diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/QueryInsightsService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/QueryInsightsService.java
index 150f5e3a..0c0ac411 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/QueryInsightsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/QueryInsightsService.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.rules.model.healthStats.QueryInsightsHealthStats;
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.rules.model.healthStats.TopQueriesHealthStats;
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.settings.QueryInsightsSettings;
+import org.opensearch.telemetry.metrics.Counter;
 import org.opensearch.telemetry.metrics.MetricsRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.Scheduler;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
@@ -122,13 +123,26 @@ public QueryInsightsService(
         this.queryInsightsExporterFactory = new QueryInsightsExporterFactory(client);
         this.queryInsightsReaderFactory = new QueryInsightsReaderFactory(client);
         this.namedXContentRegistry = namedXContentRegistry;
+
+        Counter topQueriesApiUsageCounter = metricsRegistry.createCounter(
+            "search.insights.top_queries.count",
+            "Counter for the number of API requests for Top N queries",
+            "number"
+        );
+
         // initialize top n queries services and configurations consumers
         topQueriesServices = new HashMap<>();
         for (MetricType metricType : MetricType.allMetricTypes()) {
             enableCollect.put(metricType, false);
             topQueriesServices.put(
                 metricType,
-                new TopQueriesService(metricType, threadPool, queryInsightsExporterFactory, queryInsightsReaderFactory)
+                new TopQueriesService(
+                    metricType,
+                    threadPool,
+                    queryInsightsExporterFactory,
+                    queryInsightsReaderFactory,
+                    topQueriesApiUsageCounter
+                )
             );
         }
         for (MetricType type : MetricType.allMetricTypes()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesService.java
index f601c58d..57b9a55e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesService.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.rules.model.SearchQueryRecord;
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.rules.model.healthStats.TopQueriesHealthStats;
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.settings.QueryInsightsSettings;
+import org.opensearch.telemetry.metrics.Counter;
+import org.opensearch.telemetry.metrics.tags.Tags;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
 /**
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@
  * with high latency or resource usage
  */
 public class TopQueriesService {
+    private static final String METRIC_TYPE_TAG = "metric_type";
+    private static final String GROUPBY_TAG = "groupby";
     /**
      * Logger of the local index exporter
      */
@@ -116,11 +120,14 @@ public class TopQueriesService {
 
     private QueryGrouper queryGrouper;
 
+    private final Counter topQueriesApiUsageCounter;
+
     TopQueriesService(
         final MetricType metricType,
         final ThreadPool threadPool,
         final QueryInsightsExporterFactory queryInsightsExporterFactory,
-        QueryInsightsReaderFactory queryInsightsReaderFactory
+        QueryInsightsReaderFactory queryInsightsReaderFactory,
+        Counter topQueriesApiUsageCounter
     ) {
         this.enabled = false;
         this.metricType = metricType;
@@ -142,6 +149,7 @@ public class TopQueriesService {
             topQueriesStore,
             topNSize
         );
+        this.topQueriesApiUsageCounter = topQueriesApiUsageCounter;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -344,6 +352,10 @@ public void validateExporterAndReaderConfig(Settings settings) {
      */
     public List<SearchQueryRecord> getTopQueriesRecords(final boolean includeLastWindow, final String from, final String to)
         throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        this.topQueriesApiUsageCounter.add(
+            1,
+            (Tags.create().addTag(METRIC_TYPE_TAG, this.metricType.name()).addTag(GROUPBY_TAG, this.queryGrouper.getGroupingType().name()))
+        );
         if (!enabled) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                 String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Cannot get top n queries for [%s] when it is not enabled.", metricType.toString())
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesServiceTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesServiceTests.java
index 5ec6f643..b86d2423 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesServiceTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugin/insights/core/service/TopQueriesServiceTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.rules.model.SearchQueryRecord;
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.rules.model.healthStats.TopQueriesHealthStats;
 import org.opensearch.plugin.insights.settings.QueryInsightsSettings;
+import org.opensearch.telemetry.metrics.Counter;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
@@ -34,10 +35,17 @@ public class TopQueriesServiceTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     private final ThreadPool threadPool = mock(ThreadPool.class);
     private final QueryInsightsExporterFactory queryInsightsExporterFactory = mock(QueryInsightsExporterFactory.class);
     private final QueryInsightsReaderFactory queryInsightsReaderFactory = mock(QueryInsightsReaderFactory.class);
+    private final Counter topQueriesApiUsageCounter = mock(Counter.class);
 
     @Before
     public void setup() {
-        topQueriesService = new TopQueriesService(MetricType.LATENCY, threadPool, queryInsightsExporterFactory, queryInsightsReaderFactory);
+        topQueriesService = new TopQueriesService(
+            MetricType.LATENCY,
+            threadPool,
+            queryInsightsExporterFactory,
+            queryInsightsReaderFactory,
+            topQueriesApiUsageCounter
+        );
         topQueriesService.setTopNSize(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         topQueriesService.setWindowSize(new TimeValue(Long.MAX_VALUE));
         topQueriesService.setEnabled(true);