diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/kibana.json b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/kibana.json
index 9ddcaabdaed6b..f09fe0cc16a31 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/kibana.json
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/kibana.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   "server": false,
   "ui": true,
   "requiredPlugins": ["navigation", "data", "home"],
-  "optionalPlugins": ["newsfeed"],
+  "optionalPlugins": ["newsfeed", "usageCollection"],
   "requiredBundles": ["kibanaReact", "newsfeed"]
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/__snapshots__/add_data.test.tsx.snap b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/__snapshots__/add_data.test.tsx.snap
index 42623abd79ac0..25538d2eda287 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/__snapshots__/add_data.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/__snapshots__/add_data.test.tsx.snap
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ exports[`AddData render 1`] = `
           iconType="indexOpen"
           id="home_tutorial_directory"
           isBeta={false}
+          onClick={[Function]}
           title="Ingest data"
           url="/app/home#/tutorial_directory"
           wrapInPanel={true}
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ exports[`AddData render 1`] = `
           iconType="indexManagementApp"
           id="ingestManager"
           isBeta={false}
+          onClick={[Function]}
           title="Add Elastic Agent"
           url="/app/ingestManager"
           wrapInPanel={true}
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ exports[`AddData render 1`] = `
           iconType="document"
           id="ml_file_data_visualizer"
           isBeta={false}
+          onClick={[Function]}
           title="Upload a file"
           url="/app/ml#/filedatavisualizer"
           wrapInPanel={true}
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.test.tsx b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.test.tsx
index c04aa9db87ace..6b3aead0391fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.test.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ const mockFeatures = [
   },
 ];
 
+jest.mock('../../lib/ui_metric', () => ({
+  trackUiMetric: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
 const addBasePathMock = jest.fn((path: string) => (path ? path : 'path'));
 
 describe('AddData', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.tsx b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.tsx
index e29c2a08395cf..acb1cf726a28c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/add_data/add_data.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { RedirectAppLinks, useKibana } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/kiban
 import { FeatureCatalogueEntry } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/home/public';
 // @ts-expect-error untyped component
 import { Synopsis } from '../synopsis';
+import { METRIC_TYPE, trackUiMetric } from '../../lib/ui_metric';
 
 interface Props {
   addBasePath: (path: string) => string;
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ export const AddData: FC<Props> = ({ addBasePath, features }) => {
                 title={feature.title}
                 url={addBasePath(feature.path)}
                 wrapInPanel
+                onClick={() => {
+                  trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, `ingest_data_card_${feature.id}`);
+                }}
               />
             </RedirectAppLinks>
           </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/__snapshots__/manage_data.test.tsx.snap b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/__snapshots__/manage_data.test.tsx.snap
index 4be9e4df6b736..9abb7c9c12147 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/__snapshots__/manage_data.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/__snapshots__/manage_data.test.tsx.snap
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ exports[`ManageData render 1`] = `
             iconType="securityApp"
             id="security"
             isBeta={false}
+            onClick={[Function]}
             title="Protect your data"
             url="path-to-security-roles"
             wrapInPanel={true}
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ exports[`ManageData render 1`] = `
             iconType="monitoringApp"
             id="monitoring"
             isBeta={false}
+            onClick={[Function]}
             title="Monitor the stack"
             url="path-to-monitoring"
             wrapInPanel={true}
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ exports[`ManageData render 1`] = `
             iconType="storage"
             id="snapshot_restore"
             isBeta={false}
+            onClick={[Function]}
             title="Store & recover backups"
             url="path-to-snapshot-restore"
             wrapInPanel={true}
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ exports[`ManageData render 1`] = `
             iconType="indexSettings"
             id="index_lifecycle_management"
             isBeta={false}
+            onClick={[Function]}
             title="Manage index lifecycles"
             url="path-to-index-lifecycle-management"
             wrapInPanel={true}
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.test.tsx b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.test.tsx
index 69ef12f217738..e4298aeb191b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.test.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ const mockFeatures = [
   },
 ];
 
