diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index afb2274..b07947f 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ function AppInner() {
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
   // The URL is the single source of truth for the active tab — back/forward just work, and an
   // unknown ?tab value falls back to Packets instead of rendering a blank pane.
-  const tabParam = searchParams.get("tab");
+  // "Stats" was renamed to "Analytics"; keep old ?tab=Stats links working.
+  const tabParam = searchParams.get("tab") === "Stats" ? "Analytics" : searchParams.get("tab");
   const activeTab = (TABS as readonly string[]).includes(tabParam ?? "") ? (tabParam as string) : "Packets";
   // Resolve the starting selection once from URL → storage → legacy key (see computeInitialSelection).
   const [initialSelection] = useState(() => computeInitialSelection(searchParams));
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ function AppInner() {
       const next = new URLSearchParams(prev);
       next.set("tab", tab);
       // stats sub-state shouldn't haunt the URL on other tabs
-      if (tab !== "Stats") {
+      if (tab !== "Analytics") {
         next.delete("statsTab");
         next.delete("observerId");
         next.delete("range");
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ function AppInner() {
       setOverlayPacketHash(null);
       setSearchParams((prev) => {
         const next = new URLSearchParams(prev);
-        next.set("tab", "Stats");
+        next.set("tab", "Analytics");
         next.set("statsTab", "observer");
         next.set("observerId", id);
         return next;
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ function AppInner() {
     // master/detail layout and renders on any tab — same path NodeDetailPanel's onAnalyzePacket uses
     Traces: <TraceList onAnalyze={setOverlayPacketHash} onViewNode={setOverlayNodeId} />,
     Channels: <ChannelList wsManager={wsManager} onAnalyze={handleAnalyze} />,
-    Stats: <StatsOverview wsManager={wsManager} />,
+    Analytics: <StatsOverview wsManager={wsManager} />,
     Map: <MapView wsManager={wsManager} selectedNodeId={selectedNodeId} onSelectNode={setSelectedNodeId} />,
   };
 
diff --git a/src/components/BottomNav.tsx b/src/components/BottomNav.tsx
index 5f8898f..477c08a 100644
--- a/src/components/BottomNav.tsx
+++ b/src/components/BottomNav.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { BottomSheet } from "./BottomSheet";
 
 // Mobile-only tab bar (hidden at md+); overflow tabs live behind "More" in a bottom sheet.
 const PRIMARY_TABS = ["Packets", "Channels", "Map", "Nodes"] as const;
-const OVERFLOW_TABS = ["Observers", "Routes", "Traces", "Stats"] as const;
+const OVERFLOW_TABS = ["Observers", "Routes", "Traces", "Analytics"] as const;
 
 // inline SVGs, 20px / 1.6 stroke to match the rest of the icons
 function Icon({ name }: { name: string }) {
diff --git a/src/features/map/neighbor-thresholds.ts b/src/features/map/neighbor-thresholds.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c19557c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/map/neighbor-thresholds.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Shared thresholds for styling neighbour links by observation count and freshness. Both the map's
+// line layer (useMapNeighbors) and the Analytics neighbour graph read these, so the two views can't
+// drift apart.
+
+// Observation counts are heavily right-skewed, so colour on a log10 axis: ~1 obs red, ~20 yellow,
+// ~150+ green. Stops are log10(count) values.
+export const OBS_STOPS = { danger: 0, warn: 1.3, green: 2.18 } as const;
+
+// A link's opacity fades with age — solid when fresh, faint by ~4 weeks (matches the 30-day retention).
+export const AGE = { freshDays: 0, freshOp: 0.9, staleDays: 28, staleOp: 0.35 } as const;
diff --git a/src/features/map/useMapNeighbors.ts b/src/features/map/useMapNeighbors.ts
index a2163ce..d6db109 100644
--- a/src/features/map/useMapNeighbors.ts
+++ b/src/features/map/useMapNeighbors.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import type { Map as MapLibreMap, GeoJSONSource, LineLayerSpecification, ExpressionSpecification } from "maplibre-gl";
 import type { FeatureCollection, LineString } from "geojson";
 import type { NeighborEdgeProps } from "./node-geojson";
+import { OBS_STOPS, AGE } from "./neighbor-thresholds";
 import { NEIGHBORS_SOURCE_ID, NEIGHBORS_LINE_LAYER_ID, NODES_CLUSTER_LAYER_ID } from "./types";
 
