diff --git a/pkg/pyroscope/modules_experimental.go b/pkg/pyroscope/modules_experimental.go
index 705c25f833..45a92c429e 100644
--- a/pkg/pyroscope/modules_experimental.go
+++ b/pkg/pyroscope/modules_experimental.go
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
-	"github.com/grafana/dskit/middleware"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/netutil"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/ring"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/services"
@@ -221,6 +219,7 @@ func (f *Pyroscope) initSegmentWriterClient() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 		logger, f.reg,
 		f.segmentWriterRing,
 		placement,
+		grpc.WithStatsHandler(util.GrpcClientStatsHandler(f.reg)),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -309,6 +308,7 @@ func (f *Pyroscope) initMetastoreClient() (services.Service, error) {
 		f.logger,
 		f.Cfg.Metastore.GRPCClientConfig,
 		disc,
+		grpc.WithStatsHandler(util.GrpcClientStatsHandler(f.reg)),
 	)
 	return f.metastoreClient.Service(), nil
 }
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ func (f *Pyroscope) initQueryBackendClient() (services.Service, error) {
 		f.Cfg.QueryBackend.Address,
 		f.Cfg.QueryBackend.GRPCClientConfig,
 		f.Cfg.QueryBackend.ClientTimeout,
+		grpc.WithStatsHandler(util.GrpcClientStatsHandler(f.reg)),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -448,19 +449,7 @@ func (f *Pyroscope) initHealthServer() (services.Service, error) {
 }
 
 func (f *Pyroscope) grpcClientInterceptors() []grpc.UnaryClientInterceptor {
-	requestDuration := util.RegisterOrGet(f.reg, prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-		Namespace:                       "pyroscope",
-		Subsystem:                       "grpc_client",
-		Name:                            "request_duration_seconds",
-		Help:                            "Time (in seconds) spent waiting for gRPC response.",
-		Buckets:                         prometheus.DefBuckets,
-		NativeHistogramBucketFactor:     1.1,
-		NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber:  50,
-		NativeHistogramMinResetDuration: time.Hour,
-	}, []string{"method", "status_code"}))
-
 	return []grpc.UnaryClientInterceptor{
-		middleware.UnaryClientInstrumentInterceptor(requestDuration, middleware.ReportGRPCStatusOption),
 		otgrpc.OpenTracingClientInterceptor(opentracing.GlobalTracer()),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/grpc.go b/pkg/util/grpc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa28d54823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/grpc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/stats"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+)
+
+type grpcClientStatsKey struct{}
+
+func GrpcClientStatsHandler(reg prometheus.Registerer) stats.Handler {
+	return &statsHandler{
+		ElapsedDuration: RegisterOrGet(reg, prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace:                       "pyroscope",
+			Subsystem:                       "grpc_client",
+			Name:                            "request_duration_seconds",
+			Help:                            "Time (in seconds) required to send and recieve a gRPC request/response.",
+			Buckets:                         prometheus.DefBuckets,
+			NativeHistogramBucketFactor:     1.1,
+			NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber:  50,
+			NativeHistogramMinResetDuration: time.Hour,
+		}, []string{"method", "status_code"})),
+
+		RequestDecompressedBytes: RegisterOrGet(reg, prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: "pyroscope",
+			Subsystem: "grpc_client",
+			Name:      "request_body_bytes",
+			Help:      "Number of decompressed bytes in the request body.",
+		}, []string{"method"})),
+
+		ResponseDecompressedBytes: RegisterOrGet(reg, prometheus.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: "pyroscope",
+			Subsystem: "grpc_client",
+			Name:      "response_body_bytes",
+			Help:      "Number of decompressed bytes in the response body.",
+		}, []string{"method"})),
+	}
+}
+
+type statsHandler struct {
+	ElapsedDuration           *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	RequestDecompressedBytes  *prometheus.HistogramVec
+	ResponseDecompressedBytes *prometheus.HistogramVec
+}
+
+func (s *statsHandler) HandleConn(_ context.Context, _ stats.ConnStats) {}
+
+func (s *statsHandler) HandleRPC(ctx context.Context, rpcStats stats.RPCStats) {
+	if !rpcStats.IsClient() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	info, ok := ctx.Value(grpcClientStatsKey{}).(*stats.RPCTagInfo)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch msg := rpcStats.(type) {
+	case *stats.InPayload:
+		s.ResponseDecompressedBytes.With(prometheus.Labels{
+			"method": info.FullMethodName,
+		}).Observe(float64(msg.Length))
+
+	case *stats.OutPayload:
+		s.RequestDecompressedBytes.With(prometheus.Labels{
+			"method": info.FullMethodName,
+		}).Observe(float64(msg.Length))
+
+	case *stats.End:
+		statusCode, _ := status.FromError(msg.Error)
+
+		s.ElapsedDuration.With(prometheus.Labels{
+			"method":      info.FullMethodName,
+			"status_code": statusCode.Code().String(),
+		}).Observe(msg.EndTime.Sub(msg.BeginTime).Seconds())
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *statsHandler) TagConn(ctx context.Context, _ *stats.ConnTagInfo) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (s *statsHandler) TagRPC(ctx context.Context, info *stats.RPCTagInfo) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, grpcClientStatsKey{}, info)
+}