+jest.mock('../../lib/ui_metric', () => ({
+  trackUiMetric: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
 const addBasePathMock = jest.fn((path: string) => (path ? path : 'path'));
 
 describe('ManageData', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.tsx b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.tsx
index f7a40b9370efd..5ceff207b2809 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/manage_data/manage_data.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { RedirectAppLinks, useKibana } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/kiban
 import { FeatureCatalogueEntry } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/home/public';
 // @ts-expect-error untyped component
 import { Synopsis } from '../synopsis';
+import { METRIC_TYPE, trackUiMetric } from '../../lib/ui_metric';
 
 interface Props {
   addBasePath: (path: string) => string;
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ export const ManageData: FC<Props> = ({ addBasePath, features }) => {
                     title={feature.title}
                     url={addBasePath(feature.path)}
                     wrapInPanel
+                    onClick={() => {
+                      trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, `ingest_data_card_${feature.id}`);
+                    }}
                   />
                 </RedirectAppLinks>
               </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/__snapshots__/overview.test.tsx.snap b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/__snapshots__/overview.test.tsx.snap
index 028bf085c8c06..142fe37ae932f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/__snapshots__/overview.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/__snapshots__/overview.test.tsx.snap
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ exports[`Overview render 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_kibana_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Kibana"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ exports[`Overview render 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_solution_2_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Solution two"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ exports[`Overview render 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_solution_3_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Solution three"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@ exports[`Overview render 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_solution_4_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Solution four"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -358,6 +362,8 @@ exports[`Overview render 1`] = `
           ],
         }
       }
+      onChangeDefaultRoute={[Function]}
+      onSetDefaultRoute={[Function]}
       path="/app/kibana_overview"
     />
   </div>
@@ -624,6 +630,7 @@ exports[`Overview without features 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_kibana_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Kibana"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -649,6 +656,7 @@ exports[`Overview without features 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_solution_2_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Solution two"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -674,6 +682,7 @@ exports[`Overview without features 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_solution_3_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Solution three"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -699,6 +708,7 @@ exports[`Overview without features 1`] = `
                     />
                   }
                   image="/plugins/kibanaOverview/assets/solutions_solution_4_light_2x.png"
+                  onClick={[Function]}
                   title="Solution four"
                   titleElement="h3"
                   titleSize="xs"
@@ -834,6 +844,8 @@ exports[`Overview without features 1`] = `
           ],
         }
       }
+      onChangeDefaultRoute={[Function]}
+      onSetDefaultRoute={[Function]}
       path="/app/kibana_overview"
     />
   </div>
@@ -1215,6 +1227,8 @@ exports[`Overview without solutions 1`] = `
           ],
         }
       }
+      onChangeDefaultRoute={[Function]}
+      onSetDefaultRoute={[Function]}
       path="/app/kibana_overview"
     />
   </div>
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.test.tsx b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.test.tsx
index 07c3a6e69c15c..9748c60776330 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.test.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ jest.mock('../../../../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/public', () => ({
   OverviewPageHeader: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(<></>),
 }));
 
+jest.mock('../../lib/ui_metric', () => ({
+  trackUiMetric: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
 afterAll(() => jest.clearAllMocks());
 
 const mockNewsFetchResult = {
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.tsx b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.tsx
index c951c01aa361e..0a2bcda7ebb15 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/components/overview/overview.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { AddData } from '../add_data';
 import { GettingStarted } from '../getting_started';
 import { ManageData } from '../manage_data';
 import { NewsFeed } from '../news_feed';
+import { METRIC_TYPE, trackUiMetric } from '../../lib/ui_metric';
 