 type EdgeFC = FeatureCollection<LineString, NeighborEdgeProps>;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ function paletteVar(name: string, fallback: string): string {
 // faint by ~4 weeks (matches the 30-day retention). Ambient "on" edges keep the flat selected/dim split.
 const NEIGHBOR_OPACITY = [
   "case", ["has", "obs"],
-  ["interpolate", ["linear"], ["get", "ageDays"], 0, 0.9, 28, 0.35],
+  ["interpolate", ["linear"], ["get", "ageDays"], AGE.freshDays, AGE.freshOp, AGE.staleDays, AGE.staleOp],
   ["case", ["get", "selected"], 0.9, 0.3],
 ] as ExpressionSpecification;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ const NEIGHBOR_OPACITY = [
 function neighborLineColor(danger: string, warn: string, green: string, primary: string): ExpressionSpecification {
   return [
     "case", ["has", "obs"],
-    ["interpolate", ["linear"], ["log10", ["max", 1, ["get", "obs"]]], 0, danger, 1.3, warn, 2.18, green],
+    ["interpolate", ["linear"], ["log10", ["max", 1, ["get", "obs"]]], OBS_STOPS.danger, danger, OBS_STOPS.warn, warn, OBS_STOPS.green, green],
     primary,
   ] as ExpressionSpecification;
 }
diff --git a/src/features/stats/EChart.tsx b/src/features/stats/EChart.tsx
index 71b9f27..2c2abcc 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/EChart.tsx
+++ b/src/features/stats/EChart.tsx
@@ -7,19 +7,27 @@ interface EChartProps {
   style?: React.CSSProperties;
   // Map of ECharts event name -> handler (e.g. { click: (p) => ... }). Kept stable by the caller.
   onEvents?: Record<string, (params: unknown) => void>;
+  // Called once with the instance after init, for callers that need imperative control (e.g. the
+  // neighbour graph dispatches highlight/downplay so selection never re-runs the force layout).
+  onInit?: (chart: EChartsInstance) => void;
 }
 
 // Thin React wrapper over the core ECharts API: init once, resize via ResizeObserver, dispose on
 // unmount, and re-apply the (memoized) option with notMerge so theme/data swaps fully replace state.
 // Hand-rolled on purpose — we avoid the echarts-for-react dependency.
-export function EChart({ option, className, style, onEvents }: EChartProps) {
+export function EChart({ option, className, style, onEvents, onInit }: EChartProps) {
   const elRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const chartRef = useRef<EChartsInstance | null>(null);
+  const onInitRef = useRef(onInit);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    onInitRef.current = onInit;
+  }, [onInit]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!elRef.current) return;
     const chart = echarts.init(elRef.current, null, { renderer: "canvas" });
     chartRef.current = chart;
+    onInitRef.current?.(chart);
     const ro = new ResizeObserver(() => chart.resize());
     ro.observe(elRef.current);
     return () => {
diff --git a/src/features/stats/MeshTab.tsx b/src/features/stats/MeshTab.tsx
index f2ec64f..47a5585 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/MeshTab.tsx
+++ b/src/features/stats/MeshTab.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 import { formatCount } from "../../lib/formatters";
-import { useChartColors, type ChartColors } from "./chartTheme";
+import { useChartColors, nodeTypeColor } from "./chartTheme";
 import { useStatsOverview, useStatsObservations, usePayloadBreakdown, useTopNodes, useTopObservers, useRadioPresets, useScopes, useNodeTypes } from "./useStats";
 import { observationsAreaOption, leaderboardOption, typeBarOption, donutOption, presetBarsOption } from "./chartOptions";
 import { Card, ChartCard, StatCard } from "./cards";
@@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ function aggregateByHour(points: ObservationPoint[]) {
   return [...byHour.values()].sort((a, b) => a.hour - b.hour);
 }
 
