diff --git a/core/src/cluster_info.rs b/core/src/cluster_info.rs
index 16f2f2426d69af..bd565e19ee32f0 100644
--- a/core/src/cluster_info.rs
+++ b/core/src/cluster_info.rs
@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@ impl ClusterInfo {
         thread_pool: &ThreadPool,
         recycler: &PacketsRecycler,
         response_sender: &PacketSender,
-        stakes: HashMap<Pubkey, u64>,
+        stakes: &HashMap<Pubkey, u64>,
         feature_set: Option<&FeatureSet>,
         epoch_time_ms: u64,
         should_check_duplicate_instance: bool,
@@ -2635,13 +2635,13 @@ impl ClusterInfo {
         self.stats
             .packets_received_prune_messages_count
             .add_relaxed(prune_messages.len() as u64);
-        let require_stake_for_gossip = self.require_stake_for_gossip(feature_set, &stakes);
+        let require_stake_for_gossip = self.require_stake_for_gossip(feature_set, stakes);
         if require_stake_for_gossip {
             for (_, data) in &mut pull_responses {
-                retain_staked(data, &stakes);
+                retain_staked(data, stakes);
             }
             for (_, data) in &mut push_messages {
-                retain_staked(data, &stakes);
+                retain_staked(data, stakes);
             }
             pull_responses.retain(|(_, data)| !data.is_empty());
             push_messages.retain(|(_, data)| !data.is_empty());
@@ -2652,18 +2652,18 @@ impl ClusterInfo {
             push_messages,
             thread_pool,
             recycler,
-            &stakes,
+            stakes,
             response_sender,
             require_stake_for_gossip,
         );
-        self.handle_batch_pull_responses(pull_responses, thread_pool, &stakes, epoch_time_ms);
-        self.trim_crds_table(CRDS_UNIQUE_PUBKEY_CAPACITY, &stakes);
+        self.handle_batch_pull_responses(pull_responses, thread_pool, stakes, epoch_time_ms);
+        self.trim_crds_table(CRDS_UNIQUE_PUBKEY_CAPACITY, stakes);
         self.handle_batch_pong_messages(pong_messages, Instant::now());
         self.handle_batch_pull_requests(
             pull_requests,
             thread_pool,
             recycler,
-            &stakes,
+            stakes,
             response_sender,
             require_stake_for_gossip,
         );
@@ -2682,6 +2682,7 @@ impl ClusterInfo {
         should_check_duplicate_instance: bool,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         const RECV_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
+        const SUBMIT_GOSSIP_STATS_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
         let packets: Vec<_> = requests_receiver.recv_timeout(RECV_TIMEOUT)?.packets.into();
         let mut packets = VecDeque::from(packets);
         while let Ok(packet) = requests_receiver.try_recv() {
@@ -2712,13 +2713,13 @@ impl ClusterInfo {
             thread_pool,
             recycler,
             response_sender,
-            stakes,
+            &stakes,
             feature_set.as_deref(),
             epoch_time_ms,
             should_check_duplicate_instance,
         )?;
-        if last_print.elapsed().as_millis() > 2000 {
-            submit_gossip_stats(&self.stats, &self.gossip);
+        if last_print.elapsed() > SUBMIT_GOSSIP_STATS_INTERVAL {
+            submit_gossip_stats(&self.stats, &self.gossip, &stakes);
             *last_print = Instant::now();
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/core/src/cluster_info_metrics.rs b/core/src/cluster_info_metrics.rs
index 1250824560502c..2bdb5e00c3be1d 100644
--- a/core/src/cluster_info_metrics.rs
+++ b/core/src/cluster_info_metrics.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use crate::crds_gossip::CrdsGossip;
 use solana_measure::measure::Measure;
+use solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey;
 use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
         RwLock,
@@ -116,15 +118,21 @@ pub(crate) struct GossipStats {
     pub(crate) tvu_peers: Counter,
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn submit_gossip_stats(stats: &GossipStats, gossip: &RwLock<CrdsGossip>) {
-    let (table_size, purged_values_size, failed_inserts_size) = {
+pub(crate) fn submit_gossip_stats(
+    stats: &GossipStats,
+    gossip: &RwLock<CrdsGossip>,
+    stakes: &HashMap<Pubkey, u64>,
+) {
+    let (table_size, num_nodes, purged_values_size, failed_inserts_size) = {
         let gossip = gossip.read().unwrap();
         (
             gossip.crds.len(),
+            gossip.crds.num_nodes(),
             gossip.pull.purged_values.len(),
             gossip.pull.failed_inserts.len(),
         )
     };
+    let num_nodes_staked = stakes.values().filter(|stake| **stake > 0).count();
     datapoint_info!(
         "cluster_info_stats",
         ("entrypoint", stats.entrypoint.clear(), i64),
@@ -142,6 +150,8 @@ pub(crate) fn submit_gossip_stats(stats: &GossipStats, gossip: &RwLock<CrdsGossi
         ("table_size", table_size as i64, i64),
         ("purged_values_size", purged_values_size as i64, i64),
         ("failed_inserts_size", failed_inserts_size as i64, i64),
+        ("num_nodes", num_nodes as i64, i64),
+        ("num_nodes_staked", num_nodes_staked as i64, i64),
     );
     datapoint_info!(
         "cluster_info_stats2",