Prediction Markets Built for Traders Are Actually Attracting Gamers

Look at how people actually use Polymarket. The average micro-user in Q1 2026 traded just $35 across the entire quarter. They traded 2.5 active days per month. They spread their positions across 1.45 categories. 

As they got more active, they didn’t increase their position sizes. They came back more often and explored more categories.That looks less like conventional trading behavior and much more like the engagement pattern of a mobile game: small stakes, frequent returns and exploration across categories.