| 1112 | Host extensions for IP multicastingS.E. Deering | Internet Standard | August 1989 |
| 2119 | Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement LevelsS. Bradner | Best Current Practice | March 1997 |
| 2362 | Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol SpecificationD. Estrin, D. Farinacci, A. Helmy, D. Thaler, S. Deering, M. Handley, V. Jacobson, C. Liu, P. Sharma, L. Wei · obsoleted by RFC 4601, RFC 5059 | Experimental | June 1998 |
| 2365 | Administratively Scoped IP MulticastD. Meyer | Best Current Practice | July 1998 |
| 2460 | Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) SpecificationS. Deering, R. Hinden · obsoleted by RFC 8200 | Draft Standard | December 1998 |
| 2710 | Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6S. Deering, W. Fenner, B. Haberman | Proposed Standard | October 1999 |
| 2983 | Differentiated Services and TunnelsD. Black | Informational | October 2000 |
| 3376 | Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3B. Cain, S. Deering, I. Kouvelas, B. Fenner, A. Thyagarajan · obsoleted by RFC 9776 | Proposed Standard | October 2002 |
| 3956 | Embedding the Rendezvous Point (RP) Address in an IPv6 Multicast AddressP. Savola, B. Haberman | Proposed Standard | November 2004 |
| 4601 | Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)B. Fenner, M. Handley, H. Holbrook, I. Kouvelas · obsoleted by RFC 7761 | Proposed Standard | August 2006 |
| 4607 | Source-Specific Multicast for IPH. Holbrook, B. Cain | Proposed Standard | August 2006 |
| 4609 | Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Multicast Routing Security Issues and EnhancementsP. Savola, R. Lehtonen, D. Meyer | Informational | October 2006 |
| 4760 | Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4T. Bates, R. Chandra, D. Katz, Y. Rekhter | Draft Standard | January 2007 |
| 5015 | Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)M. Handley, I. Kouvelas, T. Speakman, L. Vicisano | Proposed Standard | October 2007 |
| 5059 | Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)N. Bhaskar, A. Gall, J. Lingard, S. Venaas | Proposed Standard | January 2008 |
| 5226 | Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCsT. Narten, H. Alvestrand · obsoleted by RFC 8126 | Best Current Practice | May 2008 |
| 5294 | Host Threats to Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)P. Savola, J. Lingard | Informational | August 2008 |
| 5741 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesL. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 7841 | Informational | December 2009 |
| 5796 | Authentication and Confidentiality in Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Link-Local MessagesW. Atwood, S. Islam, M. Siami | Proposed Standard | March 2010 |
| 7063 | Survey Report on Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Implementations and DeploymentsL. Zheng, J. Zhang, R. Parekh | Informational | December 2013 |