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 May 11, 2026. The number of requests shown were made from the corresponding PeerID, during the 24hr window indicated.

Requests	PeerID
2,559,563	Qmcfuo1TM9uUiJp6dTbm915Rf1aTqm3a3dnmCdDQLHgvL5
2,554,781	12D3KooWEADinLgu8yMhqEB2SUvGVQhZhufo3NAUnHdM3SQRoxYW
2,535,276	12D3KooWHX27TBZLPynyKF14uc79qb41rN3dkqt222V7J9W1mSeR
2,533,297	12D3KooWHyoGrgS3Q4HFU1Le3njZYWHmkc3yeq342BUthxTUQTmJ
2,531,603	QmcfZD3VKrUxyP9BbyUnZDpbqDnT7cQ4WjPP8TRLXaoE7G
2,524,108	12D3KooWCRLfHBpTrFaS8mVX7rp5myATMGcH9Jr5cSkq2ajkWvUu
2,522,888	QmcfJeB3Js1FG7T8YaZATEiaHqNKVdQfybYYkbT1knUswx
2,518,418	QmcfR3V5YAtHBzxVACWCzXTt26SyEkxdwhGJ6875A8BuWx
2,516,114	QmcfgsJsMtx6qJb74akCw1M24X1zFwgGo11h1cuhwQjtJP
2,506,240	Qmcfr2FC7pFzJbTSDfYaSy1J8Uuy8ccGLeLyqJCKJvTHMi

CID Popularity

Most popular CIDs observed during May 11, 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
274	bafybeibcptrz7s3mhrbsjrntseiab3rcjxaiba4b2djri4wtjppz4ppsni
271	bafybeic6qlt4yfyjejl65vjrdlmr7oqwzrlxlw52owhucmlp3wbxxh7j5u
269	bafybeigwaxnpyaswqhj5wtifgqvhqnwurrfu3dtuulcx6qrwdr5zd7y3z4
223	QmXXdWWZvaFKfzDHAJVinr2UtgyDzwY2LHCqSaTdsWTMVL
154	bafkreigfidwmyzvu66b4rj3eytkwrcr6lhr2gmdnijyirtb5ti5c66ntcy
146	bafkreib6t33j32rbpoifqncuj2n4td3yy5af6uc4isjezgbr7cj6tzazfy
99	baejbeia3hrmsdpirvbevlehnd3jxwxrtcltvd3bwkqr6kg7etenhtpuf4e
65	bafkreiefhhulpmdljadr4eyehuef5na7kvupyx6dajs5fabziryxmfzjty
47	bafkreieyxxfucmv2ewlo72mjpxt3jn7ee6yfvoaqouj5y62e3q357zyo2u
47	bafybeigx47ulamtfa2hcawozen35vtrda7cievdmhf7j3asbbl25ucy3ka

Measurement Tools

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