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. 8, 2026. The number of requests shown were made from the corresponding PeerID, during the 24hr window indicated.

Requests	PeerID
5,108,687	12D3KooWR2c8mH9u5Ae9s3XS2Tq2DzcTN5KEXdLE6mpz76fVvYWQ
2,421,477	12D3KooWEqYHEeZSHECSUTZR31q2t73ig8ZaPt2cPzSHtiRN3B2H
2,258,744	QmcFmLd5ySfk2WZuJ1mfSWLDjdmHZq7rSAua4GoeSQfs1z
2,177,862	QmcfFmzSDVbwexQ9Au2pt5YEXHK5xajwgaU6PpkbLWerMa
2,165,397	QmcFf2FH3CEgTNHeMRGhN7HNHU1EXAxoEk6EFuSyXCsvRE
1,849,608	12D3KooWMWTgKkzWcQH3PkoWLii2Q69nFPQjBWVTHYxhYZ9ZT4qZ
1,737,112	Qmcfuo1TM9uUiJp6dTbm915Rf1aTqm3a3dnmCdDQLHgvL5
1,734,843	QmcfV2sg9zaq7UUHVCGuSvT2M2rnLBAPsiE79vVyK3Cuev
1,694,240	QmcfZP2LuW4jxviTeG8fi28qjnZScACb8PEgHAc17ZEri3
1,687,081	Qmcfr2FC7pFzJbTSDfYaSy1J8Uuy8ccGLeLyqJCKJvTHMi

CID Popularity

Most popular CIDs observed during Sept. 8, 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
443	bafkreihp3limmezao47iandthwvqg54y4whwsv6w3346qi4uox4fvlqvfe
189	QmXXdWWZvaFKfzDHAJVinr2UtgyDzwY2LHCqSaTdsWTMVL
146	bafkreibrpy7ft6birwcgexkke2avoaczx5jphriazoo4laa66iudclzq3i
138	bafkreid7cxltbwqllwb4nmyfoksnap4hahlvsojcesfdaet5g3thxurwce
137	bafkreia45epqrn4puttk7c6rhh5jboyuzjm5ipmktlzdgf2wcj274zmtsa
125	bafkreidgv5za6s3pyqoqjdzwwlvmp7ln55eoe4mcikzbwwp62xnee7tit4
120	bafkreifvqynol6vc4yyhqkixlvi3ymvpklnxjhwxqlmagirep4vc6unhsa
85	bafkreigipr3kujhbxdymar774h2yd6s3zx4gkat4iuuqfctiqw4q6rmtv4
65	baejbeigrxftugpkjhkc3jhojkui5wn5e4srhqgwx2jaecli7i3ok4awkkm
61	bafkreieb5gnso5fhzprfp23fmo37eck2aquqeq3j4kdgm7esejna54vqse

Measurement Tools

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