# Arbitrum's Governance Health: Why It Leads Among L2s

**URL:** <https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrums-governance-health-why-it-leads-among-l2s/30495>\
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**Tags:** governance\
**Created:** [February 2, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrums-governance-health-why-it-leads-among-l2s/30495 "2026-02-02T05:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChainSightsOne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/chainsightsone/32/16213_2.png) [@ChainSightsOne](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/ChainSightsOne)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrums-governance-health-why-it-leads-among-l2s/30495/1 "2026-02-02T05:25:00Z")

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been analyzing governance health across major DAOs and wanted to share something the Arbitrum community should be proud of.

**Arbitrum scores 7.1/10 in our Governance Vitality Score — the highest among L2s.**

A few highlights:

**Sybil Resistance: 9.9/10** — Voting power is distributed across genuine participants, not concentrated in a handful of wallets gaming the system. Very few DAOs come close.

**Top 5 wallet concentration: 45%** — Some L2 peers sit at 85%+. Arbitrum’s delegate structure is actually working — power flows through trust, not just capital.

Where there’s room to grow: Delegate Engagement (5.0) and Grassroots Participation (5.0) show the foundation is strong, but broader community involvement could push this higher.

We track 47 DAOs and the pattern is clear — high token holder count alone doesn’t mean healthy governance. What matters is _who actually participates_ and _how power is distributed_. Arbitrum gets this right in ways many larger DAOs don’t.

Happy to share the full methodology or dive deeper into specific metrics if there’s interest.

— Sem\_pre (ChainSightsOne)