diff --git a/pkg/topology/kademlia/kademlia.go b/pkg/topology/kademlia/kademlia.go
index 57c4c41a950..a4ca13bc216 100644
--- a/pkg/topology/kademlia/kademlia.go
+++ b/pkg/topology/kademlia/kademlia.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const (
 	defaultShortRetry                  = 10 * time.Second
 	defaultTimeToRetry                 = 2 * defaultShortRetry
 	defaultPruneWakeup                 = 5 * time.Minute
-	defaultBroadcastBinSize            = 2
+	defaultBroadcastBinSize            = 6
 )
 
 var (
@@ -1042,6 +1042,12 @@ func (k *Kad) Announce(ctx context.Context, peer swarm.Address, fullnode bool) e
 	depth := k.neighborhoodDepth()
 	isNeighbor := swarm.Proximity(peer.Bytes(), k.base.Bytes()) >= depth
 
+	if isNeighbor {
+		k.metrics.AnnounceIsNeighborTotal.WithLabelValues("true").Inc()
+	} else {
+		k.metrics.AnnounceIsNeighborTotal.WithLabelValues("false").Inc()
+	}
+
 outer:
 	for bin := range swarm.MaxBins {
 
@@ -1052,11 +1058,15 @@ outer:
 
 		if bin >= depth && isNeighbor {
 			connectedPeers = k.binPeers(bin, false) // broadcast all neighborhood peers
+			k.recordAnnounceBinSelection("full", len(connectedPeers), len(connectedPeers))
 		} else {
-			connectedPeers, err = randomSubset(k.binPeers(bin, true), k.opt.BroadcastBinSize)
+			binPeers := k.binPeers(bin, true)
+			connectedPeers, err = randomSubset(binPeers, k.opt.BroadcastBinSize)
 			if err != nil {
+				k.metrics.AnnounceErrorsTotal.WithLabelValues("random_subset").Inc()
 				return err
 			}
+			k.recordAnnounceBinSelection("subset", len(binPeers), len(connectedPeers))
 		}
 
 		for _, connectedPeer := range connectedPeers {
@@ -1101,8 +1111,11 @@ outer:
 	default:
 	}
 
+	k.metrics.AnnouncePeersSentToNewPeer.Observe(float64(len(addrs)))
+
 	err := k.discovery.BroadcastPeers(ctx, peer, addrs...)
 	if err != nil {
+		k.metrics.AnnounceErrorsTotal.WithLabelValues("broadcast_to_new").Inc()
 		k.logger.Error(err, "could not broadcast to peer", "peer_address", peer)
 		_ = k.p2p.Disconnect(peer, "failed broadcasting to peer")
 	}
@@ -1110,6 +1123,14 @@ outer:
 	return err
 }
 
+func (k *Kad) recordAnnounceBinSelection(mode string, available, selected int) {
+	if available == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	k.metrics.AnnounceBinPeersAvailable.WithLabelValues(mode).Observe(float64(available))
+	k.metrics.AnnounceBinPeersSelected.WithLabelValues(mode).Observe(float64(selected))
+}
+
 // AnnounceTo announces a selected peer to another.
 func (k *Kad) AnnounceTo(ctx context.Context, addressee, peer swarm.Address, fullnode bool) error {
 	if !fullnode {
diff --git a/pkg/topology/kademlia/metrics.go b/pkg/topology/kademlia/metrics.go
index 7fc9a53751e..60f17de3449 100644
--- a/pkg/topology/kademlia/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/topology/kademlia/metrics.go
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ type metrics struct {
 	Blocklist                             prometheus.Counter
 	ReachabilityStatus                    *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	PeersReachabilityStatus               *prometheus.GaugeVec
+
+	AnnounceIsNeighborTotal    *prometheus.CounterVec
+	AnnounceBinPeersAvailable  *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	AnnounceBinPeersSelected   *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	AnnouncePeersSentToNewPeer prometheus.Histogram
+	AnnounceErrorsTotal        *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
 // newMetrics is a convenient constructor for creating new metrics.
@@ -164,6 +170,51 @@ func newMetrics() metrics {
 			},
 			[]string{"peers_reachability_status"},
 		),
+		AnnounceIsNeighborTotal: prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Namespace: m.Namespace,
+				Subsystem: subsystem,
+				Name:      "announce_is_neighbor_total",
+				Help:      "Number of peer announce operations. The is_neighbor label is one of: true, false.",
+			},
+			[]string{"is_neighbor"},
+		),
+		AnnounceBinPeersAvailable: prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+			prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+				Namespace: m.Namespace,
+				Subsystem: subsystem,
+				Name:      "announce_bin_peers_available",
+				Help:      "Number of connected peers available in a bin before announce selection. The mode label is one of: full, subset.",
+				Buckets:   []float64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 25, 32},
+			},
+			[]string{"mode"},
+		),
+		AnnounceBinPeersSelected: prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+			prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+				Namespace: m.Namespace,
+				Subsystem: subsystem,
+				Name:      "announce_bin_peers_selected",
+				Help:      "Number of peers selected from a bin during announce. The mode label is one of: full, subset.",
+				Buckets:   []float64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 25, 32},
+			},
+			[]string{"mode"},
+		),
+		AnnouncePeersSentToNewPeer: prometheus.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: m.Namespace,
+			Subsystem: subsystem,
+			Name:      "announce_peers_sent_to_new_peer",
+			Help:      "Number of existing peers sent to a newly connected peer in a single announce.",
+			Buckets:   []float64{1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200},
+		}),
+		AnnounceErrorsTotal: prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+			prometheus.CounterOpts{
+				Namespace: m.Namespace,
+				Subsystem: subsystem,
+				Name:      "announce_errors_total",
+				Help:      "Number of announce errors. The reason label is one of: random_subset, broadcast_to_new.",
+			},
+			[]string{"reason"},
+		),
 	}
 }