-function nodeTypeColor(typeName: string, c: ChartColors): string {
-  switch (typeName) {
-    case "companion": return c.primary;
-    case "repeater": return c.green;
-    case "room_server": return c.secondary;
-    case "sensor": return c.warn;
-    default: return c.primaryDim;
-  }
-}
-
 interface MeshTabProps {
   range: StatsRange;
   onSelectObserver: (observerId: string) => void;
diff --git a/src/features/stats/NeighbourGraph.tsx b/src/features/stats/NeighbourGraph.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09ab8ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/stats/NeighbourGraph.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+import { EChart } from "./EChart";
+import type { EChartsInstance } from "./echarts-setup";
+import {
+  neighbourGraphOption,
+  obsColor,
+  ageOpacity,
+  type NeighbourGraph as NeighbourGraphData,
+  type NeighbourWeight,
+} from "./neighbour-graph";
+import type { ChartColors } from "./chartTheme";
+
+interface Props {
+  graph: NeighbourGraphData;
+  colors: ChartColors;
+  selectedId: string | null;
+  focusWeights: Record<string, NeighbourWeight> | null;
+  onSelect: (id: string | null) => void;
+}
+
+// Presentational force graph. The structural option is memoized on [graph, colors] only, so it (and
+// the force layout) rebuilds only for a genuinely new mesh or theme. Selection styling is applied
+// imperatively — a link-only merge plus dispatchAction — so it never disturbs settled node positions.
+export function NeighbourGraph({ graph, colors, selectedId, focusWeights, onSelect }: Props) {
+  const chartRef = useRef<EChartsInstance | null>(null);
+  const option = useMemo(() => neighbourGraphOption(graph, colors), [graph, colors]);
+
+  const onInit = useCallback(
+    (chart: EChartsInstance) => {
+      chartRef.current = chart;
+      // clicking empty canvas clears the selection
+      chart.getZr().on("click", (e: { target?: unknown }) => {
+        if (!e.target) onSelect(null);
+      });
+    },
+    [onSelect],
+  );
+
+  const onEvents = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      click: (p: unknown) => {
+        const param = p as { dataType?: string; data?: { id?: string } };
+        if (param.dataType === "edge") return;
+        const id = param.data?.id;
+        if (id) onSelect(id);
+      },
+    }),
+    [onSelect],
+  );
+
+  // Selection styling in one pass: recolour the selected node's edges by obs/freshness (link-only
+  // merge, so node positions survive), then spotlight its adjacency and dim the rest. `option` is a
+  // dep so both re-apply after a theme/mesh rebuild replaces the chart state.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const chart = chartRef.current;
+    if (!chart || chart.isDisposed()) return; // a prior instance may linger across a dev remount
+
+    const links =
+      selectedId && focusWeights
+        ? graph.links.map((l) => {
+            const a = graph.nodes[l.source]!.id;
+            const b = graph.nodes[l.target]!.id;
+            const otherId = a === selectedId ? b : b === selectedId ? a : null;
+            const w = otherId ? focusWeights[otherId] : undefined;
+            if (!w) return l;
+            return {
+              ...l,
+              obs: w.obs,
+              ageDays: w.ageDays,
+              lineStyle: { color: obsColor(w.obs, colors), opacity: ageOpacity(w.ageDays), width: 1.8 },
+            };
+          })
+        : graph.links;
+    chart.setOption({ series: [{ links }] }, { notMerge: false, lazyUpdate: true });
+
+    chart.dispatchAction({ type: "downplay", seriesIndex: 0 });
+    if (selectedId) {
+      const idx = graph.nodes.findIndex((n) => n.id === selectedId);
+      if (idx >= 0) chart.dispatchAction({ type: "highlight", seriesIndex: 0, dataIndex: idx });
+    }
+  }, [selectedId, focusWeights, graph, option, colors]);
+
+  return <EChart option={option} onEvents={onEvents} onInit={onInit} className="h-full w-full" />;
+}
diff --git a/src/features/stats/NeighbourGraphTab.tsx b/src/features/stats/NeighbourGraphTab.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1726486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/stats/NeighbourGraphTab.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useRegion } from "../../hooks/useRegion";
+import { useMapNodesData } from "../map/useMapNodesData";
+import { getNodeNeighbors } from "../../api/client";
+import { useChartColors } from "./chartTheme";
+import { buildNeighbourGraph, foldNeighbourWeights } from "./neighbour-graph";
+import { NeighbourGraph } from "./NeighbourGraph";
+import { EmptyState } from "../../components/EmptyState";
+
+// Most-connected nodes rendered; past this the canvas force layout bogs down. Reuses the map's node
+// query (same cache), so the whole region still loads — this only caps what the graph draws.
+const CAP = 1000;
+
+export function NeighbourGraphTab() {
+  const { iatas, regionKey } = useRegion();
+  const { nodes, loadedCount, isPaging, isError } = useMapNodesData(iatas, regionKey);
+  const colors = useChartColors();
+  const [selectedId, setSelectedId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // a different region is a different mesh — drop any stale selection (adjust-during-render, no effect)
+  const [region, setRegion] = useState(regionKey);
+  if (region !== regionKey) {
+    setRegion(regionKey);
+    setSelectedId(null);
+  }
+
+  const graph = useMemo(() => buildNeighbourGraph(nodes, CAP), [nodes]);
+
+  // Weighted edges for the selected node come from the detail endpoint (shared cache with the map +
+  // node panel), coloured by obs count and faded by freshness like the map's spotlight.
+  const { data: neighbours, dataUpdatedAt } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["node-neighbors", selectedId],
+    queryFn: () => getNodeNeighbors(selectedId!),
+    enabled: !!selectedId,
+    staleTime: 30_000,
+  });
+  // dataUpdatedAt (the fetch time) stands in for "now" — freshness relative to when we pulled the
+  // data, and pure at render time unlike Date.now().
+  const focusWeights = useMemo(
+    () => (selectedId && neighbours ? foldNeighbourWeights(neighbours, selectedId, dataUpdatedAt) : null),
+    [selectedId, neighbours, dataUpdatedAt],
+  );
+
+  if (isError) return <EmptyState title="Neighbour Graph" subtitle="Failed to load nodes" />;
+  // build only once the pager settles, or the force layout would restart on every streamed page
+  if (isPaging) return <EmptyState title="Loading mesh…" subtitle={`${loadedCount} nodes`} />;
+  if (graph.nodes.length === 0) return <EmptyState title="Neighbour Graph" subtitle="No nodes in this region" />;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
+      {graph.capped && (
+        <div className="shrink-0 border-b border-border bg-bg-surface px-4 py-2 text-center text-xs font-mono text-text-muted">
+          Showing the {CAP} most-connected of {graph.total} nodes — narrow to an IATA to see the rest.
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <div className="min-h-0 flex-1">
+        <NeighbourGraph graph={graph} colors={colors} selectedId={selectedId} focusWeights={focusWeights} onSelect={setSelectedId} />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/features/stats/StatsOverview.tsx b/src/features/stats/StatsOverview.tsx
index bd78f3f..9397ada 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/StatsOverview.tsx
+++ b/src/features/stats/StatsOverview.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import type { WsManager } from "../../api/ws-manager";
 import { StatsSubHeader } from "./StatsSubHeader";
 import { MeshTab } from "./MeshTab";
 import { ObserverTab } from "./ObserverTab";
+import { NeighbourGraphTab } from "./NeighbourGraphTab";
 import type { StatsRange, StatsTab } from "./types";
 
