diff --git a/packages/page-explorer/src/Api/index.tsx b/packages/page-explorer/src/Api/index.tsx
index bf19380852..ceb871da8f 100644
--- a/packages/page-explorer/src/Api/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-explorer/src/Api/index.tsx
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@ interface ChartContents {
 }
 
 interface ChartInfo {
-  requests: ChartContents;
+  bytesChart: ChartContents;
+  errorsChart: ChartContents;
+  requestsChart: ChartContents;
 }
 
-const COLORS_REQUESTS = ['#008c8c', '#00448c', '#8c0044', '#acacac'];
+// const COLORS_ERRORS = ['#8c0044', '#acacac'];
+
+const COLORS_BYTES = ['#00448c', '#008c44', '#acacac'];
+const COLORS_REQUESTS = ['#008c8c', '#00448c', '#8c4400', '#acacac'];
 const OPTIONS = {
   animation: {
     duration: 0
@@ -34,44 +39,74 @@ const OPTIONS = {
 };
 
 function getPoints (all: Stats[]): ChartInfo {
-  const requests: ChartContents = {
+  const bytesChart: ChartContents = {
+    labels: [],
+    values: [[], [], []]
+  };
+  const errorsChart: ChartContents = {
+    labels: [],
+    values: [[]]
+  };
+  const requestsChart: ChartContents = {
     labels: [],
     values: [[], [], [], []]
   };
 
   const reqBase = all.reduce((a, { stats: { active: { requests, subscriptions } } }) => a + requests + subscriptions, 0);
+  let { bytesRecv: prevRecv, bytesSent: prevSent, errors: prevErrors } = all[0].stats.total;
+  let recvTotal = 0;
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < all.length; i++) {
-    const { stats: { active: { requests: aReq, subscriptions: aSub } }, when } = all[i];
+  for (let i = 1; i < all.length; i++) {
+    const { stats: { active: { requests: aReq, subscriptions: aSub }, total: { bytesRecv, bytesSent, errors } }, when } = all[i];
 
     const time = new Date(when).toLocaleTimeString();
 
-    requests.labels.push(time);
-    requests.values[0].push(aReq + aSub);
-    requests.values[1].push(aReq);
-    requests.values[2].push(aSub);
-    requests.values[3].push(reqBase / all.length);
+    bytesChart.labels.push(time);
+    bytesChart.values[0].push(bytesSent - prevSent);
+    bytesChart.values[1].push(bytesRecv - prevRecv);
+
+    errorsChart.labels.push(time);
+    errorsChart.values[0].push(errors - prevErrors);
+
+    requestsChart.labels.push(time);
+    requestsChart.values[0].push(aReq + aSub);
+    requestsChart.values[1].push(aReq);
+    requestsChart.values[2].push(aSub);
+    requestsChart.values[3].push(reqBase / all.length);
+
+    recvTotal += bytesRecv - prevRecv;
+    prevErrors = errors;
+    prevRecv = bytesRecv;
+    prevSent = bytesSent;
   }
 
-  return { requests };
+  const recvAvg = recvTotal / (all.length - 1);
+
+  for (let i = 1; i < all.length; i++) {
+    bytesChart.values[2].push(recvAvg);
+  }
+
+  return { bytesChart, errorsChart, requestsChart };
 }
 
 function Api ({ className }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const stats = useContext(ApiStatsContext);
 
-  const { requestsLegend } = useMemo(
+  const { bytesLegend, requestsLegend } = useMemo(
     () => ({
+      bytesLegend: [t<string>('sent'), t<string>('recv'), t<string>('average')],
+      errorsLegend: [t<string>('errors')],
       requestsLegend: [t<string>('total'), t<string>('requests'), t<string>('subscriptions'), t<string>('average')]
     }), [t]
   );
 
-  const { requests } = useMemo(
+  const { bytesChart, requestsChart } = useMemo(
     () => getPoints(stats),
     [stats]
   );
 
-  if (stats.length <= 2) {
+  if (stats.length <= 3) {
     return <Spinner />;
   }
 
@@ -93,10 +128,20 @@ function Api ({ className }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
         <h1>{t<string>('requests & subscriptions')}</h1>
         <Chart.Line
           colors={COLORS_REQUESTS}
-          labels={requests.labels}
+          labels={requestsChart.labels}
           legends={requestsLegend}
           options={OPTIONS}
-          values={requests.values}
+          values={requestsChart.values}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className='container'>
+        <h1>{t<string>('bytes')}</h1>
+        <Chart.Line
+          colors={COLORS_BYTES}
+          labels={bytesChart.labels}
+          legends={bytesLegend}
+          options={OPTIONS}
+          values={bytesChart.values}
         />
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/packages/page-explorer/src/index.tsx b/packages/page-explorer/src/index.tsx
index dc0fbc0599..9a661cc507 100644
--- a/packages/page-explorer/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-explorer/src/index.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ function createItemsRef (t: TFunction): TabItem[] {
       text: t<string>('Node info')
     },
     {
-      isHidden: true,
       name: 'api',
       text: t<string>('API stats')
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx b/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx
index 34a275ce47..1e862330c4 100644
--- a/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-api/src/Api.tsx
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_AUX = ['Aux1', 'Aux2', 'Aux3', 'Aux4', 'Aux5', 'Aux6', 'Aux
 const DISALLOW_EXTENSIONS: string[] = [];
 
 let api: ApiPromise;
-let apiSystem: ApiPromise;
 
