Median time from scheduled end to settlement: 2.2 hours

Vultax measured every Polymarket market that ended between 15 August and 10 September 2026. Most settled within hours of their scheduled end, 37% closed early because the result was already known, and 89 were disputed, rare overall but most common on geopolitics and big markets.

- Markets that closed before their scheduled end: 37%
- Markets disputed: 89
- Marked as resolved automatically: 99.7%

Observed 2026-08-15 to 2026-09-10, population: 69,072 Polymarket markets that closed after their scheduled end.

Study: https://vultax.com/research/how-long-polymarket-takes-to-settle-markets
Markdown: https://vultax.com/research/how-long-polymarket-takes-to-settle-markets.md
Data: https://vultax.com/research/how-long-polymarket-takes-to-settle-markets/data.json
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Vultax Research, How Polymarket Settles: 110,576 Markets, a Median of 2.2 Hours, and 89 Disputes, 2026-09-18, https://vultax.com/research/how-long-polymarket-takes-to-settle-markets