diff --git a/include/hepnos/Prefetcher.hpp b/include/hepnos/Prefetcher.hpp
index 33fc8b19569012817f2952d1cb536e3378b6ef41..4cedd79def5d229e29391cb2a72ee21e1f53b999 100644
--- a/include/hepnos/Prefetcher.hpp
+++ b/include/hepnos/Prefetcher.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <hepnos/Demangle.hpp>
 #include <hepnos/Prefetchable.hpp>
+#include <hepnos/Statistics.hpp>
 
 namespace hepnos {
 
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ class Run;
 class SubRun;
 class Event;
 
+struct PrefetcherStatistics {
+    Statistics<size_t,double> batch_sizes;
+    Statistics<size_t,double> product_sizes;
+    size_t                    product_cache_hit  = 0;
+    size_t                    product_cache_miss = 0;
+};
+
 /**
  * @brief The Prefetcher object will actively try to prefetch
  * items from the underlying DataStore when using iterators.
@@ -134,6 +142,20 @@ class Prefetcher {
         fetchProductImpl(label + "#" + demangle<V>(), fetch);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Activate statistics collection.
+     *
+     * @param activate Whether to activate statistics.
+     */
+    void activateStatistics(bool activate=true);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Collects the usage statistics.
+     *
+     * @param stats PrefetcherStatistics object to fill.
+     */
+    void collectStatistics(PrefetcherStatistics& stats) const;
+
     private:
 
     std::shared_ptr<PrefetcherImpl> m_impl;
diff --git a/src/Prefetcher.cpp b/src/Prefetcher.cpp
index 286ee45689581385454ce1e8d0f2b3bebc0fa02a..2c8317a2d0e294cff2dc8395f1b6078f0abde691 100644
--- a/src/Prefetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/Prefetcher.cpp
@@ -47,4 +47,17 @@ void Prefetcher::fetchProductImpl(const std::string& label, bool fetch=true) con
     }
 }
 
+void Prefetcher::activateStatistics(bool activate) {
+    if(activate) {
+        if(m_impl->m_stats) return;
+        m_impl->m_stats = std::make_unique<PrefetcherStatistics>();
+    } else {
+        m_impl->m_stats.reset();
+    }
+}
+
+void Prefetcher::collectStatistics(PrefetcherStatistics& stats) const {
+    m_impl->collectStatistics(stats);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/PrefetcherImpl.hpp b/src/PrefetcherImpl.hpp
index ba050b2e8b9b9dd531f01080432a629635c3be6a..e0ba0f5a59f5d86640b183178b2cbe5033d409a2 100644
--- a/src/PrefetcherImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/PrefetcherImpl.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class PrefetcherImpl {
         }
     };
 
+    mutable std::unique_ptr<PrefetcherStatistics> m_stats;
+    mutable tl::mutex                             m_stats_mtx;
+
     std::shared_ptr<DataStoreImpl>   m_datastore;
     unsigned int                     m_cache_size = 16;
     unsigned int                     m_batch_size = 1;
@@ -33,6 +36,16 @@ class PrefetcherImpl {
 
     virtual ~PrefetcherImpl() = default;
 
+    void update_batch_statistics(size_t batch_size) const {
+        if(!m_stats) return;
+        m_stats->batch_sizes.updateWith(batch_size);
+    }
+
+    void update_product_statistics(size_t psize) const {
+        if(!m_stats) return;
+        m_stats->product_sizes.updateWith(psize);
+    }
+
     virtual void fetchRequestedProducts(const std::shared_ptr<ItemImpl>& itemImpl) const = 0;
 
