diff --git a/protocol/lavasession/consumer_session_manager.go b/protocol/lavasession/consumer_session_manager.go
index 744f33bd74..30c83c6c5f 100644
--- a/protocol/lavasession/consumer_session_manager.go
+++ b/protocol/lavasession/consumer_session_manager.go
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ func (csm *ConsumerSessionManager) getValidProviderAddresses(ignoredProvidersLis
 		providers = csm.getTopTenProvidersForStatefulCalls(validAddresses, ignoredProvidersList)
 	} else {
 		providers = csm.providerOptimizer.ChooseProvider(validAddresses, ignoredProvidersList, cu, requestedBlock, OptimizerPerturbation)
+		for _, chosenProvider := range providers {
+			go csm.consumerMetricsManager.UpdateProviderChosenByOptimizerCount(csm.rpcEndpoint.ChainID, csm.rpcEndpoint.ApiInterface, chosenProvider, csm.currentEpoch)
+		}
 	}
 
 	utils.LavaFormatTrace("Choosing providers",
diff --git a/protocol/metrics/consumer_metrics_manager.go b/protocol/metrics/consumer_metrics_manager.go
index ef43923ba8..3ce6e3ddb7 100644
--- a/protocol/metrics/consumer_metrics_manager.go
+++ b/protocol/metrics/consumer_metrics_manager.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type ConsumerMetricsManager struct {
 	relayProcessingLatencyBeforeProvider        *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	relayProcessingLatencyAfterProvider         *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	averageProcessingLatency                    map[string]*LatencyTracker
+	providerChosenByOptimizerCount              *prometheus.GaugeVec
 }
 
 type ConsumerMetricsManagerOptions struct {
@@ -175,6 +176,11 @@ func NewConsumerMetricsManager(options ConsumerMetricsManagerOptions) *ConsumerM
 		Help: "average latency of processing a successful relay after it is received from the provider in µs (10^6)",
 	}, []string{"spec", "apiInterface"})
 
+	providerChosenByOptimizerCount := prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: "lava_consumer_provider_chosen_by_optimizer_count",
+		Help: "The total number of times a provider was chosen by the optimizer",
+	}, []string{"spec", "apiInterface", "provider_address", "epoch"})
+
 	// Register the metrics with the Prometheus registry.
 	prometheus.MustRegister(totalCURequestedMetric)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(totalRelaysRequestedMetric)
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ func NewConsumerMetricsManager(options ConsumerMetricsManagerOptions) *ConsumerM
 	prometheus.MustRegister(totalNodeErroredRecoveryAttemptsMetric)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(relayProcessingLatencyBeforeProvider)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(relayProcessingLatencyAfterProvider)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(providerChosenByOptimizerCount)
 
 	consumerMetricsManager := &ConsumerMetricsManager{
 		totalCURequestedMetric:                      totalCURequestedMetric,
@@ -225,6 +232,7 @@ func NewConsumerMetricsManager(options ConsumerMetricsManagerOptions) *ConsumerM
 		relayProcessingLatencyBeforeProvider:        relayProcessingLatencyBeforeProvider,
 		relayProcessingLatencyAfterProvider:         relayProcessingLatencyAfterProvider,
 		averageProcessingLatency:                    map[string]*LatencyTracker{},
+		providerChosenByOptimizerCount:              providerChosenByOptimizerCount,
 	}
 
 	http.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.Handler())
@@ -442,6 +450,7 @@ func (pme *ConsumerMetricsManager) ResetSessionRelatedMetrics() {
 	pme.qosMetric.Reset()
 	pme.qosExcellenceMetric.Reset()
 	pme.providerRelays = map[string]uint64{}
+	pme.providerChosenByOptimizerCount.Reset()
 }
 
 func (pme *ConsumerMetricsManager) SetVersion(version string) {
@@ -451,6 +460,13 @@ func (pme *ConsumerMetricsManager) SetVersion(version string) {
 	SetVersionInner(pme.protocolVersionMetric, version)
 }
 
+func (pme *ConsumerMetricsManager) UpdateProviderChosenByOptimizerCount(chainId string, apiInterface string, providerAddress string, epoch uint64) {
+	if pme == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	pme.providerChosenByOptimizerCount.WithLabelValues(chainId, apiInterface, providerAddress, strconv.FormatUint(epoch, 10)).Inc()
+}
+
 func SetVersionInner(protocolVersionMetric *prometheus.GaugeVec, version string) {
 	var major, minor, patch int
 	_, err := fmt.Sscanf(version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &patch)