diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20230809-094834.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20230809-094834.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64883952ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Under the Hood-20230809-094834.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Under the Hood
+body: add tracking for plugin.get_nodes calls
+time: 2023-08-09T09:48:34.819445-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: michelleark
+  Issue: "8344"
diff --git a/core/dbt/plugins/manager.py b/core/dbt/plugins/manager.py
index b51abc467a3..df6c455528a 100644
--- a/core/dbt/plugins/manager.py
+++ b/core/dbt/plugins/manager.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from dbt.exceptions import DbtRuntimeError
 from dbt.plugins.contracts import PluginArtifacts
 from dbt.plugins.manifest import PluginNodes
+import dbt.tracking
 
 
 def dbt_hook(func):
@@ -119,5 +120,14 @@ def get_nodes(self) -> PluginNodes:
         all_plugin_nodes = PluginNodes()
         for hook_method in self.hooks.get("get_nodes", []):
             plugin_nodes = hook_method()
+            dbt.tracking.track_plugin_get_nodes(
+                {
+                    "plugin_name": hook_method.__self__.name,  # type: ignore
+                    "num_model_nodes": len(plugin_nodes.models),
+                    "num_model_packages": len(
+                        {model.package_name for model in plugin_nodes.models.values()}
+                    ),
+                }
+            )
             all_plugin_nodes.update(plugin_nodes)
         return all_plugin_nodes
diff --git a/core/dbt/tracking.py b/core/dbt/tracking.py
index f306d9f0b00..f7c0a2a7d19 100644
--- a/core/dbt/tracking.py
+++ b/core/dbt/tracking.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 RPC_REQUEST_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/rpc_request/jsonschema/1-0-1"
 RUNNABLE_TIMING = "iglu:com.dbt/runnable/jsonschema/1-0-0"
 RUN_MODEL_SPEC = "iglu:com.dbt/run_model/jsonschema/1-0-3"
+PLUGIN_GET_NODES = "iglu:com.dbt/plugin_get_nodes/jsonschema/1-0-0"
 
 
 class TimeoutEmitter(Emitter):
@@ -409,6 +410,19 @@ def track_partial_parser(options):
     )
 
 
+def track_plugin_get_nodes(options):
+    context = [SelfDescribingJson(PLUGIN_GET_NODES, options)]
+    assert active_user is not None, "Cannot track plugin node info when active user is None"
+
+    track(
+        active_user,
+        category="dbt",
+        action="plugin_get_nodes",
+        label=get_invocation_id(),
+        context=context,
+    )
+
+
 def track_runnable_timing(options):
     context = [SelfDescribingJson(RUNNABLE_TIMING, options)]
     assert active_user is not None, "Cannot track runnable info when active user is None"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_plugin_manager.py b/tests/unit/test_plugin_manager.py
index fc0f1c339ca..4cfe01d0dfc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_plugin_manager.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_plugin_manager.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+from unittest import mock
 
 from dbt.exceptions import DbtRuntimeError
 from dbt.plugins import PluginManager, dbtPlugin, dbt_hook
@@ -92,10 +93,21 @@ def test_plugin_manager_init_multiple_hooks(self, get_nodes_plugin, get_artifact
         assert len(pm.hooks["get_manifest_artifacts"]) == 1
         assert pm.hooks["get_manifest_artifacts"][0] == get_artifacts_plugin.get_manifest_artifacts
 
-    def test_get_nodes(self, get_nodes_plugins):
+    @mock.patch("dbt.tracking")
+    def test_get_nodes(self, tracking, get_nodes_plugins):
+        tracking.active_user = mock.Mock()
         pm = PluginManager(plugins=get_nodes_plugins)
+
         nodes = pm.get_nodes()
+
         assert len(nodes.models) == 2
+        assert tracking.track_plugin_get_nodes.called_once_with(
+            {
+                "plugin_name": get_nodes_plugins[0].name,
+                "num_model_nodes": 2,
+                "num_model_packages": 1,
+            }
+        )
 
     def test_get_manifest_artifact(self, get_artifacts_plugins):
         pm = PluginManager(plugins=get_artifacts_plugins)