# Difference between two DNS Queries graphs

**URL:** https://community.ntppool.org/t/difference-between-two-dns-queries-graphs/3983
**Category:** Monitoring Operators
**Tags:** dns
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/difference-between-two-dns-queries-graphs/3983 "2025-07-31T20:21:26Z")
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### Author: ![marco.davids](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/marco.davids/32/767_2.png) [@marco.davids](https://community.ntppool.org/u/marco.davids)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/difference-between-two-dns-queries-graphs/3983/1 "2025-07-31T20:21:26Z")

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On [https://status.ntppool.org/](https://status.ntppool.org/) I see two DNS graphs: “𝙳𝙽𝚂 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜” and “𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝙳𝙽𝚂 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜”, and I’m not sure I understand the difference between the two.

If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be much appreciated.

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### Author: ![avij](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/avij/32/197_2.png) [@avij](https://community.ntppool.org/u/avij)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/difference-between-two-dns-queries-graphs/3983/2 "2025-07-31T21:02:47Z")

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My best bet:

DNS Queries = number of queries per second averaged over 5 minutes

Peak DNS Queries = number of queries during the busiest second within those 5 minutes

Edit: Yeah, that’s it. I found a [reference](https://community.ntppool.org/t/why-is-cloudflare-in-the-pool/2455/20).

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### Author: ![ask](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/ask/32/907_2.png) [@ask](https://community.ntppool.org/u/ask)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/difference-between-two-dns-queries-graphs/3983/3 "2025-08-02T00:42:40Z")

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yes, correct! They are both somewhat smoothed out all the same, in particular in the longer date range views (due to how the status page API works). The actual peaks are usually several times higher.

Depending on the data source we’re in the top 20-30 of most queried domains in the world. 🤯

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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.ntppool.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/difference-between-two-dns-queries-graphs/3983/4 "2025-09-01T00:42:46Z")

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