diff --git a/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts b/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
index 524093437..480b1b8f7 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/controllers/result.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import {
   validateKeys,
 } from "../../anticheat/index";
 import MonkeyStatusCodes from "../../constants/monkey-status-codes";
-import { incrementResult } from "../../utils/prometheus";
+import {
+  incrementResult,
+  incrementDailyLeaderboard,
+} from "../../utils/prometheus";
 import * as George from "../../tasks/george";
 import { getDailyLeaderboard } from "../../utils/daily-leaderboards";
 
@@ -321,6 +324,7 @@ export async function addResult(
     (user.timeTyping ?? 0) > 7200;
 
   if (dailyLeaderboard && validResultCriteria) {
+    incrementDailyLeaderboard(result.mode, result.mode2, result.language);
     dailyLeaderboardRank = await dailyLeaderboard.addResult(
       {
         name: user.name,
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/prometheus.ts b/backend/src/utils/prometheus.ts
index b025e139f..e3d474026 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/prometheus.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/prometheus.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ const result = new Counter({
   ],
 });
 
+const dailyLb = new Counter({
+  name: "daily_leaderboard_update_total",
+  help: "Counts daily leaderboard updates",
+  labelNames: ["mode", "mode2", "language"],
+});
+
 const resultLanguage = new Counter({
   name: "result_language_total",
   help: "Counts result langauge",
@@ -145,6 +151,14 @@ export function incrementResult(
   resultDuration.observe(res.testDuration);
 }
 
+export function incrementDailyLeaderboard(
+  mode: string,
+  mode2: string,
+  language: string
+): void {
+  dailyLb.inc({ mode, mode2, language });
+}
+
 const clientVersionsCounter = new Counter({
   name: "api_client_versions",
   help: "Records frequency of client versions",