 const sortByOrder = (featureA: FeatureCatalogueEntry, featureB: FeatureCatalogueEntry) =>
   (featureA.order || Infinity) - (featureB.order || Infinity);
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ export const Overview: FC<Props> = ({ newsFetchResult, solutions, features }) =>
           <EuiCard
             description={app?.subtitle || ''}
             href={addBasePath(app.path)}
+            onClick={() => {
+              trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, `app_card_${appId}`);
+            }}
             image={addBasePath(
               `/plugins/${PLUGIN_ID}/assets/kibana_${appId}_${IS_DARK_THEME ? 'dark' : 'light'}.svg`
             )}
@@ -222,6 +226,9 @@ export const Overview: FC<Props> = ({ newsFetchResult, solutions, features }) =>
                               title={title}
                               titleElement="h3"
                               titleSize="xs"
+                              onClick={() => {
+                                trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, `solution_panel_${id}`);
+                              }}
                             />
                           </RedirectAppLinks>
                         </EuiFlexItem>
@@ -252,7 +259,16 @@ export const Overview: FC<Props> = ({ newsFetchResult, solutions, features }) =>
 
         <EuiHorizontalRule margin="xl" aria-hidden="true" />
 
-        <OverviewPageFooter addBasePath={addBasePath} path={PLUGIN_PATH} />
+        <OverviewPageFooter
+          addBasePath={addBasePath}
+          path={PLUGIN_PATH}
+          onSetDefaultRoute={() => {
+            trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, 'set_kibana_overview_as_default_route');
+          }}
+          onChangeDefaultRoute={() => {
+            trackUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, 'change_to_different_default_route');
+          }}
+        />
       </div>
     </main>
   );
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/lib/ui_metric.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/lib/ui_metric.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..09909c8c462d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/lib/ui_metric.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { UiCounterMetricType, METRIC_TYPE } from '@kbn/analytics';
+import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/public';
+
+export { METRIC_TYPE };
+
+export let reportUiCounter: UsageCollectionSetup['reportUiCounter'] | undefined;
+
+export function init(_reportUiCounter: UsageCollectionSetup['reportUiCounter']): void {
+  reportUiCounter = _reportUiCounter;
+}
+
+export function trackUiMetric(metricType: UiCounterMetricType, name: string | string[]) {
+  if (!reportUiCounter) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  reportUiCounter('kibana_overview', metricType, name);
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/plugin.ts
index 1139002dc19b6..a3a63304e6de5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/plugin.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   AppPluginStartDependencies,
 } from './types';
 import { PLUGIN_ID, PLUGIN_NAME, PLUGIN_PATH, PLUGIN_ICON } from '../common';
+import { init as initStatsReporter } from './lib/ui_metric';
 
 export class KibanaOverviewPlugin
   implements
@@ -47,8 +48,12 @@ export class KibanaOverviewPlugin
     > {
   public setup(
     core: CoreSetup<AppPluginStartDependencies>,
-    { home }: AppPluginSetupDependencies
+    { home, usageCollection }: AppPluginSetupDependencies
   ): KibanaOverviewPluginSetup {
+    if (usageCollection) {
+      initStatsReporter(usageCollection.reportUiCounter);
+    }
+
     const appUpdater$ = from(core.getStartServices()).pipe(
       switchMap(([coreDeps]) => coreDeps.chrome.navLinks.getNavLinks$()),
       map((navLinks) => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/types.ts
index 2f4cc18504181..147cea81f7df5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_overview/public/types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { HomePublicPluginSetup, HomePublicPluginStart } from 'src/plugins/home/p
 import { NavigationPublicPluginStart } from 'src/plugins/navigation/public';
 import { DataPublicPluginStart } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
 import { NewsfeedPublicPluginStart } from 'src/plugins/newsfeed/public';
+import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/public';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
 export interface KibanaOverviewPluginSetup {}
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export interface KibanaOverviewPluginStart {}
 
 export interface AppPluginSetupDependencies {
   home: HomePublicPluginSetup;
+  usageCollection?: UsageCollectionSetup;
 }
 
 export interface AppPluginStartDependencies {