diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/auths.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/auths.py
index 06e506228..555d5d0e8 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/auths.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/auths.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import time
 import datetime
 import logging
 from aiohttp import ClientSession
+from open_webui.utils.telemetry import setup
 
 from open_webui.models.auths import (
     AddUserForm,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ from open_webui.env import (
     WEBUI_AUTH_SIGNOUT_REDIRECT_URL,
     SRC_LOG_LEVELS,
 )
+from open_webui.utils.telemetry import metrics
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Request, status
 from fastapi.responses import RedirectResponse, Response, JSONResponse
 from open_webui.config import OPENID_PROVIDER_URL, ENABLE_OAUTH_SIGNUP, ENABLE_LDAP
@@ -304,6 +306,9 @@ async def ldap_auth(request: Request, response: Response, form_data: LdapForm):
             user = Auths.authenticate_user_by_email(email)
 
             if user:
+                if metrics.telemetry_metrics is not None:
+                    metrics.telemetry_metrics.track_user_login(user.id, user.email)
+
                 expires_delta = parse_duration(request.app.state.config.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)
                 expires_at = None
                 if expires_delta:
@@ -409,6 +414,8 @@ async def signin(request: Request, response: Response, form_data: SigninForm):
         user = Auths.authenticate_user(form_data.email.lower(), form_data.password)
 
     if user:
+        if metrics.telemetry_metrics is not None:
+            metrics.telemetry_metrics.track_user_login(user.id, user.email)
 
         expires_delta = parse_duration(request.app.state.config.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)
         expires_at = None
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/chats.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/chats.py
index 29b12ed67..742a08da0 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/chats.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/chats.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from open_webui.utils.auth import get_admin_user, get_verified_user
 from open_webui.utils.access_control import has_permission
+from open_webui.utils.telemetry import metrics
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MODELS"])
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ async def get_user_chat_list_by_user_id(
 async def create_new_chat(form_data: ChatForm, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
     try:
         chat = Chats.insert_new_chat(user.id, form_data)
+        if metrics.telemetry_metrics is not None:
+            metrics.telemetry_metrics.track_user_request(user.id)
         return ChatResponse(**chat.model_dump())
     except Exception as e:
         log.exception(e)
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/metrics.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afb967a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+class TelemetryMetrics:
+    def __init__(self, meter):
+        self.login_counter = meter.create_counter(
+            "user_login_total", description="Total number of user logins"
+        )
+        self.user_request_counter = meter.create_counter(
+            "user_request_total", description="Total number of user requests"
+        )
+
+    def track_user_login(self, user_id: str, email: str):
+        self.login_counter.add(
+            1, {"method": "regular", "user_id": user_id, "email": email}
+        )
+
+    def track_user_request(self, user_id: str):
+        self.user_request_counter.add(1, {"user_id": user_id})
+
+
+telemetry_metrics: Optional[TelemetryMetrics] = None
+
+
+def initialize_telemetry_metrics(meter):
+    global telemetry_metrics
+    telemetry_metrics = TelemetryMetrics(meter)
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
index eb6a238c8..144316e8a 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
-from opentelemetry import trace
+from open_webui.utils.telemetry.metrics import initialize_telemetry_metrics
+from opentelemetry import trace, metrics
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.metric_exporter import OTLPMetricExporter
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import (
+    PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
+)
 from sqlalchemy import Engine
 
 from open_webui.utils.telemetry.exporters import LazyBatchSpanProcessor
@@ -11,13 +17,26 @@ from open_webui.env import OTEL_SERVICE_NAME, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
 
 
 def setup(app: FastAPI, db_engine: Engine):
+    resource = Resource.create(attributes={SERVICE_NAME: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME})
+
     # set up trace
-    trace.set_tracer_provider(
-        TracerProvider(
-            resource=Resource.create(attributes={SERVICE_NAME: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME})
-        )
-    )
+    trace_provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
+    trace.set_tracer_provider(trace_provider)
     # otlp export
-    exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT)
-    trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(LazyBatchSpanProcessor(exporter))
+    span_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(
+        endpoint=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT, insecure=True
+    )
+    trace_provider.add_span_processor(LazyBatchSpanProcessor(span_exporter))
     Instrumentor(app=app, db_engine=db_engine).instrument()
+
+    # set up metrics
+    metric_exporter = OTLPMetricExporter(
+        endpoint=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT, insecure=True
+    )
+    reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(
+        exporter=metric_exporter, export_interval_millis=5000
+    )
+    meter_provider = MeterProvider(resource=resource, metric_readers=[reader])
+    metrics.set_meter_provider(meter_provider)
+    meter = metrics.get_meter(OTEL_SERVICE_NAME)
+    initialize_telemetry_metrics(meter)