diff --git a/lbry/dht/blob_announcer.py b/lbry/dht/blob_announcer.py
index 5d977aff4..24cf18bbe 100644
--- a/lbry/dht/blob_announcer.py
+++ b/lbry/dht/blob_announcer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import asyncio
 import typing
 import logging
+
+from prometheus_client import Counter, Gauge
+
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from lbry.dht.node import Node
     from lbry.extras.daemon.storage import SQLiteStorage
@@ -9,6 +12,15 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class BlobAnnouncer:
+    announcements_sent_metric = Counter(
+        "announcements_sent", "Number of announcements sent and their respective status.", namespace="dht_node",
+        labelnames=("peers", "error"),
+    )
+    announcement_queue_size_metric = Gauge(
+        "announcement_queue_size", "Number of hashes waiting to be announced.", namespace="dht_node",
+        labelnames=("scope",)
+    )
+
     def __init__(self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, node: 'Node', storage: 'SQLiteStorage'):
         self.loop = loop
         self.node = node
@@ -18,12 +30,15 @@ class BlobAnnouncer:
 
     async def _submit_announcement(self, blob_hash):
         try:
+
             peers = len(await self.node.announce_blob(blob_hash))
+            self.announcements_sent_metric.labels(peers=peers, error=False).inc()
             if peers > 4:
                 return blob_hash
             else:
                 log.debug("failed to announce %s, could only find %d peers, retrying soon.", blob_hash[:8], peers)
         except Exception as err:
+            self.announcements_sent_metric.labels(peers=0, error=True).inc()
             if isinstance(err, asyncio.CancelledError):  # TODO: remove when updated to 3.8
                 raise err
             log.warning("error announcing %s: %s", blob_hash[:8], str(err))
@@ -37,6 +52,7 @@ class BlobAnnouncer:
                 log.warning("No peers in DHT, announce round skipped")
                 continue
             self.announce_queue.extend(await self.storage.get_blobs_to_announce())
+            self.announcement_queue_size_metric.labels(scope="global").set(len(self.announce_queue))
             log.debug("announcer task wake up, %d blobs to announce", len(self.announce_queue))
             while len(self.announce_queue) > 0:
                 log.info("%i blobs to announce", len(self.announce_queue))