IPFS

Bitswap

We are monitoring Bitswap traffic through custom tooling and are producing statistics for the traffic flowing through the IPFS network.

This section presents insightful, high-level metrics regarding the traffic in the IPFS network, as observed through Bitswap messages.

Traffic Volume

Daily Unique CIDs

Aggregation of the total number of unique CIDs traced from Bitswap and the Amino DHT

Bitswap WANT CID Requests

Bitswap WANT CID Requests

The plot shows the number of WANT requests for CIDs that our node has received. Results are aggregated in 4hr windows.

Aggregation of the number of WANT requests to a single Bitswap node

Peer Activity

Top Chatty Peers during June 20, 2026. The number of requests shown were made from the corresponding PeerID, during the 24hr window indicated.

Requests	PeerID
5,498,876	12D3KooWRzFVYAsczYoDBSi6mEoTigBRjb7E2QyLCLENQVxGz6nA
2,155,594	12D3KooWMZpbSiHb3cvs1zoQaL1AfaU18pDpaUAgnGnLpAD5hxuA
2,144,098	12D3KooWQFFvetGPnJwroZB1NJEkduetqzcgA7sZiRemNMV79cYA
2,121,696	12D3KooWCUhcMoaaXUHE2Qjzg84Mah7Y2F7trTdH6VWwA1uvt6PU
2,119,486	12D3KooWR9L7uAL6cbJkVjcQh6DApSKSgudAZjfXyPhLuXDhzrnE
2,117,885	QmcfgsJsMtx6qJb74akCw1M24X1zFwgGo11h1cuhwQjtJP
2,114,183	Qmcfr2FC7pFzJbTSDfYaSy1J8Uuy8ccGLeLyqJCKJvTHMi
2,113,910	12D3KooWScihLL1dryntt6eutKagygxnH4tn2pQiLUTjDCuyF2rc
2,103,156	12D3KooWPWEP4kATxAi1wtsnSQBGF3ZaRYkm7XbY55nfCYvLCAek
2,091,782	QmcfZD3VKrUxyP9BbyUnZDpbqDnT7cQ4WjPP8TRLXaoE7G

CID Popularity

Most popular CIDs observed during June 20, 2026. Each CID shown on the right column of the table was requested by the number of Unique Peers on the left column, during the 24hr period indicated.

Unique Peers	CID
447	bafybeib2gmchtf4urvkjatnklyfncft663gg25pm3aw5by3aoy3gpxdwu4
445	bafybeiabtcnluohrwy55e6njbcsxwqwo6h7ggirr7idy23ucc7mlizq7nq
443	bafybeigfobiqb5w5itgivbdsufil6nrsxyt7cknbbewv6ljrqtevkx3rwi
441	bafkreieomul5cx5q2fhsvj2na6qdgourcm6qqwpz3fh2qzcquh6rbhmvhu
437	bafkreihdhh6lkauanzniq44u5xckk6ire75s7lqarncin4rqjggpyw6kqm
434	bafkreicdoidbxnimhtkwtzztdfmefandmzkk47iqe3ibbxafu5utrb72ly
427	bafkreifwiblvhjpdx2kn7vomlcxk2st7w47e3awjsj6bdfipl5jk6st6du
397	bafkreidd56uhqtpx6rh4cqwgasarft6dnyvtjzkzghg47im4mdx2lhimfe
385	bafybeigk3ojylsvimywv2fzcsn7ebxzu6h5k7rfocr5xfp6ru3w6bgu6im
379	bafybeigwpdginxmcilgfw5ijzlgso64wljqxrh7tomqubqxbios4tm4pmi

Measurement Tools

Our network monitoring employs advanced crawling and probing tools and techniques to gather comprehensive data about network health, topology, and performance