-const TABS: StatsTab[] = ["mesh", "observer"];
+const TABS: StatsTab[] = ["mesh", "observer", "graph"];
 const RANGES: StatsRange[] = ["24h", "7d", "30d"];
 
 const asTab = (v: string | null): StatsTab => (TABS.includes(v as StatsTab) ? (v as StatsTab) : "mesh");
@@ -50,11 +51,11 @@ export function StatsOverview({ wsManager }: StatsOverviewProps) {
     <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col">
       <StatsSubHeader tab={tab} onTabChange={handleTab} range={range} onRangeChange={handleRange} />
       <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
-        {tab === "mesh" ? (
-          <MeshTab range={range} onSelectObserver={handleSelectObserver} wsManager={wsManager} />
-        ) : (
+        {tab === "mesh" && <MeshTab range={range} onSelectObserver={handleSelectObserver} wsManager={wsManager} />}
+        {tab === "observer" && (
           <ObserverTab range={range} selectedObserverId={observerId} onSelectObserver={handleSelectObserver} wsManager={wsManager} />
         )}
+        {tab === "graph" && <NeighbourGraphTab />}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/features/stats/StatsSubHeader.tsx b/src/features/stats/StatsSubHeader.tsx
index 0d2840b..e3dd448 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/StatsSubHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/features/stats/StatsSubHeader.tsx
@@ -21,9 +21,23 @@ function ObserverIcon() {
   );
 }
 
+function GraphIcon() {
+  return (
+    <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 14 14" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.3" aria-hidden>
+      <circle cx="7" cy="7" r="1.7" />
+      <circle cx="2.4" cy="3" r="1.3" />
+      <circle cx="11.6" cy="3.4" r="1.3" />
+      <circle cx="4" cy="12" r="1.3" />
+      <circle cx="11" cy="11" r="1.3" />
+      <path d="M3.3 3.7 5.6 6M10.4 4 8.4 6M5.2 8.2 4.3 10.7M8.5 8.1 10.2 9.9" strokeOpacity="0.7" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
 const TAB_OPTIONS = [
   { value: "mesh", label: "Mesh", icon: <MeshIcon /> },
   { value: "observer", label: "Observer", icon: <ObserverIcon /> },
+  { value: "graph", label: "Neighbour Graph", icon: <GraphIcon /> },
 ];
 
 const RANGE_OPTIONS = [
@@ -49,12 +63,17 @@ export function StatsSubHeader({ tab, onTabChange, range, onRangeChange }: Props
         ariaLabel="Stats section"
         size="md"
       />
-      <Segmented
-        options={RANGE_OPTIONS}
-        value={range}
-        onChange={(v) => onRangeChange(v as StatsRange)}
-        ariaLabel="Time range"
-      />
+      {/* the graph is topology, not time-series — no range to pick */}
+      {tab === "graph" ? (
+        <span />
+      ) : (
+        <Segmented
+          options={RANGE_OPTIONS}
+          value={range}
+          onChange={(v) => onRangeChange(v as StatsRange)}
+          ariaLabel="Time range"
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/features/stats/chartTheme.ts b/src/features/stats/chartTheme.ts
index 7e6a2f5..745c9e5 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/chartTheme.ts
+++ b/src/features/stats/chartTheme.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function withAlpha(color: string, a: number): string {
   return `rgba(${r}, ${g}, ${b}, ${a})`;
 }
 
-function blend(a: string, b: string, t = 0.5): string {
+export function blend(a: string, b: string, t = 0.5): string {
   const [r1, g1, b1] = parseColor(a);
   const [r2, g2, b2] = parseColor(b);
   const mix = (x: number, y: number) => Math.round(x + (y - x) * t);
@@ -100,6 +100,18 @@ export function useChartColors(): ChartColors {
   return useMemo(() => readChartColors(), [paletteRev]);
 }
 
