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 Aug. 15, 2026. The number of requests shown were made from the corresponding PeerID, during the 24hr window indicated.

Requests	PeerID
5,865,295	12D3KooWFbacBMyxDE4aQ44ATrMEaRRg5n4YmwhVuJE1M4VciJNM
5,577,678	12D3KooWR2c8mH9u5Ae9s3XS2Tq2DzcTN5KEXdLE6mpz76fVvYWQ
3,255,276	12D3KooWMhbFrmsvUD5Y2QZuaeVyc1eBeGi1542GLC4yUfxL4RS9
2,803,480	12D3KooWD6Ez2ZENdhrWRhagx7EvzVLg62GgivDsDfjQod7n6aAq
2,540,667	12D3KooWSoePJgB8fC3pwyp9WJKZVrqPo75jVhwM8CRWFgQzAqAk
2,479,135	Qmcfr2FC7pFzJbTSDfYaSy1J8Uuy8ccGLeLyqJCKJvTHMi
2,423,471	QmcfR3V5YAtHBzxVACWCzXTt26SyEkxdwhGJ6875A8BuWx
2,407,753	QmcfVvzK4tMdFmpJjEKDUoqRgP4W9FnmJoziYX5GXJJ8eZ
2,403,295	QmcfgsJsMtx6qJb74akCw1M24X1zFwgGo11h1cuhwQjtJP
2,396,359	QmcfJeB3Js1FG7T8YaZATEiaHqNKVdQfybYYkbT1knUswx

CID Popularity

Most popular CIDs observed during Aug. 15, 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
4,668	baejbeifapjcai3rznlq3we4docfeism3kryfwuyxod7ggzksbyekdhd7f4
425	bafkreibeghx4r33wqe5rd4g3zjte53lrjqgtiqaxgczmx46x4fnspl3jha
413	bafkreigp6io3dzj67iomgui44ynf5kmw6t7ftgln5x6vubwhfvfadak6ve
412	bafkreiaqsdtety3rm4yy6o5uqyi77g66gov5y4thiplelxms3pgqdyfs34
386	bafkreifyy6puzr7kvth526hvnv76cfr4u6yjf724vwlqk5uepemsnbg6la
301	bafkreidy7zvfcojpwdld24kbbuvh7twburf7v5enqa2ozyfjcgwighljga
284	bafkreig53sbulhynfiyztagjesbnfvzf2oxm6otyvm6pmemvjuph26ii74
270	bafkreifgbm4kd4b24go5uvkpzrevglvusalgxqx55k5gkfgo2dv6yaefie
270	bafkreifnvguiuomj3x7bwofwurdzmirq7oar3gfdcayk5p3pjdajr2wka4
233	bafkreicgplr2ethc6xer7z3pmf5lwcdwnl3eq3pk46wd3aa4yqbhxcwyii

Measurement Tools

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