diff --git a/queue/pom.xml b/queue/pom.xml
index 2725dd86f..973cc8919 100644
--- a/queue/pom.xml
+++ b/queue/pom.xml
@@ -135,5 +135,10 @@
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-ssm</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>java-dogstatsd-client</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/AbstractQueueService.java b/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/AbstractQueueService.java
index e7a8e7a13..b0f8593e1 100644
--- a/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/AbstractQueueService.java
+++ b/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/AbstractQueueService.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
+import com.timgroup.statsd.StatsDClient;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -62,12 +63,13 @@ abstract class AbstractQueueService implements BaseQueueService {
     public static final int MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE_IN_BYTES = 30 * 1024;
     private final StepFunctionService stepFunctionService;
     private final ParameterStoreUtil parameterStoreUtil;
+    private final StatsDClient _statsDClient;
 
     private static final String UNIVERSE = KafkaConfig.getUniverseFromEnv();
     protected AbstractQueueService(BaseEventStore eventStore, JobService jobService,
                                    JobHandlerRegistry jobHandlerRegistry,
                                    JobType<MoveQueueRequest, MoveQueueResult> moveQueueJobType,
-                                   Clock clock, KafkaAdminService adminService, KafkaProducerService producerService, StepFunctionService stepFunctionService) {
+                                   Clock clock, KafkaAdminService adminService, KafkaProducerService producerService, StepFunctionService stepFunctionService, StatsDClient statsDClient) {
         _eventStore = eventStore;
         _jobService = jobService;
         _moveQueueJobType = moveQueueJobType;
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ protected AbstractQueueService(BaseEventStore eventStore, JobService jobService,
         this.producerService = producerService;
         this.stepFunctionService = stepFunctionService;
         this.parameterStoreUtil = new ParameterStoreUtil();
+        _statsDClient = statsDClient;
 
 
         registerMoveQueueJobHandler(jobHandlerRegistry);
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ public void sendAll(Map<String, ? extends Collection<?>> messagesByQueue) {
                 validateMessage(message);
                 events.add(message.toString());
             }
+            _statsDClient.recordGaugeValue("queue.messages.size", events.size(), "queue:" + queue);
             builder.putAll(queue, events);
         }
 
@@ -229,6 +233,7 @@ public void sendAll(String queue, Collection<?> messages, boolean fromKafka) {
                     "Message size (" + messageByteBuffer.limit() + ") is greater than the maximum allowed (" + MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE_IN_BYTES + ") message size");
             events.add(messageByteBuffer);
         }
+        _statsDClient.recordGaugeValue("queue.messages.size", events.size(), "queue:" + queue);
         builder.putAll(queue, events);
         Multimap<String, ByteBuffer> eventsByChannel = builder.build();
 
diff --git a/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultDedupQueueService.java b/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultDedupQueueService.java
index 9ec8d3660..f3820f378 100644
--- a/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultDedupQueueService.java
+++ b/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultDedupQueueService.java
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 import com.bazaarvoice.emodb.queue.core.kafka.KafkaProducerService;
 import com.bazaarvoice.emodb.queue.core.stepfn.StepFunctionService;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.timgroup.statsd.StatsDClient;
 
 import java.time.Clock;
 
 public class DefaultDedupQueueService extends AbstractQueueService implements DedupQueueService {
     @Inject
     public DefaultDedupQueueService(DedupEventStore eventStore, JobService jobService, JobHandlerRegistry jobHandlerRegistry,
-                                    Clock clock, KafkaAdminService adminService, KafkaProducerService producerService, StepFunctionService stepFunctionService) {
-        super(eventStore, jobService, jobHandlerRegistry, MoveDedupQueueJob.INSTANCE, clock,adminService,producerService,stepFunctionService );
+                                    Clock clock, KafkaAdminService adminService, KafkaProducerService producerService, StepFunctionService stepFunctionService, StatsDClient statsDClient) {
+        super(eventStore, jobService, jobHandlerRegistry, MoveDedupQueueJob.INSTANCE, clock,adminService,producerService,stepFunctionService, statsDClient );
     }
 }
diff --git a/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultQueueService.java b/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultQueueService.java
index 524ca5003..8a8a72ad8 100644
--- a/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultQueueService.java
+++ b/queue/src/main/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/DefaultQueueService.java
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 import com.bazaarvoice.emodb.queue.core.kafka.KafkaProducerService;
 import com.bazaarvoice.emodb.queue.core.stepfn.StepFunctionService;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.timgroup.statsd.StatsDClient;
 
 import java.time.Clock;
 
 public class DefaultQueueService extends AbstractQueueService implements QueueService {
     @Inject
     public DefaultQueueService(EventStore eventStore, JobService jobService, JobHandlerRegistry jobHandlerRegistry,
-                               Clock clock, KafkaAdminService adminService, KafkaProducerService producerService, StepFunctionService stepFunctionService) {
-        super(eventStore, jobService, jobHandlerRegistry, MoveQueueJob.INSTANCE, clock,adminService, producerService,stepFunctionService);
+                               Clock clock, KafkaAdminService adminService, KafkaProducerService producerService, StepFunctionService stepFunctionService, StatsDClient statsDClient) {
+        super(eventStore, jobService, jobHandlerRegistry, MoveQueueJob.INSTANCE, clock,adminService, producerService,stepFunctionService, statsDClient);
     }
 }
diff --git a/queue/src/test/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/SizeQueueCacheTest.java b/queue/src/test/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/SizeQueueCacheTest.java
index 0ac9a0ed8..36d4232d4 100644
--- a/queue/src/test/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/SizeQueueCacheTest.java
+++ b/queue/src/test/java/com/bazaarvoice/emodb/queue/core/SizeQueueCacheTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import com.bazaarvoice.emodb.queue.core.kafka.KafkaAdminService;
 import com.bazaarvoice.emodb.queue.core.kafka.KafkaProducerService;
 import com.bazaarvoice.emodb.queue.core.stepfn.StepFunctionService;
+import com.timgroup.statsd.StatsDClient;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public void testSizeCache() {
 
         BaseEventStore mockEventStore = mock(BaseEventStore.class);
         AbstractQueueService queueService = new AbstractQueueService(mockEventStore, mock(JobService.class),
-                mock(JobHandlerRegistry.class), mock(JobType.class), clock, mock(KafkaAdminService.class), mock(KafkaProducerService.class), mock(StepFunctionService.class)){};
+                mock(JobHandlerRegistry.class), mock(JobType.class), clock, mock(KafkaAdminService.class), mock(KafkaProducerService.class), mock(StepFunctionService.class), mock(StatsDClient.class)){};
 
         // At limit=500, size estimate should be at 4800
         // At limit=50, size estimate should be at 5000