+// Per-device-type colour, shared by the Mesh "Node types" donut and the neighbour graph so the two
+// views stay in sync. Unknown types fall back to a dim primary.
+export function nodeTypeColor(typeName: string, c: ChartColors): string {
+  switch (typeName) {
+    case "companion": return c.primary;
+    case "repeater": return c.green;
+    case "room_server": return c.secondary;
+    case "sensor": return c.warn;
+    default: return c.primaryDim;
+  }
+}
+
 // A reusable ECharts tooltip style block bound to the active palette.
 export function tooltipStyle(c: ChartColors) {
   return {
diff --git a/src/features/stats/echarts-setup.ts b/src/features/stats/echarts-setup.ts
index 319b6f5..b41cf57 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/echarts-setup.ts
+++ b/src/features/stats/echarts-setup.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // the `echarts-for-react` wrapper (it was hit by a supply-chain attack 2026-05-19); EChart.tsx wraps
 // the core API directly instead.
 import * as echarts from "echarts/core";
-import { LineChart, BarChart, PieChart, GaugeChart } from "echarts/charts";
+import { LineChart, BarChart, PieChart, GaugeChart, GraphChart } from "echarts/charts";
 import {
   GridComponent,
   TitleComponent,
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ echarts.use([
   BarChart,
   PieChart,
   GaugeChart,
+  GraphChart,
   GridComponent,
   TitleComponent,
   TooltipComponent,
diff --git a/src/features/stats/neighbour-graph.ts b/src/features/stats/neighbour-graph.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4179905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/stats/neighbour-graph.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+import type { NodeSummary, NodeNeighbor } from "../nodes/types";
+import { NODE_TYPE_NAMES, NODE_TYPES } from "../../lib/node-types";
+import { blend, nodeTypeColor, tooltipStyle, withAlpha, type ChartColors } from "./chartTheme";
+import { OBS_STOPS, AGE } from "../map/neighbor-thresholds";
+import type { EChartsOption } from "./echarts-setup";
+
+const MONO = "JetBrains Mono, monospace";
+
+// Pure, render-free transform from the region's nodes into an ECharts force-graph shape. Kept
+// maplibre- and echarts-free so it stays unit-testable (mirrors features/map/node-geojson.ts).
+
+export interface GraphNode {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  category: number; // index into the node-type categories, or OTHER_CATEGORY for unknown types
+  nodeTypeName: string;
+  degree: number;
+  symbolSize: number;
+  label?: { show: boolean };
+}
+
+export interface GraphLink {
+  source: number; // index into GraphNode[]
+  target: number;
+}
+
+export interface NeighbourGraph {
+  nodes: GraphNode[];
+  links: GraphLink[];
+  total: number; // nodes before the cap, so callers can show "showing N of total"
+  capped: boolean;
+}
+
+const OTHER_CATEGORY = NODE_TYPE_NAMES.length;
+const MIN_SIZE = 6;
+const MAX_SIZE = 34;
+const HUB_LABELS = 20; // only the biggest hubs get a persistent label, else 1000 nodes are a text wall
+
+// Keep the top-`cap` most-connected nodes and their internal edges. Unlike the map's edge builder we
+// do NOT require coordinates — the graph is non-geographic, so unlocated nodes belong here too.
+export function buildNeighbourGraph(nodes: NodeSummary[], cap: number): NeighbourGraph {
+  const total = nodes.length;
+  // rank by neighbour count, id tie-break so the kept set + indices are stable across re-renders
+  const ranked = [...nodes].sort(
+    (a, b) => b.knownNeighborCount - a.knownNeighborCount || (a.id < b.id ? -1 : a.id > b.id ? 1 : 0),
+  );
+  const kept = ranked.slice(0, cap);
+  const capped = total > kept.length;
+
+  const indexById = new Map<string, number>();
+  kept.forEach((n, i) => indexById.set(n.id, i));
+  const maxDegree = kept.reduce((m, n) => Math.max(m, n.knownNeighborCount), 0);
+
+  const graphNodes: GraphNode[] = kept.map((n, i) => {
+    const cat = (NODE_TYPE_NAMES as readonly string[]).indexOf(n.nodeTypeName);
+    return {
+      id: n.id,
+      name: n.name ?? n.id.slice(0, 6),
+      category: cat === -1 ? OTHER_CATEGORY : cat,
+      nodeTypeName: n.nodeTypeName,
+      degree: n.knownNeighborCount,
+      symbolSize: symbolSize(n.knownNeighborCount, maxDegree),
+      label: i < HUB_LABELS && n.knownNeighborCount > 0 ? { show: true } : undefined,
+    };
+  });
+
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  const links: GraphLink[] = [];
+  for (const n of kept) {
+    if (!n.neighborIds) continue;
+    const from = indexById.get(n.id)!;
+    for (const otherId of n.neighborIds) {
+      if (otherId === n.id) continue; // no self-loops
+      const to = indexById.get(otherId);
+      if (to === undefined) continue; // skip edges to capped-out / foreign nodes
+      const key = n.id < otherId ? `${n.id}|${otherId}` : `${otherId}|${n.id}`;
+      if (seen.has(key)) continue; // undirected — one line per pair
+      seen.add(key);
+      links.push({ source: from, target: to });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { nodes: graphNodes, links, total, capped };
+}
+
