just check the number of records in the richlist  http://nemnodes.org/richlist/
transactions you can check at http://chain.nem.ninja/#/transfers/0

everybody harvesting knows that most blocks have no transactions....and I do not see a lot of change there,

I guess it is fair to say that the marketcap of NEM can only increase if the network grows faster (=more wallets, more transactionsday)