.
4. Link checks, not just a drawing. Lines between circles are one person's reading of who is connected to whom. The better version names the pattern it found — a coordinated launch, linked wallets, a creator keeping supply — which is exactly what ripr's warnings on a coin do.

One more thing matters, and it is the least obvious: the check has to live where you trade. A map in another browser tab is a map you skip at the worst possible moment, which is why this whole routine sits on the coin page itself.

How to visualize holder concentration on ripr

On ripr, the holder picture takes two steps: open the coin, then read its holder section. Search by name, ticker or the full contract address, which is the long string that identifies a token on Solana; pasting the address in full is the surest way to land on the right coin when it reached you from a chat group, because any imitation can copy a ticker but no two coins share an address.

Each coin page shows what share of the supply the top 10 and top 50 holders hold and how much the creator holds, with pools and vaults left out. Those two percentages are what a bubble map is drawn to communicate, and they read in a second.

The spread between coins is wide enough to decide on. Two Solana coins in ripr's market data had thousands of holders each and looked nothing alike: on the first, the top 10 wallets held roughly 22% of the wallet-held supply and the top 50 roughly 55%; on the second, the top 10 held roughly 71% and the top 50 almost all of it. The holder counts said nothing about that. The shares said everything.

Where ripr flags wallets that look linked

On ripr, the connections a bubble map draws by hand arrive as warnings on the coin page. It checks coins, including newly created ones, for coordinated-launch patterns, linked wallets and creators keeping supply, and shows what it finds as a warning on the coin.

Before you buy, ripr also shows warnings for known rug patterns: a creator who holds unlocked liquidity, liquidity that has already been pulled, a coordinated launch. Those warnings appear in the buy flow as well as on the coin page, so they are in front of you when you are committing money rather than three screens back.

ripr is plain about what a quiet page means, and says so on screen in its own words: "These are the risks we can check for. Not seeing one never means a coin is safe." Treat a coin page with no warnings as one input beside the holder shares, not a verdict.

On iOS and Android, the coin page also tells you when a coin is under review, has low liquidity, has paused prices or is still being checked. The wider pre-buy routine is in how to spot a risky meme coin before you buy.

A holder check to run before you buy

This is the whole thing on ripr, in the order that is quickest to work through:

1. Paste the full contract address into ripr's search and open that coin, so you know you are reading the right one.
2. Read the top 10 and top 50 shares and the creator's holding in the coin's holder section.
3. Read any warnings on the coin page, then read them again in the buy sheet before you confirm.
4. Glance at the other coins the creator has launched, listed on that same page.
5. Narrow what you browse: the screener filters and sorts coins, and Explore has a "Hide warnings" filter that leaves out coins ripr has flagged once you switch it on.
6. Start small and keep some SOL aside for the network fee, the small charge Solana takes on every transaction. Before your wallet signs, ripr checks the prepared transaction on your device against the amount, slippage and fee limits you set, and refuses it if anything differs.

If you want the raw account-by-account list behind those percentages, every balance is public on Solana's block explorer. Good habits do the rest of the work: size the first buy so a bad read is survivable, ignore wallet addresses sent to you in DMs, and see how can I trade more safely? and how do I buy a coin? in the help centre.

Frequently asked questions

What is a bubble map in crypto?

A bubble map in crypto is a chart of one token's holders, where each wallet is a circle sized by its balance and lines or clusters mark wallets that have sent funds to each other. It is drawn from public blockchain data, and it is used to judge how concentrated a coin's supply is and whether the large holders look connected.

Do you need a separate bubble map tool to check Solana holders?

No separate tool is needed to read Solana holder data. Every coin page on ripr shows what share of the supply the top 10 and top 50 holders hold and how much the creator holds, with pools and vaults excluded, plus any warning ripr's checks have raised about linked wallets or a coordinated launch.

Why do holder shares leave out liquidity pools?

A liquidity pool holds tokens on behalf of everyone trading the coin, not for one owner, so counting it as a holder makes a coin look more concentrated than it is. ripr leaves pools and vaults out of the top 10, top 50 and creator shares it shows on each coin, so the figures describe actual wallets.

Can holder visualization prove who controls a coin?

No. Holder visualization shows wallets and the funding between them, and one person can hold many wallets while one wallet can belong to a group. ripr's checks flag patterns such as linked wallets, coordinated launches and creators keeping supply, and the app still says plainly that not seeing a warning never means a coin is safe.

The short version

A bubble map is a picture of something you can read as two percentages, a creator share and a warning. Open any coin in Explore on ripr, read those four things before you read the chart, and the hype in your feed gets much easier to price. If you want the full risk list first, start with are Solana meme coins safe?.

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Last verified 3 November 2026. This article is published by ripr, which builds an app for trading Solana coins. Nothing here is financial advice.