+// sqrt so a few high-degree hubs don't dwarf everything else; floor keeps degree-0 nodes clickable.
+function symbolSize(degree: number, maxDegree: number): number {
+  if (maxDegree <= 0) return MIN_SIZE;
+  const t = Math.sqrt(degree) / Math.sqrt(maxDegree);
+  return MIN_SIZE + (MAX_SIZE - MIN_SIZE) * t;
+}
+
+// Observation count → colour, log10 axis red→yellow→green (ports the map's line-colour expression).
+export function obsColor(obs: number, c: { danger: string; warn: string; green: string }): string {
+  const x = Math.log10(Math.max(1, obs));
+  if (x <= OBS_STOPS.warn) return blend(c.danger, c.warn, x / OBS_STOPS.warn);
+  const t = Math.min(1, (x - OBS_STOPS.warn) / (OBS_STOPS.green - OBS_STOPS.warn));
+  return blend(c.warn, c.green, t);
+}
+
+// Link age (days) → opacity, solid when fresh, faint by ~4 weeks (ports the map's opacity expression).
+export function ageOpacity(ageDays: number): number {
+  const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, ageDays / AGE.staleDays));
+  return AGE.freshOp + (AGE.staleOp - AGE.freshOp) * t;
+}
+
+export interface NeighbourWeight {
+  obs: number;
+  ageDays: number;
+}
+
+// Fold the /nodes/{id}/neighbors rows (one per neighbour+iata) into a per-neighbour weight: obs summed
+// across iatas, age from the freshest lastSeen. Same reduction the map uses in buildFocusedNeighborEdges.
+export function foldNeighbourWeights(
+  neighbors: NodeNeighbor[],
+  selfId: string,
+  now: number,
+): Record<string, NeighbourWeight> {
+  const folded = new Map<string, { obs: number; lastSeen: number }>();
+  for (const nb of neighbors) {
+    if (nb.id === selfId) continue;
+    const prev = folded.get(nb.id);
+    if (prev) {
+      prev.obs += nb.observationCount;
+      prev.lastSeen = Math.max(prev.lastSeen, nb.lastSeen);
+    } else {
+      folded.set(nb.id, { obs: nb.observationCount, lastSeen: nb.lastSeen });
+    }
+  }
+  const out: Record<string, NeighbourWeight> = {};
+  for (const [id, w] of folded) {
+    out[id] = { obs: w.obs, ageDays: Math.max(0, (now - w.lastSeen) / 86_400_000) };
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+// One legend/category per device type (in NODE_TYPES order) plus an "Other" bucket for unknowns; the
+// GraphNode.category index lines up with this list.
+function graphCategories(c: ChartColors) {
+  return [
+    ...NODE_TYPES.map((t) => ({ name: t.label, itemStyle: { color: nodeTypeColor(t.name, c) } })),
+    { name: "Other", itemStyle: { color: c.primaryDim } },
+  ];
+}
+
+// The themed ECharts force-graph option. Selection styling is applied imperatively (dispatchAction +
+// link-only merge) so it never rebuilds this option — see NeighbourGraph.tsx.
+export function neighbourGraphOption(graph: NeighbourGraph, c: ChartColors): EChartsOption {
+  const big = graph.nodes.length > 500; // settle without animating once the graph gets dense
+  return {
+    animation: false,
+    backgroundColor: "transparent",
+    tooltip: {
+      ...tooltipStyle(c),
+      trigger: "item",
+      formatter: (p: unknown) => {
+        const param = p as { dataType?: string; data: Record<string, unknown> };
+        if (param.dataType === "edge") {
+          const obs = param.data.obs as number | undefined;
+          if (obs == null) return ""; // ambient (non-selected) edge — nothing to show
+          const days = Math.round((param.data.ageDays as number) ?? 0);
+          return `${obs} obs · ${days === 0 ? "seen today" : `seen ${days}d ago`}`;
+        }
+        const d = param.data as unknown as GraphNode;
+        return `${d.name}\n${d.nodeTypeName} · ${d.degree} neighbour${d.degree === 1 ? "" : "s"}`;
+      },
+    },
+    legend: [
+      {
+        data: graphCategories(c).map((cat) => cat.name),
+        bottom: 4,
+        left: "center",
+        icon: "circle",
+        itemWidth: 9,
+        itemHeight: 9,
+        textStyle: { color: c.textNormal, fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: 10 },
+        inactiveColor: c.textDim,
+      },
+    ],
+    series: [
+      {
+        type: "graph",
+        layout: "force",
+        roam: true,
+        draggable: true,
+        scaleLimit: { min: 0.2, max: 8 },
+        categories: graphCategories(c),
+        force: {
+          repulsion: big ? 60 : 120,
+          edgeLength: big ? [20, 60] : [40, 90],
+          gravity: 0.08,
+          friction: 0.2,
+          layoutAnimation: !big,
+        },
+        emphasis: { focus: "adjacency", scale: false, label: { show: true }, lineStyle: { width: 1.6 } },
+        label: { show: false, position: "right", color: c.textNormal, fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: 9 },
+        labelLayout: { hideOverlap: true },
+        lineStyle: { color: withAlpha(c.textMuted, 0.22), width: 0.6 },
+        itemStyle: { borderColor: c.bgBase, borderWidth: 0.5 },
+        data: graph.nodes,
+        links: graph.links,
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/features/stats/types.ts b/src/features/stats/types.ts
index d09650c..a517233 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/types.ts
+++ b/src/features/stats/types.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export interface ObserverTelemetry {
 }
 
