diff --git a/server/src/app.module.ts b/server/src/app.module.ts
index 8d261463e7..a1cd1edfdf 100644
--- a/server/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/app.module.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ConfigRepository } from 'src/repositories/config.repository';
 import { EventRepository } from 'src/repositories/event.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 import { teardownTelemetry, TelemetryRepository } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
+import { UserRepository } from 'src/repositories/user.repository';
 import { services } from 'src/services';
 import { AuthService } from 'src/services/auth.service';
 import { CliService } from 'src/services/cli.service';
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ class BaseModule implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     private jobService: JobService,
     private telemetryRepository: TelemetryRepository,
     private authService: AuthService,
+    private userRepository: UserRepository,
   ) {
     logger.setAppName(this.worker);
   }
diff --git a/server/src/queries/user.repository.sql b/server/src/queries/user.repository.sql
index 6a02654781..c5a4f139a7 100644
--- a/server/src/queries/user.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/user.repository.sql
@@ -363,6 +363,14 @@ group by
 order by
   "user"."createdAt" asc
 
+-- UserRepository.getCount
+select
+  count(*) as "count"
+from
+  "user"
+where
+  "user"."deletedAt" is null
+
 -- UserRepository.updateUsage
 update "user"
 set
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/user.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/user.repository.ts
index 44f4a2bb9c..20b41c80f8 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/user.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/user.repository.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,16 @@ export class UserRepository {
       .execute();
   }
 
+  @GenerateSql()
+  async getCount(): Promise<number> {
+    const result = await this.db
+      .selectFrom('user')
+      .select((eb) => eb.fn.countAll().as('count'))
+      .where('user.deletedAt', 'is', null)
+      .executeTakeFirstOrThrow();
+    return Number(result.count);
+  }
+
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.NUMBER] })
   async updateUsage(id: string, delta: number): Promise<void> {
     await this.db
diff --git a/server/src/services/base.service.ts b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
index 2f0e272883..6b85c3ec6c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/base.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/base.service.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ export class BaseService {
       payload.storageLabel = sanitize(payload.storageLabel.replaceAll('.', ''));
     }
 
+    this.telemetryRepository.api.addToGauge(`immich.users.total`, 1);
     return this.userRepository.create(payload);
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/services/user-admin.service.ts b/server/src/services/user-admin.service.ts
index ce70419ff6..a57072e496 100644
--- a/server/src/services/user-admin.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/user-admin.service.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export class UserAdminService extends BaseService {
 
     const status = force ? UserStatus.Removing : UserStatus.Deleted;
     const user = await this.userRepository.update(id, { status, deletedAt: new Date() });
+    this.telemetryRepository.api.addToGauge(`immich.users.total`, -1);
 
     if (force) {
       await this.jobRepository.queue({ name: JobName.UserDelete, data: { id: user.id, force } });
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ export class UserAdminService extends BaseService {
     await this.findOrFail(id, { withDeleted: true });
     await this.albumRepository.restoreAll(id);
     const user = await this.userRepository.restore(id);
+    this.telemetryRepository.api.addToGauge('immich.users.total', 1);
     return mapUserAdmin(user);
   }
 
diff --git a/server/src/services/user.service.ts b/server/src/services/user.service.ts
index 6849b17ac3..fc71777673 100644
--- a/server/src/services/user.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/user.service.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import { Updateable } from 'kysely';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { SALT_ROUNDS } from 'src/constants';
 import { StorageCore } from 'src/cores/storage.core';
-import { OnJob } from 'src/decorators';
+import { OnEvent, OnJob } from 'src/decorators';
 import { AuthDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
 import { LicenseKeyDto, LicenseResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/license.dto';
 import { OnboardingDto, OnboardingResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/onboarding.dto';
 import { UserPreferencesResponseDto, UserPreferencesUpdateDto, mapPreferences } from 'src/dtos/user-preferences.dto';
 import { CreateProfileImageResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/user-profile.dto';
 import { UserAdminResponseDto, UserResponseDto, UserUpdateMeDto, mapUser, mapUserAdmin } from 'src/dtos/user.dto';
-import { CacheControl, JobName, JobStatus, QueueName, StorageFolder, UserMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
+import { CacheControl, ImmichWorker, JobName, JobStatus, QueueName, StorageFolder, UserMetadataKey } from 'src/enum';
 import { UserFindOptions } from 'src/repositories/user.repository';
 import { UserTable } from 'src/schema/tables/user.table';
 import { BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ export class UserService extends BaseService {
     };
   }
 
