diff --git a/server/Cargo.lock b/server/Cargo.lock
index 8d580d9..c79f12c 100755
--- a/server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/server/Cargo.lock
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prefixed-api-key",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "regex",
+ "reqwest",
  "rmp-serde",
  "rustyline",
  "serde",
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-tungstenite",
  "toml",
+ "url",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index bd6252e..f707ca7 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.12"
 prefixed-api-key = { git = "https://git.annaclemens.io/ascclemens/prefixed-api-key.git" }
 rand = "0.8"
 regex = "1"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 rmp-serde = "1"
 rustyline = { version = "9", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ sha3 = "0.10"
 sqlx = { version = "0.6", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite", "chrono"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.17"
 toml = "0.5"
+url = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 
 [dependencies.tokio]
diff --git a/server/src/influx.rs b/server/src/influx.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..872491e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/influx.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use chrono::Utc;
+use log::{debug, error};
+use reqwest::Client;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+
+use crate::{Config, State};
+
+pub fn spawn(config: &Config, state: Arc<RwLock<State>>) {
+    let influx = match &config.influx {
+        Some(i) => i,
+        None => return,
+    };
+
+    let mut url = match influx.url.join("/api/v2/write") {
+        Ok(url) => url,
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("Failed to parse influxdb url: {}", e);
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    url.query_pairs_mut()
+        .append_pair("org", &influx.org)
+        .append_pair("bucket", &influx.bucket);
+
+    let influx_token = influx.token.clone();
+
+    tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+        let mut last_messages = 0;
+
+        let client = Client::new();
+
+        loop {
+            let messages = state.read().await.messages_sent.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+            let diff = messages - last_messages;
+            last_messages = messages;
+
+            let clients = state.read().await.clients.len();
+
+            let timestamp = Utc::now().timestamp_nanos();
+
+            let line_format = format!(
+                "logged_in value={logged_in}u {timestamp}\nmessages_this_instance value={messages_this_instance}u {timestamp}\nmessages_new value={messages_new}u {timestamp}\n",
+                logged_in = clients,
+                messages_this_instance = messages,
+                messages_new = diff,
+                timestamp = timestamp,
+            );
+
+            debug!("line_format: {}", line_format);
+
+            let res = client.post(url.clone())
+                .header("Authorization", format!("Token {}", influx_token))
+                .body(line_format)
+                .send()
+                .await
+                .and_then(|resp| resp.error_for_status());
+
+            if let Err(e) = res {
+                error!("failed to send to influxdb: {}", e);
+            } else {
+                debug!("sent to influxdb");
+            }
+
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index bfb9a3f..06f0729 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub mod handlers;
 pub mod util;
 pub mod updater;
 pub mod logging;
+pub mod influx;
 
 pub type WsStream = WebSocketStream<TcpStream>;
 
@@ -188,17 +189,28 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     {
         let state = Arc::clone(&state);
         tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+            let mut last_messages = 0;
+
             loop {
+                let messages = state.read().await.messages_sent.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+                let diff = messages - last_messages;
+                last_messages = messages;
+
+                let clients = state.read().await.clients.len();
+
                 info!(
-                    "Clients: {}, messages sent: {}",
-                    state.read().await.clients.len(),
-                    state.read().await.messages_sent.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
+                    "Clients: {}, messages sent: {} (+{})",
+                    clients,
+                    messages,
+                    diff,
                 );
                 tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
             }
         });
     }
 
+    influx::spawn(&config, Arc::clone(&state));
+
     updater::spawn(Arc::clone(&state));
 
     loop {
diff --git a/server/src/types/config.rs b/server/src/types/config.rs
index 8277995..4703d97 100644
--- a/server/src/types/config.rs
+++ b/server/src/types/config.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use url::Url;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub server: Server,
     pub database: Database,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub influx: Option<Influx>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -15,3 +18,11 @@ pub struct Server {
 pub struct Database {
     pub path: String,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Influx {
+    pub url: Url,
+    pub org: String,
+    pub bucket: String,
+    pub token: String,
+}