 // Sub-tab + time-range identifiers shared across the Stats page.
-export type StatsTab = "mesh" | "observer";
+export type StatsTab = "mesh" | "observer" | "graph";
 export type StatsRange = "24h" | "7d" | "30d";
 
 export const RANGE_MS: Record<StatsRange, number> = {
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index 3d2fa49..7c8f15d 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ export const WS_RECONNECT_MAX_MS = 30_000;
 export const WS_RECONNECT_JITTER = 0.25;
 
 // app tab names, in display order; the ?tab URL param is validated against this list
-export const TABS = ["Packets", "Channels", "Map", "Nodes", "Observers", "Routes", "Traces", "Stats"] as const;
+export const TABS = ["Packets", "Channels", "Map", "Nodes", "Observers", "Routes", "Traces", "Analytics"] as const;
diff --git a/tests/components/BottomNav.test.tsx b/tests/components/BottomNav.test.tsx
index fe2c1bd..3ae3aed 100644
--- a/tests/components/BottomNav.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/BottomNav.test.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe("BottomNav", () => {
   });
 
   it("highlights More when an overflow tab is active", () => {
-    render(<BottomNav activeTab="Stats" onTabChange={() => {}} />);
+    render(<BottomNav activeTab="Analytics" onTabChange={() => {}} />);
     const more = screen.getByText("More").closest("button")!;
     expect(more.className).toContain("text-primary");
   });
diff --git a/tests/features/stats/neighbour-graph.test.ts b/tests/features/stats/neighbour-graph.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46d6682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/features/stats/neighbour-graph.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { buildNeighbourGraph, obsColor, ageOpacity, foldNeighbourWeights } from "../../../src/features/stats/neighbour-graph";
+import type { NodeSummary, NodeNeighbor } from "../../../src/features/nodes/types";
+
+function neighbor(overrides: Partial<NodeNeighbor>): NodeNeighbor {
+  return {
+    id: "nb",
+    publicKey: "pk",
+    nodeType: 1,
+    nodeTypeName: "repeater",
+    iata: "YYZ",
+    observationCount: 1,
+    firstSeen: 0,
+    lastSeen: 0,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+const DAY = 86_400_000;
+
+function node(overrides: Partial<NodeSummary>): NodeSummary {
+  return {
+    id: "n1",
+    publicKey: "pk",
+    nodeType: 1,
+    nodeTypeName: "repeater",
+    name: "Node 1",
+    lat: 45,
+    lng: -75,
+    iatas: [],
+    knownNeighborCount: 0,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+// obsColor takes explicit palette colours so the test is theme-independent.
+const C = { danger: "#ff0000", warn: "#ffff00", green: "#00ff00" };
+
+describe("buildNeighbourGraph", () => {
+  it("returns an empty graph for no nodes", () => {
+    expect(buildNeighbourGraph([], 1000)).toEqual({ nodes: [], links: [], total: 0, capped: false });
+  });
+
+  it("includes unlocated nodes (unlike the map's coordinate-gated edges)", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph([node({ id: "a", lat: null, lng: null })], 1000);
+    expect(g.nodes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(g.nodes[0]!.id).toBe("a");
+  });
+
+  it("ranks by neighbour count and keeps only the top `cap`", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph(
+      [
+        node({ id: "low", knownNeighborCount: 1 }),
+        node({ id: "high", knownNeighborCount: 5 }),
+        node({ id: "mid", knownNeighborCount: 3 }),
+      ],
+      2,
+    );
+    expect(g.total).toBe(3);
+    expect(g.capped).toBe(true);
+    expect(g.nodes.map((n) => n.id)).toEqual(["high", "mid"]);
+  });
+
+  it("is not capped when total <= cap", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph([node({ id: "a" }), node({ id: "b" })], 5);
+    expect(g.capped).toBe(false);
+    expect(g.total).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("breaks equal-degree ties by id so indices are deterministic", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph(
+      [node({ id: "b", knownNeighborCount: 2 }), node({ id: "a", knownNeighborCount: 2 })],
+      5,
+    );
+    expect(g.nodes.map((n) => n.id)).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
+  });
+
+  it("emits each undirected pair once even when both nodes list each other", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph(
+      [node({ id: "a", neighborIds: ["b"] }), node({ id: "b", neighborIds: ["a"] })],
+      5,
+    );
+    expect(g.links).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("drops self-loops", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph([node({ id: "a", neighborIds: ["a"] })], 5);
