diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index 398052cb32..47e4225aa4 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use {
             ACCOUNTS_INDEX_CONFIG_FOR_TESTING,
         },
         accounts_update_notifier_interface::AccountsUpdateNotifier,
+        active_stats::{ActiveStatItem, ActiveStats},
         ancestors::Ancestors,
         append_vec::{AppendVec, StoredAccountMeta, StoredMeta, StoredMetaWriteVersion},
         cache_hash_data::CacheHashData,
@@ -1061,6 +1062,8 @@ pub struct AccountsDb {
     filler_account_count: usize,
     pub filler_account_suffix: Option<Pubkey>,
 
+    active_stats: ActiveStats,
+
     // # of passes should be a function of the total # of accounts that are active.
     // higher passes = slower total time, lower dynamic memory usage
     // lower passes = faster total time, higher dynamic memory usage
@@ -1555,6 +1558,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         Self::bins_per_pass(num_hash_scan_passes);
 
         AccountsDb {
+            active_stats: ActiveStats::default(),
             accounts_index,
             storage: AccountStorage::default(),
             accounts_cache: AccountsCache::default(),
@@ -2061,6 +2065,8 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         is_startup: bool,
         last_full_snapshot_slot: Option<Slot>,
     ) {
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::Clean);
+
         let mut measure_all = Measure::start("clean_accounts");
         let max_clean_root = self.max_clean_root(max_clean_root);
 
@@ -3011,6 +3017,8 @@ impl AccountsDb {
     }
 
     pub fn shrink_candidate_slots(&self) -> usize {
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::Shrink);
+
         let shrink_candidates_slots =
             std::mem::take(&mut *self.shrink_candidate_slots.lock().unwrap());
         let (shrink_slots, shrink_slots_next_batch) = {
@@ -3057,6 +3065,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
     }
 
     pub fn shrink_all_slots(&self, is_startup: bool, last_full_snapshot_slot: Option<Slot>) {
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::Shrink);
         const DIRTY_STORES_CLEANING_THRESHOLD: usize = 10_000;
         const OUTER_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 2000;
         if is_startup && self.caching_enabled {
@@ -4554,6 +4563,8 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         let mut account_bytes_saved = 0;
         let mut num_accounts_saved = 0;
 
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::Flush);
+
         // Note even if force_flush is false, we will still flush all roots <= the
         // given `requested_flush_root`, even if some of the later roots cannot be used for
         // cleaning due to an ongoing scan
@@ -5529,6 +5540,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         slots_per_epoch: Option<Slot>,
         is_startup: bool,
     ) -> Result<(Hash, u64), BankHashVerificationError> {
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::Hash);
         let (hash, total_lamports) = self.calculate_accounts_hash_helper(
             use_index,
             slot,
diff --git a/runtime/src/active_stats.rs b/runtime/src/active_stats.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adcf643ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/src/active_stats.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//! keep track of areas of the validator that are currently active
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
+/// counters of different areas of a validator which could be active
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct ActiveStats {
+    clean: AtomicUsize,
+    shrink: AtomicUsize,
+    hash: AtomicUsize,
+    flush: AtomicUsize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub enum ActiveStatItem {
+    Clean,
+    Shrink,
+    Hash,
+    Flush,
+}
+
+/// sole purpose is to handle 'drop' so that stat is decremented when self is dropped
+pub struct ActiveStatGuard<'a> {
+    stats: &'a ActiveStats,
+    item: ActiveStatItem,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Drop for ActiveStatGuard<'a> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.stats.update_and_log(self.item, |stat| {
+            stat.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed).wrapping_sub(1)
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+impl ActiveStats {
+    #[must_use]
+    /// create a stack object to set the state to increment stat initially and decrement on drop
+    pub fn activate(&self, stat: ActiveStatItem) -> ActiveStatGuard<'_> {
+        self.update_and_log(stat, |stat| {
+            stat.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed).wrapping_add(1)
+        });
+        ActiveStatGuard {
+            stats: self,
+            item: stat,
+        }
+    }
+    /// update and log the change to the specified 'item'
+    fn update_and_log(&self, item: ActiveStatItem, modify_stat: impl Fn(&AtomicUsize) -> usize) {
+        let stat = match item {
+            ActiveStatItem::Clean => &self.clean,
+            ActiveStatItem::Shrink => &self.shrink,
+            ActiveStatItem::Hash => &self.hash,
+            ActiveStatItem::Flush => &self.flush,
+        };
+        let value = modify_stat(stat);
+        match item {
+            ActiveStatItem::Clean => datapoint_info!("accounts_db_active", ("clean", value, i64)),
+            ActiveStatItem::Shrink => {
+                datapoint_info!("accounts_db_active", ("shrink", value, i64))
+            }
+            ActiveStatItem::Hash => datapoint_info!("accounts_db_active", ("hash", value, i64)),
+            ActiveStatItem::Flush => datapoint_info!("accounts_db_active", ("flush", value, i64)),
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/runtime/src/lib.rs b/runtime/src/lib.rs
index dd9d5df3d2..274b746fc6 100644
--- a/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod accounts_hash;
 pub mod accounts_index;
 pub mod accounts_index_storage;
 pub mod accounts_update_notifier_interface;
+mod active_stats;
 pub mod ancestors;
 pub mod append_vec;
 pub mod bank;