diff --git a/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go b/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go
index 973c814..b0f647f 100644
--- a/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go
+++ b/cmd/storemsgcounter/execute.go
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ func (app *Application) fetchStoreNodeMessages(ctx context.Context, runId string
 func (app *Application) retrieveHistory(ctx context.Context, runId string, storenodes []peer.AddrInfo, topic string, lastSyncTimestamp *time.Time, tx *sql.Tx, logger *zap.Logger) {
 	logger = logger.With(zap.String("topic", topic), zap.Timep("lastSyncTimestamp", lastSyncTimestamp))
 
+	if lastSyncTimestamp != nil {
+		app.metrics.RecordLastSyncDate(topic, *lastSyncTimestamp)
+	}
+
 	now := app.node.Timesource().Now()
 
 	// Query is done with a delay
@@ -410,6 +414,9 @@ func (app *Application) retrieveHistory(ctx context.Context, runId string, store
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Panic("could not update topic sync state", zap.Error(err))
 	}
+
+	app.metrics.RecordLastSyncDate(topic, endTime)
+
 }
 
 func (app *Application) verifyMessageExistence(ctx context.Context, runId string, peerID peer.ID, messageHashes []pb.MessageHash, logger *zap.Logger) {
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
index 7bb34a9..e446c66 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package metrics
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/metricshelper"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -30,6 +32,14 @@ var storenodeAvailability = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 	[]string{"storenode"},
 )
 
+var topicLastSync = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
+	prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: "msgcounter_topic_lastsyncdate_seconds",
+		Help: "Indicates the last syncdate for a pubsubtopic",
+	},
+	[]string{"pubsubtopic"},
+)
+
 var collectors = []prometheus.Collector{
 	missingMessages,
 	storenodeAvailability,
@@ -40,6 +50,7 @@ type Metrics interface {
 	RecordMissingMessages(peerID peer.ID, status string, length int)
 	RecordStorenodeAvailability(peerID peer.ID, available bool)
 	RecordTotalMissingMessages(cnt int)
+	RecordLastSyncDate(topic string, date time.Time)
 }
 
 type metricsImpl struct {
@@ -76,3 +87,9 @@ func (m *metricsImpl) RecordTotalMissingMessages(cnt int) {
 		totalMissingMessages.Set(float64(cnt))
 	}()
 }
+
+func (m *metricsImpl) RecordLastSyncDate(topic string, date time.Time) {
+	go func() {
+		topicLastSync.WithLabelValues(topic).Set(float64(date.Unix()))
+	}()
+}