diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs b/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs
index 4333cf1408..bda5f84c76 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/metrics.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ pub struct SessionManagerMetrics {
     pub(crate) total_dial_successes: Counter,
     /// Number of dropped outgoing peer messages.
     pub(crate) total_outgoing_peer_messages_dropped: Counter,
+    /// Number of queued outgoing messages
+    pub(crate) queued_outgoing_messages: Gauge,
 }
 
 /// Metrics for the [`TransactionsManager`](crate::transactions::TransactionsManager).
diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/session/active.rs b/crates/net/network/src/session/active.rs
index e83f5d9f12..10048823c5 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/session/active.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/session/active.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use futures::{stream::Fuse, SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use metrics::Gauge;
 use reth_eth_wire::{
     errors::{EthHandshakeError, EthStreamError, P2PStreamError},
     message::{EthBroadcastMessage, RequestPair},
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ActiveSession {
     /// All requests that were sent by the remote peer and we're waiting on an internal response
     pub(crate) received_requests_from_remote: Vec<ReceivedRequest>,
     /// Buffered messages that should be handled and sent to the peer.
-    pub(crate) queued_outgoing: VecDeque<OutgoingMessage>,
+    pub(crate) queued_outgoing: QueuedOutgoingMessages,
     /// The maximum time we wait for a response from a peer.
     pub(crate) internal_request_timeout: Arc<AtomicU64>,
     /// Interval when to check for timed out requests.
@@ -757,6 +758,32 @@ fn calculate_new_timeout(current_timeout: Duration, estimated_rtt: Duration) ->
 
     smoothened_timeout.clamp(MINIMUM_TIMEOUT, MAXIMUM_TIMEOUT)
 }
+
+/// A helper struct that wraps the queue of outgoing messages and a metric to track their count
+pub(crate) struct QueuedOutgoingMessages {
+    messages: VecDeque<OutgoingMessage>,
+    count: Gauge,
+}
+
+impl QueuedOutgoingMessages {
+    pub(crate) const fn new(metric: Gauge) -> Self {
+        Self { messages: VecDeque::new(), count: metric }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn push_back(&mut self, message: OutgoingMessage) {
+        self.messages.push_back(message);
+        self.count.increment(1);
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn pop_front(&mut self) -> Option<OutgoingMessage> {
+        self.messages.pop_front().inspect(|_| self.count.decrement(1))
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn shrink_to_fit(&mut self) {
+        self.messages.shrink_to_fit();
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -882,7 +909,7 @@ mod tests {
                         internal_request_tx: ReceiverStream::new(messages_rx).fuse(),
                         inflight_requests: Default::default(),
                         conn,
-                        queued_outgoing: Default::default(),
+                        queued_outgoing: QueuedOutgoingMessages::new(Gauge::noop()),
                         received_requests_from_remote: Default::default(),
                         internal_request_timeout_interval: tokio::time::interval(
                             INITIAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/session/mod.rs b/crates/net/network/src/session/mod.rs
index 3522aa6a75..712f076b47 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/session/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/session/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod conn;
 mod counter;
 mod handle;
 
+use active::QueuedOutgoingMessages;
 pub use conn::EthRlpxConnection;
 pub use handle::{
     ActiveSessionHandle, ActiveSessionMessage, PendingSessionEvent, PendingSessionHandle,
@@ -495,7 +496,9 @@ impl SessionManager {
                     internal_request_tx: ReceiverStream::new(messages_rx).fuse(),
                     inflight_requests: Default::default(),
                     conn,
-                    queued_outgoing: Default::default(),
+                    queued_outgoing: QueuedOutgoingMessages::new(
+                        self.metrics.queued_outgoing_messages.clone(),
+                    ),
                     received_requests_from_remote: Default::default(),
                     internal_request_timeout_interval: tokio::time::interval(
                         self.initial_internal_request_timeout,