diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f18e9e27..d3cd8fb0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -414,6 +414,24 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>AnalyticsMain</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>java</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <mainClass>net.openhft.chronicle.map.internal.AnalyticsMain</mainClass>
+                            <classpathScope>compile</classpathScope>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <profiles>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
index 044113c45..b8f366c5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChronicleMapBuilder.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.impl.BytesMarshallableReaderWrit
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.impl.MarshallableReaderWriter;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.impl.SerializationBuilder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.impl.TypedMarshallableReaderWriter;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.map.internal.AnalyticsHolder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.map.replication.MapRemoteOperations;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.set.ChronicleSetBuilder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.values.ValueModel;
@@ -1626,6 +1627,7 @@ public final class ChronicleMapBuilder<K, V> implements
     public ChronicleMap<K, V> recoverPersistedTo(@NotNull final File file,
                                                  final boolean sameBuilderConfigAndLibraryVersion,
                                                  @Nullable final ChronicleHashCorruption.Listener corruptionListener) throws IOException {
+        AnalyticsHolder.instance().sendEvent("recover");
         return clone().createWithFile(file, true, sameBuilderConfigAndLibraryVersion, corruptionListener);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
index 1a902bf33..7218aa6ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/VanillaChronicleMap.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.SizedReader;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization.impl.SerializationBuilder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.map.impl.*;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.map.impl.ret.InstanceReturnValue;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.map.internal.AnalyticsHolder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.set.ChronicleSet;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.WireIn;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.wire.WireOut;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -109,6 +112,13 @@ public class VanillaChronicleMap<K, V, R>
 
         initTransientsFromBuilder(builder);
         initTransients();
+
+        final Map<String, String> additionalEventParameters = new HashMap<>();
+        additionalEventParameters.put("key_type", keyClass.getTypeName());
+        additionalEventParameters.put("value_type", valueClass.getTypeName());
+        additionalEventParameters.put("entries", Long.toString(builder.entries()));
+
+        AnalyticsHolder.instance().sendEvent("started", additionalEventParameters);
     }
 
     public static long alignAddr(final long addr, final long alignment) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/AnalyticsHolder.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/AnalyticsHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9886dff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/AnalyticsHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package net.openhft.chronicle.map.internal;
+
+import net.openhft.chronicle.core.analytics.AnalyticsFacade;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.core.pom.PomProperties;
+
+public enum AnalyticsHolder {;
+
+    // Todo: VERSION is "unknown" for some reason
+    private static final String VERSION = PomProperties.version("net.openhft", "chronicle-map");
+
+    private static final AnalyticsFacade ANALYTICS = AnalyticsFacade.standardBuilder(
+            "G-TDTJG5CT6G",
+            "J8qsWGHgQP6CLs43mQ10KQ",
+            VERSION)
+            .withReportDespiteJUnit()
+            .build();
+
+    public static AnalyticsFacade instance() {
+        return ANALYTICS;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/AnalyticsMain.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/AnalyticsMain.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..647b57e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/AnalyticsMain.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package net.openhft.chronicle.map.internal;
+
+import net.openhft.chronicle.map.ChronicleMap;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.map.ChronicleMapBuilder;
+
+public final class AnalyticsMain {
+
+    public static final String BASE_MAP_NAME = "analytics_test_map";
+    public static final String MAP_NAME1 = BASE_MAP_NAME + "1";
+    public static final String MAP_NAME2 = BASE_MAP_NAME + "2";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Creating two maps and sending analytics...");
+        System.out.println("Currently, there is a limit of one message per h per JVM instance so only one analytics message will be sent upstream.");
+
+        try (ChronicleMap<CharSequence, CharSequence> m1 = createMap(CharSequence.class, CharSequence.class, MAP_NAME1)) {
+            try (ChronicleMap<Long, CharSequence> m2 = createMap(Long.class, CharSequence.class, MAP_NAME2)) {
+                m1.put("A", "1");
+                m2.put(2L, "Two");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("Completed successfully");
+        System.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    private static <K, V> ChronicleMap<K, V> createMap(Class<K> keyType, Class<V> valueType, String name) {
+        return ChronicleMapBuilder.of(keyType, valueType)
+                .name(name)
+                .averageKeySize(32)
+                .averageValueSize(32)
+                .entries(1_000)
+                .create();
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/package-info.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..856944f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/internal/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * This package and any and all sub-packages contains strictly internal classes for this Chronicle library.
+ * Internal classes shall <em>never</em> be used directly.
+ * <p>
+ *  Specifically, the following actions (including, but not limited to) are not allowed
+ *  on internal classes and packages:
+ *  <ul>
+ *      <li>Casting to</li>
+ *      <li>Reflection of any kind</li>
+ *      <li>Explicit Serialize/deserialize</li>
+ *  </ul>
+ * <p>
+ * The classes in this package and any sub-package are subject to
+ * changes at any time for any reason.
+ */
+package net.openhft.chronicle.map.internal;