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 July 10, 2026. The number of requests shown were made from the corresponding PeerID, during the 24hr window indicated.

Requests	PeerID
10,983,922	12D3KooWFbacBMyxDE4aQ44ATrMEaRRg5n4YmwhVuJE1M4VciJNM
3,674,006	12D3KooWLDPLiSgpDsxLqrux9m1EFzHsPLopqDDnZMFTLFkfhtgn
2,024,206	12D3KooWGaHbxpDWn4JVYud899Wcpa4iHPa3AMYydfxQDb3MhDME
2,005,514	12D3KooWLkhm5u2mtnZeq6SF9BU1EfY6ZZSRGwLkGSTJgqYeXhwS
1,545,302	QmcfZD3VKrUxyP9BbyUnZDpbqDnT7cQ4WjPP8TRLXaoE7G
1,538,059	QmcfVvzK4tMdFmpJjEKDUoqRgP4W9FnmJoziYX5GXJJ8eZ
1,536,972	QmcfZP2LuW4jxviTeG8fi28qjnZScACb8PEgHAc17ZEri3
1,530,384	Qmcfuo1TM9uUiJp6dTbm915Rf1aTqm3a3dnmCdDQLHgvL5
1,524,671	QmcfJeB3Js1FG7T8YaZATEiaHqNKVdQfybYYkbT1knUswx
1,516,815	Qmcfr2FC7pFzJbTSDfYaSy1J8Uuy8ccGLeLyqJCKJvTHMi

CID Popularity

Most popular CIDs observed during July 10, 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
378	bafybeieu2fg5s4tyiobzhwppfrlyv24a6fawnlovp6lm6syndcbewkvuqu
369	bafkreihrjlmumwxdsq36x5w4cjg6guoe6zmdvvnge2k5g7wgcs7jcfuhxa
367	bafybeiecyc5k6mek6ldofk6mwxgaxcoqmp5ywt6awot3mgicviuz6dn5pu
353	bafkreiabuawhxh2tho6wuusr7oxphtpqpyib4t4qeqgbh2d6kherbvqunm
352	bafybeiaphl7lajo3ygfdy6yh5c64igeieallwgc54rvoainqnfyo3symfu
348	bafkreiaejdztbke3qtho6wlg3hwjj5tkik34asshdpvkhtud422lb4tglu
347	bafybeids2asks24gvnwiwbn6cfi6ahgcavw6ykja7km6oiazcwry7xypv4
266	bafkreicrcwrxpjsdvif4ta2m3weuhu7lvdn3tp7icasdcmps3qi5e5dqlm
253	bafybeia53mh7s4laaewse6auxnonvsmaqxocaibmdbzzfb7ffba2cspzd4
247	bafybeifumypgszrsnerdtxv6f4jjmt3jlo5jbdvgl44h3zib3mpk4g42v4

Measurement Tools

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