     virtual void prefetchFrom(const ItemType& item_type,
@@ -55,6 +68,12 @@ class PrefetcherImpl {
     virtual bool loadRawProduct(const ItemDescriptor& id,
                         const std::string& productName,
                         char* value, size_t* vsize) const = 0;
+
+    void collectStatistics(PrefetcherStatistics& stats) const {
+        std::unique_lock<tl::mutex> lock(m_stats_mtx);
+        if(m_stats)
+            stats = *m_stats;
+    }
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/SyncPrefetcherImpl.hpp b/src/SyncPrefetcherImpl.hpp
index 611eb9f0dde091ff56c2c1de38777c4adb017d8b..83d94748db679a119718239f8fce4c32c2f27f4a 100644
--- a/src/SyncPrefetcherImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/SyncPrefetcherImpl.hpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class SyncPrefetcherImpl : public PrefetcherImpl {
             std::string data;
             bool ok = m_datastore->loadRawProduct(product_id, data);
             if(ok) {
+                update_product_statistics(data.size());
                 m_product_cache[product_id.m_key] = std::move(data);
             }
         }
@@ -41,8 +42,10 @@ class SyncPrefetcherImpl : public PrefetcherImpl {
         while(m_item_cache.size() != m_cache_size) {
             std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ItemImpl>> items;
             size_t s = m_datastore->nextItems(item_type, prefix_type, last, items, m_batch_size, target);
-            if(s != 0)
+            if(s != 0) {
+                update_batch_statistics(s);
                 last = items[items.size()-1];
+            }
             for(auto& item : items) {
                 fetchRequestedProducts(item);
                 m_item_cache.insert(std::move(item));
@@ -85,8 +88,10 @@ class SyncPrefetcherImpl : public PrefetcherImpl {
         auto product_id = DataStoreImpl::buildProductID(id, productName);
         auto it = m_product_cache.find(product_id.m_key);
         if(it == m_product_cache.end()) {
+            m_stats->product_cache_miss += 1;
             return m_datastore->loadRawProduct(product_id, data);
         } else {
+            m_stats->product_cache_hit += 1;
             data = std::move(it->second);
             m_product_cache.erase(it);
             return true;
@@ -99,9 +104,11 @@ class SyncPrefetcherImpl : public PrefetcherImpl {
         auto product_id = DataStoreImpl::buildProductID(id, productName);
         auto it = m_product_cache.find(product_id.m_key);
         if(it == m_product_cache.end()) {
+            if(m_stats) m_stats->product_cache_miss += 1;
             return m_datastore->loadRawProduct(id, productName, value, vsize);
         } else {
             *vsize = it->second.size();
+            if(m_stats) m_stats->product_cache_hit += 1;
             std::memcpy(value, it->second.data(), *vsize);
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/src/WriteBatch.cpp b/src/WriteBatch.cpp
index bbd9025742ad4bd608ab15e3978ef451bcc29410..dfda501c9b053acebd6b7732659fdf055d2a82fb 100644
--- a/src/WriteBatch.cpp
+++ b/src/WriteBatch.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ void WriteBatch::flush() {
 }
 
 void WriteBatch::activateStatistics(bool activate) {
-    m_impl->m_stats_enabled = activate;
+    if(activate) {
+        if(m_impl->m_stats) return;
+        m_impl->m_stats = std::make_unique<WriteBatchStatistics>();
+    } else {
+        m_impl->m_stats.reset();
+    }
 }
 
 void WriteBatch::collectStatistics(WriteBatchStatistics& stats) const {
diff --git a/src/WriteBatchImpl.hpp b/src/WriteBatchImpl.hpp
index 354a91035de09487bc95ee89d616825ad484bc1c..8ef1fdb5684c9a0a1423c1e0d3e5cb6dc90ada1d 100644
--- a/src/WriteBatchImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/WriteBatchImpl.hpp
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ class WriteBatchImpl {
 
     typedef std::unordered_map<const sdskv::database*, keyvals> entries_type;
 
-    WriteBatchStatistics                  m_stats;
-    bool                                  m_stats_enabled;
+    std::unique_ptr<WriteBatchStatistics> m_stats;
     mutable tl::mutex                     m_stats_mtx;
 
     std::shared_ptr<DataStoreImpl>        m_datastore;
@@ -45,15 +44,15 @@ class WriteBatchImpl {
     bool                                  m_async_thread_should_stop = false;
 
     void update_keyval_statistics(size_t ksize, size_t vsize) {
-        if(!m_stats_enabled) return;
-        m_stats.key_sizes.updateWith(ksize);
+        if(!m_stats) return;
+        m_stats->key_sizes.updateWith(ksize);
         if(vsize)
-            m_stats.value_sizes.updateWith(vsize);
+            m_stats->value_sizes.updateWith(vsize);
     }
 
     void update_operation_statistics(size_t batch_size) {
-        if(!m_stats_enabled) return;
-        m_stats.batch_sizes.updateWith(batch_size);
+        if(!m_stats) return;
+        m_stats->batch_sizes.updateWith(batch_size);
     }
 
     static void writer_thread(WriteBatchImpl& wb,
@@ -229,7 +228,8 @@ class WriteBatchImpl {
 
     void collectStatistics(WriteBatchStatistics& stats) const {
         std::unique_lock<tl::mutex> lock(m_stats_mtx);
-        stats = m_stats;
+        if(m_stats)
+            stats = *m_stats;
     }
 };