-export { api, apiSystem };
+export { api };
 
 function isKeyringLoaded () {
   try {
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ async function createApi (apiUrl: string, signer: ApiSigner, onError: (error: un
   const isLight = apiUrl.startsWith('light://');
 
   try {
-    const providers = [0, 1].map((): ProviderInterface =>
+    const providers = [0].map((): ProviderInterface =>
       isLight
         ? new ScProvider(getWellKnownChain(apiUrl.replace('light://substrate-connect/', '')))
         : new WsProvider(apiUrl)
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ async function createApi (apiUrl: string, signer: ApiSigner, onError: (error: un
       typesBundle,
       typesChain
     });
-    apiSystem = new ApiPromise({ provider: providers[1] });
 
     // See https://github.com/polkadot-js/api/pull/4672#issuecomment-1078843960
     if (isLight) {
@@ -300,7 +298,7 @@ function Api ({ apiUrl, children, isElectron, store }: Props): React.ReactElemen
   );
   const apiRelay = useApiUrl(relayUrls);
   const value = useMemo<ApiProps>(
-    () => objectSpread({}, state, { api, apiEndpoint, apiError, apiRelay, apiSystem, apiUrl, createLink: createLink(apiUrl, isElectron), extensions, getStats, isApiConnected, isApiInitialized, isElectron, isWaitingInjected: !extensions }),
+    () => objectSpread({}, state, { api, apiEndpoint, apiError, apiRelay, apiUrl, createLink: createLink(apiUrl, isElectron), extensions, getStats, isApiConnected, isApiInitialized, isElectron, isWaitingInjected: !extensions }),
     [apiError, extensions, isApiConnected, isApiInitialized, isElectron, state, apiEndpoint, apiRelay, apiUrl]
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/react-api/src/types.ts b/packages/react-api/src/types.ts
index 97462c78f9..fe8d561886 100644
--- a/packages/react-api/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-api/src/types.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export interface ApiProps extends ApiState {
   apiEndpoint: LinkOption | null;
   apiError: string | null;
   apiRelay: ApiPromise | null;
-  apiSystem: ApiPromise;
   apiUrl?: string;
   createLink: (path: string, apiUrl?: string) => string;
   extensions?: InjectedExtension[];
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/types.ts b/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/types.ts
index 4047d5be6b..528c3ea823 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/types.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,7 @@
 
 import type { ProviderStats } from '@polkadot/rpc-provider/types';
 
-export interface StatsExtended extends ProviderStats {
-  max: {
-    requests: number;
-    subscriptions: number;
-  };
-}
-
 export interface Stats {
-  stats: StatsExtended;
+  stats: ProviderStats;
   when: number;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/useApiStats.ts b/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/useApiStats.ts
index 1814540a8d..64d21a2119 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/useApiStats.ts
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/ApiStats/useApiStats.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { createNamedHook, useApi } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 
-const MAX_NUM = 100;
+const MAX_NUM = 60; // 5 minutes
 const INTERVAL = 5_000;
 
 function useApiStatsImpl (): Stats[] {
-  const { api, apiSystem, getStats } = useApi();
+  const { api, getStats } = useApi();
   const [stats, setStats] = useState<Stats[]>([]);
   const timerId = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null);
 
@@ -19,25 +19,18 @@ function useApiStatsImpl (): Stats[] {
     (): void => {
       timerId.current = null;
 
-      const [stats, when] = getStats(api, apiSystem);
+      const [stats, when] = getStats(api);
 
       setStats((prev): Stats[] => {
-        if (prev.length === 0) {
-          return [{ stats: { ...stats, max: { requests: stats.active.requests, subscriptions: stats.active.subscriptions } }, when }];
-        }
-
-        const last = prev[prev.length - 1].stats;
         const curr = {
-          stats: {
-            ...stats,
-            max: {
-              requests: Math.max(stats.active.requests, last.max.requests),
-              subscriptions: Math.max(stats.active.subscriptions, last.max.subscriptions)
-            }
-          },
+          stats,
           when
         };
 
+        if (prev.length === 0) {
+          return [curr];
+        }
+
         return prev.length === MAX_NUM
           ? prev.concat(curr).slice(-MAX_NUM)
           : prev.concat(curr);
@@ -45,7 +38,7 @@ function useApiStatsImpl (): Stats[] {
 
       timerId.current = setTimeout(() => fireTimer(), INTERVAL);
     },
-    [api, apiSystem, getStats, timerId]
+    [api, getStats, timerId]
   );
 
   useEffect((): () => void => {
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useSystemApi.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useSystemApi.ts
index 6de86a06c6..4f181cc1a5 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useSystemApi.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useSystemApi.ts
@@ -3,24 +3,15 @@
 
 import type { ApiPromise } from '@polkadot/api';
 
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { createNamedHook } from './createNamedHook';
 import { useApi } from './useApi';
 
 function useSystemApiImpl (): ApiPromise | undefined {
-  const { apiRelay, apiSystem } = useApi();
-  const [apiDefault, setApiDefault] = useState<ApiPromise | undefined>();
+  const { api, apiRelay } = useApi();
 
-  // This system API does not use the global ready, so we
-  // explicitly wait for it here
-  useEffect((): void => {
-    apiSystem && apiSystem.isReady
-      .then(setApiDefault)
-      .catch(console.error);
-  }, [apiSystem]);
-
-  return useMemo(() => apiRelay || apiDefault, [apiRelay, apiDefault]);
+  return useMemo(() => apiRelay || api, [apiRelay, api]);
 }
 
 export const useSystemApi = createNamedHook('useSystemApi', useSystemApiImpl);