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 Sept. 29, 2026. The number of requests shown were made from the corresponding PeerID, during the 24hr window indicated.

Requests	PeerID
40,418,552	12D3KooWMWTgKkzWcQH3PkoWLii2Q69nFPQjBWVTHYxhYZ9ZT4qZ
33,316,622	12D3KooWCXoHgwmgCK4MsAYdsyGNCWmxWj271ePH28SnVV7ytcJC
14,319,152	12D3KooWR2c8mH9u5Ae9s3XS2Tq2DzcTN5KEXdLE6mpz76fVvYWQ
9,831,640	12D3KooWFbacBMyxDE4aQ44ATrMEaRRg5n4YmwhVuJE1M4VciJNM
3,608,154	12D3KooWJWe5Bt8Ky6RdBmQenF658PApb185jawS9BehSQSbv7yx
2,689,036	12D3KooWEdnhUHVNkHbCugRQ5UKKeiTCYfr5LUYMuWPwTq1UbHdC
2,432,693	12D3KooWD6Ez2ZENdhrWRhagx7EvzVLg62GgivDsDfjQod7n6aAq
2,405,343	12D3KooWGtYkBAaqJMJEmywMxaCiNP7LCEFUAFiLEBASe232c2VH
2,026,317	12D3KooWGaHbxpDWn4JVYud899Wcpa4iHPa3AMYydfxQDb3MhDME
2,005,783	QmcfFmzSDVbwexQ9Au2pt5YEXHK5xajwgaU6PpkbLWerMa

CID Popularity

Most popular CIDs observed during Sept. 29, 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
3,321	baejbeifapjcai3rznlq3we4docfeism3kryfwuyxod7ggzksbyekdhd7f4
185	QmXXdWWZvaFKfzDHAJVinr2UtgyDzwY2LHCqSaTdsWTMVL
55	baejbeig6jnq5sgic4ge5vx5mrztfbfisptx5bq7m7ukwtpyjngctekij7a
49	bafybeiduen5jhlzr4bwak6s3fcrdukzbw4yqesylgldy7qa56zxzym57ha
45	bafkreibcr5kerqee2mocif5474ikaggmj5gcirvhr7lgcr245cfgsiz7gy
45	bafkreifsevdpkf657nxia4quexw7ykep2ygfpmgu5o747djylvnu7mct7m
45	bafybeibyl4ckhggljjoqqpepnttrkcg6fbyw7jeaxbt2udphzy3dohatxy
43	bafkreiazj573ksfru7dctjgixemjxhv2swfirk6fbcmoauccdyjrfoq43q
43	QmUf2CYkbvtCcSqi7HtuPCudWkeBok5t7bVRcBZAx3hgaH
43	bafkreiavdduyervtvcdlebb6y5arn2i7xvhhsxvkih7zxoj4g5zsjzlzni

Measurement Tools

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