Total addresses are the total number of unique addresses that ever appeared in a transaction of the native coin in the network.

Litecoin began in 2011 and had a four-year head start on Ethereum. Ethereum total addresses surged to over 20M during the 2017 bull market. Total addresses for Ethereum currently stand at just over 170.3M, while Litecoin surpassed 170.5M on Jan. 15.

Litecoin is up 23% year to date.