diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index 580d7ffb67dea9..e53236b29f8665 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -1992,6 +1992,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ShrinkAncientStats {
     pub(crate) many_refs_old_alive: AtomicU64,
     pub(crate) slots_eligible_to_shrink: AtomicU64,
     pub(crate) total_dead_bytes: AtomicU64,
+    pub(crate) total_alive_bytes: AtomicU64,
     pub(crate) ideal_storage_size: AtomicU64,
 }
 
@@ -2340,6 +2341,11 @@ impl ShrinkAncientStats {
                 self.total_dead_bytes.swap(0, Ordering::Relaxed),
                 i64
             ),
+            (
+                "total_alive_bytes",
+                self.total_alive_bytes.swap(0, Ordering::Relaxed),
+                i64
+            ),
             (
                 "slots_considered",
                 self.slots_considered.swap(0, Ordering::Relaxed) as i64,
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs b/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs
index 2ae2178922cc95..c10bd923876545 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs
@@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         self.shrink_ancient_stats
             .total_dead_bytes
             .fetch_add(total_dead_bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.shrink_ancient_stats
+            .total_alive_bytes
+            .fetch_add(total_alive_bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
         if randoms > 0 {
             self.shrink_ancient_stats
                 .random_shrink