diff --git a/src/components/video-embed/index.tsx b/src/components/video-embed/index.tsx
index f2f52cff44..941644b7d2 100644
--- a/src/components/video-embed/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video-embed/index.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 	useMilestones,
 } from './helpers'
 import s from './video-embed.module.css'
+import { trackVideoStart } from 'lib/posthog-events'
 
 /**
  * MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED is based on max speeds for YouTube & Wistia.
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ function VideoEmbed({
 					{...reactPlayerProps}
 					config={config}
 					url={url}
+					onStart={() => {
+						trackVideoStart(url)
+					}}
 					onDuration={setDuration}
 					progressInterval={PROGRESS_INTERVAL}
 					onProgress={({ playedSeconds }: { playedSeconds: number }) => {
diff --git a/src/layouts/sidebar-sidecar/utils/_local_platform-docs-mdx/index.tsx b/src/layouts/sidebar-sidecar/utils/_local_platform-docs-mdx/index.tsx
index 5cf9856c35..368d1a9f43 100644
--- a/src/layouts/sidebar-sidecar/utils/_local_platform-docs-mdx/index.tsx
+++ b/src/layouts/sidebar-sidecar/utils/_local_platform-docs-mdx/index.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import { DocsEnterpriseAlert } from './components/enterprise-alert'
 import Image from 'components/image'
 import { ImageProps } from 'components/image/types'
+import VideoEmbed from 'components/video-embed'
 
 // This function returns a simple object containing the default components
 // The `additionalComponents` param is purely for convenience.
@@ -37,5 +38,6 @@ function _defaultComponents() {
 	return {
 		EnterpriseAlert: DocsEnterpriseAlert,
 		img: makeImageElement({ noBorder: true }),
+		VideoEmbed,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/posthog-events.ts b/src/lib/posthog-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b9c61bbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/posthog-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Enables PostHog video start tracking
+ */
+export function trackVideoStart(url: string): void {
+	if (!window?.posthog) return
+
+	let video_host = ""
+	if (url.includes('wistia')) {
+		video_host = 'wistia'
+	} else if (url.includes('youtube')) {
+		video_host = 'youtube'
+	} 
+
+	if (video_host) {
+		window.posthog.capture('video_start', {
+			video_host,
+			url,
+		})
+	}
+}