diff --git a/waku/discovery/waku_discv5.nim b/waku/discovery/waku_discv5.nim
index 75e15b9d7..5841b5685 100644
--- a/waku/discovery/waku_discv5.nim
+++ b/waku/discovery/waku_discv5.nim
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ proc findRandomPeers*(
   elif wd.predicate.isSome():
     discoveredRecords = discoveredRecords.filter(wd.predicate.get())
 
+  waku_discv5_discovered.inc(discoveredRecords.len)
+
   return discoveredRecords
 
 proc searchLoop(wd: WakuDiscoveryV5) {.async.} =
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ proc searchLoop(wd: WakuDiscoveryV5) {.async.} =
       let peerInfo = record.toRemotePeerInfo().valueOr:
         ## in case of error, we keep track of it for debugging purposes
         wrongRecordsReasons.add(($record, $error))
+        waku_discv5_errors.inc(labelValues = [$error])
         continue
 
       discoveredPeers.add(peerInfo)
diff --git a/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim b/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
index f4ef5e1bb..9c5c31df1 100644
--- a/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
+++ b/waku/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ declarePublicGauge waku_streams_peers,
 declarePublicGauge waku_peer_store_size, "Number of peers managed by the peer store"
 declarePublicGauge waku_service_peers,
   "Service peer protocol and multiaddress ", labels = ["protocol", "peerId"]
+declarePublicGauge waku_total_unique_peers, "total number of unique peers"
 
 logScope:
   topics = "waku node peer_manager"
@@ -141,6 +142,8 @@ proc addPeer*(
   trace "Adding peer to manager",
     peerId = remotePeerInfo.peerId, addresses = remotePeerInfo.addrs
 
+  waku_total_unique_peers.inc()
+
   pm.peerStore[AddressBook][remotePeerInfo.peerId] = remotePeerInfo.addrs
   pm.peerStore[KeyBook][remotePeerInfo.peerId] = remotePeerInfo.publicKey
   pm.peerStore[SourceBook][remotePeerInfo.peerId] = origin