diff --git a/crates/subspace-service/src/lib.rs b/crates/subspace-service/src/lib.rs
index 5583269a777..88461791600 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-service/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #![feature(type_alias_impl_trait, type_changing_struct_update)]
 
 pub mod dsn;
+mod metrics;
 pub mod piece_cache;
 pub mod rpc;
 pub mod segment_headers;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ pub mod tx_pre_validator;
 
 use crate::dsn::import_blocks::import_blocks as import_blocks_from_dsn;
 use crate::dsn::{create_dsn_instance, DsnConfigurationError};
+use crate::metrics::NodeMetrics;
 use crate::piece_cache::PieceCache;
 use crate::segment_headers::{start_segment_header_archiver, SegmentHeaderCache};
 use crate::tx_pre_validator::PrimaryChainTxPreValidator;
@@ -786,6 +788,27 @@ where
         }),
     );
 
+    if let Some(registry) = config.prometheus_registry().as_ref() {
+        match NodeMetrics::new(
+            client.clone(),
+            client.import_notification_stream(),
+            registry,
+        ) {
+            Ok(node_metrics) => {
+                task_manager.spawn_handle().spawn(
+                    "node_metrics",
+                    None,
+                    Box::pin(async move {
+                        node_metrics.run().await;
+                    }),
+                );
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                error!("Failed to initialize node metrics: {err:?}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if config.offchain_worker.enabled {
         sc_service::build_offchain_workers(
             &config,
diff --git a/crates/subspace-service/src/metrics.rs b/crates/subspace-service/src/metrics.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f9d4fbb33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/subspace-service/src/metrics.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+//! Node metrics
+
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use parity_scale_codec::Encode;
+use sc_client_api::{BlockBackend, BlockImportNotification, ImportNotifications};
+use sp_runtime::traits::Block as BlockT;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use substrate_prometheus_endpoint::{register, Counter, PrometheusError, Registry, U64};
+
+pub struct NodeMetrics<Block: BlockT, Client> {
+    client: Arc<Client>,
+    block_import: ImportNotifications<Block>,
+    blocks: Counter<U64>,
+    extrinsics: Counter<U64>,
+    extrinsics_size: Counter<U64>,
+    _p: std::marker::PhantomData<Block>,
+}
+
+impl<Block, Client> NodeMetrics<Block, Client>
+where
+    Block: BlockT,
+    Client: BlockBackend<Block> + 'static,
+{
+    pub fn new(
+        client: Arc<Client>,
+        block_import: ImportNotifications<Block>,
+        registry: &Registry,
+    ) -> Result<Self, PrometheusError> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            client,
+            block_import,
+            blocks: register(
+                Counter::new("subspace_node_blocks", "Total number of imported blocks")?,
+                registry,
+            )?,
+            extrinsics: register(
+                Counter::new(
+                    "subspace_node_extrinsics",
+                    "Total number of extrinsics in the imported blocks",
+                )?,
+                registry,
+            )?,
+            extrinsics_size: register(
+                Counter::new(
+                    "subspace_node_extrinsics_size",
+                    "Total extrinsic bytes in the imported blocks",
+                )?,
+                registry,
+            )?,
+            _p: Default::default(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn run(mut self) {
+        while let Some(incoming_block) = self.block_import.next().await {
+            self.update_block_metrics(incoming_block);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn update_block_metrics(&mut self, incoming_block: BlockImportNotification<Block>) {
+        let extrinsics = self
+            .client
+            .block_body(incoming_block.hash)
+            .ok()
+            .flatten()
+            .unwrap_or(vec![]);
+        self.blocks.inc();
+        self.extrinsics.inc_by(extrinsics.len() as u64);
+        let total_size: usize = extrinsics
+            .iter()
+            .map(|extrinsic| extrinsic.encoded_size())
+            .sum();
+        self.extrinsics_size.inc_by(total_size as u64);
+    }
+}