+  @OnEvent({ name: 'AppBootstrap', workers: [ImmichWorker.Api] })
+  async onBootstrap(): Promise<void> {
+    const userCount = await this.userRepository.getCount();
+    this.telemetryRepository.api.addToGauge('immich.users.total', userCount);
+  }
+
   @OnJob({ name: JobName.UserSyncUsage, queue: QueueName.BackgroundTask })
   async handleUserSyncUsage(): Promise<JobStatus> {
     await this.userRepository.syncUsage();
diff --git a/server/test/medium.factory.ts b/server/test/medium.factory.ts
index a169d96322..c7356e2f1b 100644
--- a/server/test/medium.factory.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium.factory.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { StorageRepository } from 'src/repositories/storage.repository';
 import { SyncCheckpointRepository } from 'src/repositories/sync-checkpoint.repository';
 import { SyncRepository } from 'src/repositories/sync.repository';
 import { SystemMetadataRepository } from 'src/repositories/system-metadata.repository';
+import { TelemetryRepository } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
 import { UserRepository } from 'src/repositories/user.repository';
 import { VersionHistoryRepository } from 'src/repositories/version-history.repository';
 import { DB } from 'src/schema';
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ import { StackTable } from 'src/schema/tables/stack.table';
 import { UserTable } from 'src/schema/tables/user.table';
 import { BASE_SERVICE_DEPENDENCIES, BaseService } from 'src/services/base.service';
 import { SyncService } from 'src/services/sync.service';
+import { newTelemetryRepositoryMock } from 'test/repositories/telemetry.repository.mock';
 import { factory, newDate, newEmbedding, newUuid } from 'test/small.factory';
 import { automock, wait } from 'test/utils';
 import { Mocked } from 'vitest';
@@ -347,6 +349,10 @@ const newMockRepository = <T>(key: ClassConstructor<T>) => {
       return automock(key);
     }
 
+    case TelemetryRepository: {
+      return newTelemetryRepositoryMock();
+    }
+
     case DatabaseRepository: {
       return automock(DatabaseRepository, {
         args: [undefined, { setContext: () => {} }, { getEnv: () => ({ database: { vectorExtension: '' } }) }],
diff --git a/server/test/medium/specs/services/auth.service.spec.ts b/server/test/medium/specs/services/auth.service.spec.ts
index 14ea1451f2..60d3210f4c 100644
--- a/server/test/medium/specs/services/auth.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium/specs/services/auth.service.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 import { SessionRepository } from 'src/repositories/session.repository';
 import { StorageRepository } from 'src/repositories/storage.repository';
 import { SystemMetadataRepository } from 'src/repositories/system-metadata.repository';
+import { TelemetryRepository } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
 import { UserRepository } from 'src/repositories/user.repository';
 import { DB } from 'src/schema';
 import { AuthService } from 'src/services/auth.service';
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ const setup = (db?: Kysely<DB>) => {
       SystemMetadataRepository,
       UserRepository,
     ],
-    mock: [LoggingRepository, StorageRepository, EventRepository],
+    mock: [LoggingRepository, StorageRepository, EventRepository, TelemetryRepository],
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/server/test/medium/specs/services/user.service.spec.ts b/server/test/medium/specs/services/user.service.spec.ts
index 7643be292e..0d72d39950 100644
--- a/server/test/medium/specs/services/user.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium/specs/services/user.service.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { CryptoRepository } from 'src/repositories/crypto.repository';
 import { JobRepository } from 'src/repositories/job.repository';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 import { SystemMetadataRepository } from 'src/repositories/system-metadata.repository';
+import { TelemetryRepository } from 'src/repositories/telemetry.repository';
 import { UserRepository } from 'src/repositories/user.repository';
 import { DB } from 'src/schema';
 import { UserService } from 'src/services/user.service';
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ const setup = (db?: Kysely<DB>) => {
   return newMediumService(UserService, {
     database: db || defaultDatabase,
     real: [CryptoRepository, ConfigRepository, SystemMetadataRepository, UserRepository],
-    mock: [LoggingRepository, JobRepository],
+    mock: [LoggingRepository, JobRepository, TelemetryRepository],
   });
 };