+    expect(g.links).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("drops edges to ids outside the kept set (foreign or capped-out)", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph(
+      [
+        node({ id: "keep", knownNeighborCount: 9, neighborIds: ["gone", "foreign"] }),
+        node({ id: "gone", knownNeighborCount: 0 }),
+      ],
+      1, // only "keep" survives the cap
+    );
+    expect(g.links).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("resolves link source/target to indices of the correct kept nodes", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph(
+      [node({ id: "a", neighborIds: ["b"] }), node({ id: "b" })],
+      5,
+    );
+    expect(g.links).toHaveLength(1);
+    const { source, target } = g.links[0]!;
+    const ids = [g.nodes[source]!.id, g.nodes[target]!.id].sort();
+    expect(ids).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
+  });
+
+  it("maps node type to a category index, bucketing unknowns to 'Other'", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph(
+      [
+        node({ id: "c", nodeTypeName: "companion" }),
+        node({ id: "r", nodeTypeName: "repeater" }),
+        node({ id: "rs", nodeTypeName: "room_server" }),
+        node({ id: "s", nodeTypeName: "sensor" }),
+        node({ id: "x", nodeTypeName: "mystery" }),
+      ],
+      10,
+    );
+    const cat = Object.fromEntries(g.nodes.map((n) => [n.id, n.category]));
+    expect(cat).toEqual({ c: 0, r: 1, rs: 2, s: 3, x: 4 });
+  });
+
+  it("sizes nodes monotonically by degree, with a floor for degree 0", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph(
+      [
+        node({ id: "hub", knownNeighborCount: 40 }),
+        node({ id: "mid", knownNeighborCount: 8 }),
+        node({ id: "leaf", knownNeighborCount: 0 }),
+      ],
+      10,
+    );
+    const size = Object.fromEntries(g.nodes.map((n) => [n.id, n.symbolSize]));
+    expect(size.hub).toBeGreaterThan(size.mid!);
+    expect(size.mid).toBeGreaterThan(size.leaf!);
+    expect(size.leaf).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a node with no neighborIds but contributes no links", () => {
+    const g = buildNeighbourGraph([node({ id: "a", neighborIds: undefined })], 5);
+    expect(g.nodes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(g.links).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("obsColor", () => {
+  it("is red (danger) at one observation and below", () => {
+    expect(obsColor(1, C)).toBe("rgb(255, 0, 0)");
+    expect(obsColor(0, C)).toBe("rgb(255, 0, 0)");
+  });
+
+  it("saturates to green for high observation counts", () => {
+    expect(obsColor(1000, C)).toBe("rgb(0, 255, 0)");
+  });
+
+  it("interpolates strictly between the endpoints for mid counts", () => {
+    const mid = obsColor(5, C);
+    expect(mid).not.toBe("rgb(255, 0, 0)");
+    expect(mid).not.toBe("rgb(0, 255, 0)");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("ageOpacity", () => {
+  it("is nearly solid for fresh links", () => {
+    expect(ageOpacity(0)).toBeCloseTo(0.9);
+    expect(ageOpacity(-5)).toBeCloseTo(0.9); // clamped
+  });
+
+  it("fades to the floor by ~4 weeks and stays there", () => {
+    expect(ageOpacity(28)).toBeCloseTo(0.35);
+    expect(ageOpacity(56)).toBeCloseTo(0.35); // clamped
+  });
+
+  it("interpolates linearly in between", () => {
+    expect(ageOpacity(14)).toBeCloseTo(0.625);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("foldNeighbourWeights", () => {
+  const NOW = 10 * DAY;
+
+  it("returns an empty map for no neighbours", () => {
+    expect(foldNeighbourWeights([], "self", NOW)).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("sums observations and takes the freshest lastSeen across per-iata rows", () => {
+    const w = foldNeighbourWeights(
+      [
+        neighbor({ id: "a", iata: "YYZ", observationCount: 3, lastSeen: 8 * DAY }),
+        neighbor({ id: "a", iata: "YUL", observationCount: 5, lastSeen: 9 * DAY }),
+      ],
+      "self",
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(w.a!.obs).toBe(8);
+    expect(w.a!.ageDays).toBeCloseTo(1); // NOW - 9d (the freshest)
+  });
+
+  it("excludes the selected node's own rows", () => {
+    const w = foldNeighbourWeights([neighbor({ id: "self", observationCount: 4 })], "self", NOW);
+    expect(w).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("never reports a negative age for a future lastSeen", () => {
+    const w = foldNeighbourWeights([neighbor({ id: "a", lastSeen: NOW + 5 * DAY })], "self", NOW);
+    expect(w.a!.ageDays).toBe(0);
+  });
+});