How to find new meme coins early (and the risks)
Thousands of meme coins launch every day, mostly on Solana. Finding one early is the easy part; finding one with real buyers, and knowing when it's a trap, is the hard part.
- Know where they launch. On Solana, most start on Pump.fun and move to PumpSwap or Raydium once they gain traction. DexScreener and GeckoTerminal list new pairs on every chain.
- Filter for real trading. Most new tokens barely trade. MemeViewAI lists a token only when it trades at least $1,000 a minute (about $1.44 million a day), which removes most of the noise.
- Watch for volume spikes. A sudden jump in trading, such as 1-hour volume at least 3× the token's normal rate, often comes before a big move, in either direction.
- Check safety before anything else. Run the seven checks in "How to rug check a Solana token". A token that fails them isn't early, it's bait.
- Measure from the moment it was found. MemeViewAI records the price and market cap at its first signal, then tracks how far the token goes from there: X gain, and milestones at 2×, 5×, 10× and up.
- Expect most to fall. Of 39,004 tokens MemeViewAI signalled between 30 Dec 2025 and 22 Oct 2026, 28% peaked at 2× or more after the signal, 3.6% at 10× or more and 0.2% at 100× or more, but 90% now trade below the price at the signal (the typical one at about 0.09×). Plan your exits, size small, and never use money you can't afford to lose.
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Updated 22 Oct 2026. Not financial advice · DYOR. Meme coins are very risky and can lose all their value.