Quick answer
Total supply for APE is one billion tokens, minted at genesis, per the ecosystem’s public framing on apecoin.com and commonly reflected on market aggregators like CoinMarketCap. What changes over time is typically circulating supply classifications (what vendors count as available for trading), not the existence of a secret infinite mint button.
Circulating vs total: why the question matters
Governance readers care about distribution and concentration. Market readers care about float assumptions. Journalists should specify which “how many” they mean.
Bridges, exchanges, and “where the tokens are”
Tokens can sit on exchanges, cold wallets, contracts, or bridges—location affects risk, not necessarily the “count” of APE, but it affects effective liquidity and voting custody questions depending on architecture. If a program custody-stakes tokens, read the program’s docs.
NFT ecosystem tie-in
NFT collectors sometimes confuse game currencies, reward points, and APE. Keep labels precise when spotlighting collections or browser games with their own in-economy units.
Sources & verification
Not financial advice.