diff --git a/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py b/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py
index 66165740b..718e339f5 100644
--- a/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py
+++ b/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import random
 from asyncio.protocols import DatagramProtocol
 from asyncio.transports import DatagramTransport
 
+from prometheus_client import Gauge
+
 from lbry.dht import constants
 from lbry.dht.serialization.bencoding import DecodeError
 from lbry.dht.serialization.datagram import decode_datagram, ErrorDatagram, ResponseDatagram, RequestDatagram
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ OLD_PROTOCOL_ERRORS = {
 
 
 class KademliaRPC:
+    stored_blobs_metric = Gauge(
+        "stored_blobs", "Number of blobs announced by other peers", namespace="dht_node",
+        labelnames=("scope",),
+    )
+
     def __init__(self, protocol: 'KademliaProtocol', loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, peer_port: int = 3333):
         self.protocol = protocol
         self.loop = loop
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ class KademliaRPC:
         self.protocol.data_store.add_peer_to_blob(
             rpc_contact, blob_hash
         )
+        self.stored_blobs_metric.labels("global").set(len(self.protocol.data_store))
         return b'OK'
 
     def find_node(self, rpc_contact: 'KademliaPeer', key: bytes) -> typing.List[typing.Tuple[bytes, str, int]]:
diff --git a/lbry/dht/protocol/routing_table.py b/lbry/dht/protocol/routing_table.py
index 4fea1266f..1dcfc9db0 100644
--- a/lbry/dht/protocol/routing_table.py
+++ b/lbry/dht/protocol/routing_table.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import logging
 import typing
 import itertools
 
+from prometheus_client import Gauge
+
 from lbry.dht import constants
 from lbry.dht.protocol.distance import Distance
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -13,8 +15,13 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class KBucket:
-    """ Description - later
     """
+    Kademlia K-bucket implementation.
+    """
+    peers_in_routing_table_metric = Gauge(
+        "peers_in_routing_table", "Number of peers on routing table", namespace="dht_node",
+        labelnames=("scope",)
+    )
 
     def __init__(self, peer_manager: 'PeerManager', range_min: int, range_max: int, node_id: bytes):
         """
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ class KBucket:
                     return True
         if len(self.peers) < constants.K:
             self.peers.append(peer)
+            self.peers_in_routing_table_metric.labels("global").inc()
             return True
         else:
             return False
@@ -124,6 +132,7 @@ class KBucket:
 
     def remove_peer(self, peer: 'KademliaPeer') -> None:
         self.peers.remove(peer)
+        self.peers_in_routing_table_metric.labels("global").dec()
 
     def key_in_range(self, key: bytes) -> bool:
         """ Tests whether the specified key (i.e. node ID) is in the range
@@ -162,6 +171,10 @@ class TreeRoutingTable:
     ping RPC-based k-bucket eviction algorithm described in section 2.2 of
     that paper.
     """
+    buckets_in_routing_table_metric = Gauge(
+        "buckets_in_routing_table", "Number of buckets on routing table", namespace="dht_node",
+        labelnames=("scope",)
+    )
 
     def __init__(self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, peer_manager: 'PeerManager', parent_node_id: bytes,
                  split_buckets_under_index: int = constants.SPLIT_BUCKETS_UNDER_INDEX):
@@ -279,6 +292,7 @@ class TreeRoutingTable:
         # ...and remove them from the old bucket
         for contact in new_bucket.peers:
             old_bucket.remove_peer(contact)
+        self.buckets_in_routing_table_metric.labels("global").set(len(self.buckets))
 
     def join_buckets(self):
         if len(self.buckets) == 1:
@@ -302,6 +316,7 @@ class TreeRoutingTable:
         elif can_go_higher:
             self.buckets[bucket_index_to_pop + 1].range_min = bucket.range_min
         self.buckets.remove(bucket)
+        self.buckets_in_routing_table_metric.labels("global").set(len(self.buckets))
         return self.join_buckets()
 
     def contact_in_routing_table(self, address_tuple: typing.Tuple[str, int]) -> bool:
diff --git a/scripts/dht_node.py b/scripts/dht_node.py
index 945b8988b..7343b0979 100644
--- a/scripts/dht_node.py
+++ b/scripts/dht_node.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os.path
 from io import StringIO
 from typing import Optional
 from aiohttp import web
-from prometheus_client import generate_latest as prom_generate_latest, Gauge
+from prometheus_client import generate_latest as prom_generate_latest
 
 from lbry.dht.constants import generate_id
 from lbry.dht.node import Node
@@ -16,18 +16,6 @@ from lbry.conf import Config
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-4s %(name)s:%(lineno)d: %(message)s")
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-BLOBS_STORED = Gauge(
-    "blobs_stored", "Number of blob info received", namespace="dht_node",
-    labelnames=("method",)
-)
-PEERS = Gauge(
-    "known_peers", "Number of peers on routing table", namespace="dht_node",
-    labelnames=("method",)
-)
-ESTIMATED_SIZE = Gauge(
-    "passively_estimated_network_size", "Estimated network size from routing table", namespace="dht_node",
-    labelnames=("method",)
-)
 
 
 class SimpleMetrics:
@@ -129,11 +117,6 @@ async def main(host: str, port: int, db_file_path: str, bootstrap_node: Optional
     log.info("Peer with id %s started", node_id.hex())
     while True:
         await asyncio.sleep(10)
-        PEERS.labels('main').set(len(node.protocol.routing_table.get_peers()))
-        peers = node.protocol.routing_table.get_peers()
-        close_ids = [peer for peer in peers if peer.node_id[0] == node.protocol.node_id[0]]
-        ESTIMATED_SIZE.labels('main').set(len(close_ids) * 256)
-        BLOBS_STORED.labels('main').set(len(node.protocol.data_store.get_storing_contacts()))
         log.info("Known peers: %d. Storing contact information for %d blobs from %d peers.",
                  len(node.protocol.routing_table.get_peers()), len(node.protocol.data_store),
                  len(node.protocol.data_store.get_storing_contacts()))