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KMI Top Insights

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  • Published on Oct 19, 2026
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KMI insights are presented in the Top Insights pane of the main KMI page, which appears in two locations within the KMI module:

KMI Insights are automatic real-time notices about networks and markets. These insights are currently presented only within KMI rather than being part of the overall Kentik Insights engine. KMI insights identify interesting or anomalous events or trends that can deepen your understanding of the networks involved and the markets in which they operate.

  • Kentik Market Intelligence page: The pane appears in a drawer on the landing page whose visibility is toggled via the Insights button on the subnav (see KMI Page UI).

  • AS Details page: The pane appears at the right of the Overview tab of the AS Details page (see AS Overview Details). In this setting it contains only insights that pertain to the AS detailed on the page.

    Notes:

    • The configuration of the pane when you arrive at the AS Details page will be the same as it was on the KMI landing page. If you change the configuration (see Top Insights Configuration), the updated configuration remains when you return to the KMI page.

    • In addition to seeing KMI insights in the KMI module, you can also add the Top Insights pane as a visualization on your Observation Deck.

Top Insights UI

The Top Insights pane includes the following main parts:  

  • Geo Market indicator (shown only when Use Geo Market Filter is selected in the configuration): In parentheses to the right of the title, this indicator tells you that the list is filtered to show only insights related to the market set with the page's Geo Market dropdown (see KMI Filter Bar).

  • Options menu (kebab): A dropdown from which you can select the following options:

    • Configure: Opens the Configure Insights pane, replacing the Top Insights pane (see Top Insights Configuration).

    • Add to Observation Deck: Adds a KMI Insights Widgets pane as a visualization in your Observation Deck.

  • Top Insights list: A list of insights, each of which is presented in an Insights Card.

Insights Card

The information for each insight is presented in a card that includes the following elements:

  • Magnitude: A five-segment indicator in which the number of segments (starting from the left) colored blue indicates the importance of the insight from least important (1) to most (5). Importance is most often correlated with a change in the prefix score, either plus or minus, when measured between two networks mentioned in the insight (see KMI Scoring Procedure).

    Note: Insights are listed in order of magnitude (high importance to low).

  • Insights type: A lozenge stating the insight's type (see KMI Insight Types):

    • If the insight's information is positive (e.g., a customer has been gained): The lozenge is green with an up-trend arrow.

    • If the information is negative (e.g., a customer has been lost): The lozenge is red with a down-trend arrow.

  • Time stamp: How long ago the insight was surfaced.

  • Description: A brief sentence explaining what happened, which varies depending on the insight type. The sentence will include a blue ASN lozenge; click it to open a popup that includes the AS’s country of registration and links to related destinations in Kentik (see ASN in Ranking Over Time List).

Top Insights Configuration

Top Insights are configured in the Configure Insights pane, which is opened via the Options menu (see Top Insights UI). The pane includes the following settings:

  • Use Geo Market Filter: A checkbox that, when checked, filters insights to those that are relevant to the selected Geo Market filter (see KMI Filter Bar). If the checkbox is checked, the current Geo Market will be shown in parenthesis at the top of the Top Insights pane. If the box is unchecked, results for all markets are shown.

  • Lookback range: A set of radio buttons that determines how old insights will be when they are dropped from the Top Insights list: 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days.

  • Minimum Magnitude: A slider that lets you set the magnitude below which an insight won't be displayed in the list.

  • Insight Types: A series of checkboxes with which you can specify the types of insights you'd like to include in the list (see KMI Insight Types).

  • Save: A button that saves configuration changes and returns you to the Top Insights pane.

  • Cancel: A button that cancels configuration changes and returns configuration settings to what they were before the Configuration Insights pane was opened. You will return to the Top Insights pane.

KMI Insight Types

KMI currently supports the following types of insights:

  • Market Entrance: An AS is newly transiting prefixes that are geolocated to the market currently set with the Geo Market filter. The insight includes the AS's rank in that market.

  • Market Exit: An AS that was transiting prefixes that are geolocated to this market is no longer doing so.

  • Ranking Gain: An AS has increased in rank relative to other ASes transiting prefixes geolocated to this market. This can either be caused by an increase in the address space transited or because another AS that was ranked higher has dropped due to a decrease in the amount of address space from this market. The insight shows how many places it rose, and its new ranking.

  • Ranking Loss: An AS has decreased in rank relative to other ASes transiting prefixes geolocated to this market. This can either be caused by a decrease in the address space transited or because another AS that was ranked lower has moved up the rankings due to an increase in the amount of address space transited from this market. The insight shows how many places it fell, and its new ranking.

  • Start Prefix Origination: An AS has begun to originate one or more prefixes in the geolocation as determined by the Geo Market filter.

  • Stop Prefix Origination: An AS is no longer originating one or more prefixes in the geolocation as determined by the Geo Market filter.

  • Increase Prefix Origination: An AS has increased the amount of IP space originated in this geolocation. The insight shows all providers that have increased prefix origination and by what percentage.

  • Decrease Prefix Origination: An AS has decreased the amount of IP space originated in this geolocation. The insight shows all providers that have decreased prefix origination and by what percentage.

  • Customer Gain: A new AS has been classified as a transit customer of this AS. The insight shows the name of the provider and the name of the customer it gained.

  • Customer Loss: An AS is no longer classified as a transit customer of this AS. The insight shows the name of the provider and the name of the customer it lost.

  • Customer Routing Gain: A customer AS has increased the IP space transited by this AS. The insight shows the name of the provider, the name of the customer, and the percentage by which routing was increased.

  • Customer Routing Loss: A customer AS has decreased the IP space transited by this AS. The insight shows the name of the provider, the name of the customer, and the percentage by which routing was decreased.

  • Provider Gain: A new AS has been classified as a transit provider of this AS.

  • Provider Loss: An AS is no longer classified as a transit provider of this AS.

  • Provider Routing Gain: A provider AS has increased the IP space transited from this AS. The insight shows the name of the AS, the provider to which it increased routing, and by what percentage.

  • Provider Routing Loss: A provider AS has decreased the IP space transited from this AS. The insight shows the name of the AS, the provider to which it decreased routing, and by what percentage.

Note: In the above descriptions, "this AS" refers to the AS of an AS Details Page.      

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