[johntash]

Is there any way to get a metric of how much something has been downloaded on ipfs? I'm guessing you would have to use google analytics or something?

[TUSF]

I assume you mean metrics for how much something has been downloaded from a node you own, right? If so, you can monitor "ipfs log tail" for which blocks have been downloaded and by whom. You can also monitor how much content a specific peer has asked from you and such.

[tylersmith]

Correct. You can't see how many downloads a particular file has without some sort of outside observer.