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Prediction Markets — 2026-06-05

Frozen at 00:00 UTC · recorded 2026-06-05T00:05:02.337822+00:00

State of the System

On June 5, 2026, VolRoc recorded 75,475 active prediction markets across Kalshi and Polymarket, holding $1.46B in combined open interest. Day over day, active markets rose 51.5% and open interest rose 4.9% (vs June 4, 2026). Sports was the largest domain by open interest (45%), ahead of Politics & Elections (30%); together they accounted for 74% of all open interest. Kalshi carried 89% of active markets and Polymarket 11%.
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As of 2026-06-05 · 00:00 UTC

Active Markets
75,475
00:00 UTC freeze
Open Interest
$1.46B
Kalshi OI + Polymarket liquidity
Markets Traded · 24h
13,871
with trading activity
Kalshi / Polymarket
89% / 11%
by active-market count

Domain Composition — 12 domains

Sports
43,076
Other
12,131
Mixed / Multi-category
8,935
Politics & Elections
5,834
Entertainment & Culture
2,270
Crypto & Digital Assets
1,041
Economics & Inflation
744
Companies & Business
478
Monetary Policy
372
Technology & AI
273
World & Geopolitics
149
Science & Health
86
Climate & Weather
86

Venue-agnostic subject taxonomy from Kalshi series prefixes and Polymarket title keywords. A residual Other bucket is reported honestly.

Venue Split

Kalshi 89%
Polymarket 11%
Kalshi 67,088 markets · $815.0M OI  ·  Polymarket 8,387 markets · $648.0M liquidity

Probability Distribution

0102030405060708090
Yes-price across both venues, 10 buckets from 0 to 100. n = 75,475.

Largest Kalshi Series

Sports — multi-game parlays
33,449
Cross-category multi-markets
8,935
Music — artist streams
857
Midterm control
726
U.S. House races
595
California primaries
347
Primary vote shares
269
NFL — next team moves
231
Primarymov
206
World Cup — games
198
Nextteamnba
188
Nbadraftteam
188

Kalshi market families (Polymarket is not series-structured).

About & Citation

This is the fixed-hour (00:00 UTC) state of every active market on Kalshi and Polymarket for June 5, 2026. The live Observatory shows the current diurnal value; this record is immutable. Open interest combines Kalshi open interest with Polymarket USD liquidity as comparable USD magnitudes. Sources: Kalshi, Polymarket.

How to cite

“VolRoc Prediction Market Archive — June 5, 2026.” https://volroc.ai/prediction-markets/2026-06-05/

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