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. 19, 2026. The number of requests shown were made from the corresponding PeerID, during the 24hr window indicated.

Requests	PeerID
6,238,653	12D3KooWR2c8mH9u5Ae9s3XS2Tq2DzcTN5KEXdLE6mpz76fVvYWQ
2,335,304	12D3KooWLkhm5u2mtnZeq6SF9BU1EfY6ZZSRGwLkGSTJgqYeXhwS
2,306,947	12D3KooWA1v8HXZdL7PY2jrzZhvecx7H5KbVdw9bSxhVnrnXHpXt
2,259,059	QmcfJeB3Js1FG7T8YaZATEiaHqNKVdQfybYYkbT1knUswx
2,256,245	12D3KooWFHCoHAwnnWpbsAG4MhodUY8Uokq8AEH5VtWWPvCYEPcJ
2,190,434	QmcfVvzK4tMdFmpJjEKDUoqRgP4W9FnmJoziYX5GXJJ8eZ
2,178,932	QmcfV2sg9zaq7UUHVCGuSvT2M2rnLBAPsiE79vVyK3Cuev
2,178,023	QmcfZD3VKrUxyP9BbyUnZDpbqDnT7cQ4WjPP8TRLXaoE7G
2,177,617	Qmcfuo1TM9uUiJp6dTbm915Rf1aTqm3a3dnmCdDQLHgvL5
2,174,913	QmcfZP2LuW4jxviTeG8fi28qjnZScACb8PEgHAc17ZEri3

CID Popularity

Most popular CIDs observed during Aug. 19, 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
702	bafkreidu5mjrtgh3dxvanet3qti3giri4ky4nc55bcb5tturgigp2c4qvq
341	bafkreib5tz3wcixsdxj2h5udsi7e2n3ka6lpi6zlohv7nsyvpnwfm5sdvu
317	bafkreida2qvtwgojbn32qxeqj45uuohebiwm64mltdxmazjw5eyhra7c4e
213	QmXXdWWZvaFKfzDHAJVinr2UtgyDzwY2LHCqSaTdsWTMVL
196	bafkreiall24arswsezmhrwywu6hmoxt7xc7uoq4xdw6lokz32c553wrj4y
187	bafybeifc7sv7aoudnstvkacd67szr2festaa5j2mdsmkq6kj53cyu4w4ca
153	bafkreiflhgfc3isjqspzomuocb4b445yec6pnczswa3dtqfbqaum6h3sx4
141	bafkreiglqyimtkazbcjfw6qtp3pf442x3jez5wgy3pmqha72yzruvgkkse
141	bafkreiap2a25ar2anibrh332sibbrnc5nupnkhnufaswf67mchufb4j6la
134	bafkreifhptvzxgng4aakwdmwkuqtdop4oohie3ivbrkrebts5b2ogbdgfi

Measurement Tools

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