Tailgate

Tailgate is a social sports prediction platform built by OverHerd Inc, delivered as a website and an iPhone app rather than a bot or a browser extension. The pitch centers on community rather than raw execution: a trader follows analysts, watches their picks post in real time, builds a public track record and compares it against others on a leaderboard. A Discover feed groups picks by sport, by trade type, and by a ranking the app calls Best Edge, so browsing a feed plays a bigger role here than reading an order book.

Under that feed sits an actual Polymarket connection: picks that traders tail get routed as orders under Tailgate's builder code, which is how the site has accrued $19.5M in attributed volume and sits at #34 on the leaderboard by that measure. A cohort of 1.1K wallets routed through Tailgate in the last thirty days, averaging 148 distinct traders a day. The wallet itself is self-custodial, per Tailgate's own terms, so the tailing and discovery layer sit on top of a trading account the trader still controls.

A trader signs into Tailgate on the website or the iPhone app and opens the Discover feed, filtered by sport, by trade type, or ranked by Best Edge. Rather than building a position from a raw order book, the trader follows an analyst or a picks feed and decides whether to tail a call someone else has already posted publicly.

Tailing a pick sends an order to Polymarket rather than settling it inside Tailgate itself. Polymarket confirms the trade, and Tailgate's builder code is what lets that fill show up in the attributed volume this page tracks, alongside 5.1K fills in the last complete week and $231 per fill on average, a size closer to a mobile bettor's stake than a desk's. A buy share of 88.7% says most of that flow opens new positions rather than closing ones already held.

Because the wallet is self-custodial, per Tailgate's own terms, the app is not positioned as the counterparty holding trader funds between fills; the trader's own wallet does that. What Tailgate adds sits in front of that wallet: the discovery feed, the analyst follows, and the tail button, not a separate custody arrangement.

• Best Edge feed sort

  The Discover feed can be ranked by a Best Edge metric alongside filters for sport and trade type, narrowing a large market list to picks worth a second look.

• Tail an analyst's pick

  Instead of building an order from scratch, a trader can copy a pick an analyst already posted, sending that call straight into a Polymarket order.

• Public track record

  Analysts and traders build a visible track record and appear on community leaderboards, so a pick's source carries its own visible history.

• Wallet stays self-custodial

  Funds sit in a wallet the trader controls rather than one Tailgate holds, so tailing a pick does not hand custody to the app.

Mobile-first sports bettors

Average fill size runs near $231, in line with a phone-sized stake rather than a desk position, so the feed-first interface fits a bettor trading from their phone.

Traders who follow tennis

The largest category routed in the last thirty days is tennis, headlined by US Open, Qualification ATP: Sebastian Ofner vs Kei Nishikori, so a tennis-heavy trader already matches the flow moving through the app.

Fans wary of order books

Tailing a posted pick replaces reading a CLOB directly, which suits someone who wants a feed and a leaderboard to act as a filter first.

Traders building a public record

The leaderboard and track-record features reward posting picks publicly, which fits someone building a following rather than trading in private.

Shoppers comparing copy-trading tools

With no fee schedule published, comparing Tailgate against other copy-trading builders means checking the measured trader fee directly rather than a stated rate.

Tailgate publishes no fee schedule of its own; nothing on its site or in its terms sets out a rate for tailing a pick or routing an order through the app. The operator's own framing is that there is no house edge on its side of a trade, but that claim is not the same as a stated rate, and it says nothing about what Polymarket itself charges on the market being traded, a rate Polymarket fixes for every builder alike and one Tailgate does not compete on. Anyone deciding whether Tailgate is worth using should weigh the measured trader fee this page tracks rather than anything Tailgate states, since Tailgate states nothing.

• Routes tailed picks straight into Polymarket without requiring a trader to read a raw order book first.
• Wallet stays self-custodial, so Tailgate is not positioned as the counterparty holding a trader's funds.
• Public track records and leaderboards give a trader a way to judge an analyst before tailing them.
• Discovery feed filters by sport, trade type and a Best Edge ranking, narrowing a large market list quickly.
• Available on both an iPhone app and the website, so a trader is not locked to one surface.

• Publishes no fee schedule, leaving a trader to find the real cost from measured data rather than from Tailgate itself.
• Buy share of 88.7% means the app is used mostly for opening positions, so a trader relying on it to exit may find the flow thinner.
• Live for 112, which is not long enough to have been tested across a full market cycle.
• Built around tailing other people's picks, which suits a follower more than a trader who wants to build an independent position.
• States no policy on how picks are sourced or vetted before they appear in the feed.

The wallet Tailgate provides is self-custodial by its own terms, so the app is not positioned as the party holding a trader's funds between fills, though that also means the trader carries the usual burden of protecting that wallet themselves. Tailgate holds a verified Polymarket profile, which at least ties the builder code to a named entity, OverHerd Inc. What Tailgate does not offer is a published fee schedule or a stated policy on how picks are sourced or vetted, so a trader is relying on the discovery feed without a transparent view of what stands behind an analyst's call.

Tailgate reads less like an execution terminal and more like a sports content feed with a Polymarket order sitting behind each tail. That fits a trader who wants to follow named analysts, watch a leaderboard, and copy a call quickly, and who accepts that Tailgate states no fee for doing so. It fits less well someone who wants to build a position independently or who needs a long track record to lean on, since the tool has been live only since 2026-05-26. Anyone who wants direct order book access without a social layer in front of it should look elsewhere.

• What is Tailgate on Polymarket?

  Tailgate is a social sports prediction app from OverHerd Inc that lets traders follow analysts and copy their picks, routing the resulting orders into Polymarket through a self-custodial wallet.

• Is Tailgate safe to use?

  Funds sit in a self-custodial wallet rather than one Tailgate holds, and its Polymarket profile is verified, but the operator publishes no fee schedule or vetting policy for the picks traders tail.

• What are Tailgate's fees?

  Tailgate states no fee schedule of its own; the operator only says there is no house edge on its side, so check the measured trader fee this page tracks rather than anything Tailgate publishes.

• How does Tailgate work?

  A trader browses a Discover feed filtered by sport, trade type, or a Best Edge ranking, follows an analyst, and tails a posted pick, which routes as an order into Polymarket.

• What are alternatives to Tailgate?

  Other Polymarket builders route orders without a social feed attached; comparing them means checking each one's rank, attributed volume and measured trader fee rather than a follower count.

• Does Tailgate hold my funds?

  No, Tailgate describes its wallet as self-custodial in its own terms, meaning the trader's account, rather than Tailgate itself, is what holds the funds between fills.