# GET /mempool

Get mempool backlog statistics.

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/about/billing).

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## **Parameters**

None.

## Returns

Get mempool backlog statistics. Returns an object with:

* `count`: the number of transactions in the mempool
* `vsize`: the total size of mempool transactions in virtual bytes
* `total_fee`: the total fee paid by mempool transactions in satoshis
* `fee_histogram`: mempool fee-rate distribution histogram

  An array of `(feerate, vsize)` tuples, where each entry's `vsize` is the total vsize of transactions paying more than `feerate` but less than the previous entry's `feerate` (except for the first entry, which has no upper bound). This matches the format used by the Electrum RPC protocol for `mempool.get_fee_histogram`.

Example output:

```
{
  "count": 8134,
  "vsize": 3444604,
  "total_fee":29204625,
  "fee_histogram": [[53.01, 102131], [38.56, 110990], [34.12, 138976], [24.34, 112619], [3.16, 246346], [2.92, 239701], [1.1, 775272]]
}
```

> In this example, there are transactions weighting a total of 102,131 vbytes that are paying more than 53 sat/vB, 110,990 vbytes of transactions paying between 38 and 53 sat/vB, 138,976 vbytes paying between 34 and 38, etc.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

```bash
curl https://mainnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY>/mempool \
 -X GET
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="testnet" %}

```bash
curl https://testnet.bitcoin.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY>/mempool \
 -X GET
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}