diff --git a/src/lib/db/index.ts b/src/lib/db/index.ts
index 6d2d41e4e0..d704c7c4a5 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/index.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { createOnboardingReadModel } from '../features/onboarding/createOnboardi
 import { UserUnsubscribeStore } from '../features/user-subscriptions/user-unsubscribe-store';
 import { UserSubscriptionsReadModel } from '../features/user-subscriptions/user-subscriptions-read-model';
 import { UniqueConnectionStore } from '../features/unique-connection/unique-connection-store';
+import { UniqueConnectionReadModel } from '../features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model';
 
 export const createStores = (
     config: IUnleashConfig,
@@ -187,6 +188,9 @@ export const createStores = (
         userUnsubscribeStore: new UserUnsubscribeStore(db),
         userSubscriptionsReadModel: new UserSubscriptionsReadModel(db),
         uniqueConnectionStore: new UniqueConnectionStore(db),
+        uniqueConnectionReadModel: new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+            new UniqueConnectionStore(db),
+        ),
     };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lib/features/unique-connection/hyperloglog-config.ts b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/hyperloglog-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e853a1ed15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/hyperloglog-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// HyperLogLog will create 2^n registers
+export const REGISTERS_EXPONENT = 12;
diff --git a/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model-type.ts b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..480181591f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export interface IUniqueConnectionReadModel {
+    getStats(): Promise<{ previous: number; current: number }>;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec63a43dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import type {
+    IUniqueConnectionReadModel,
+    IUniqueConnectionStore,
+} from '../../types';
+
+import HyperLogLog from 'hyperloglog-lite';
+import { REGISTERS_EXPONENT } from './hyperloglog-config';
+
+export class UniqueConnectionReadModel implements IUniqueConnectionReadModel {
+    private uniqueConnectionStore: IUniqueConnectionStore;
+
+    constructor(uniqueConnectionStore: IUniqueConnectionStore) {
+        this.uniqueConnectionStore = uniqueConnectionStore;
+    }
+
+    async getStats() {
+        const [previous, current] = await Promise.all([
+            this.uniqueConnectionStore.get('previous'),
+            this.uniqueConnectionStore.get('current'),
+        ]);
+        const previousHll = HyperLogLog(REGISTERS_EXPONENT);
+        if (previous) {
+            previousHll.merge({ n: REGISTERS_EXPONENT, buckets: previous.hll });
+        }
+        const currentHll = HyperLogLog(REGISTERS_EXPONENT);
+        if (current) {
+            currentHll.merge({ n: REGISTERS_EXPONENT, buckets: current.hll });
+        }
+        return { previous: previousHll.count(), current: currentHll.count() };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.test.ts b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.test.ts
index 6ab0676ffa..572e510a6c 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { IFlagResolver } from '../../types';
 import { SDK_CONNECTION_ID_RECEIVED } from '../../metric-events';
 import { addHours } from 'date-fns';
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
+import { UniqueConnectionReadModel } from './unique-connection-read-model';
 
 const alwaysOnFlagResolver = {
     isEnabled() {
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ test('sync first current bucket', async () => {
         { uniqueConnectionStore },
         config,
     );
+    const uniqueConnectionReadModel = new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+        uniqueConnectionStore,
+    );
     uniqueConnectionService.listen();
 
     eventBus.emit(SDK_CONNECTION_ID_RECEIVED, 'connection1');
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ test('sync first current bucket', async () => {
 
     await uniqueConnectionService.sync();
 
-    const stats = await uniqueConnectionService.getStats();
+    const stats = await uniqueConnectionReadModel.getStats();
     expect(stats).toEqual({ previous: 0, current: 2 });
 });
 
@@ -43,6 +47,9 @@ test('sync first previous bucket', async () => {
         config,
     );
     uniqueConnectionService.listen();
+    const uniqueConnectionReadModel = new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+        uniqueConnectionStore,
+    );
 
     eventBus.emit(SDK_CONNECTION_ID_RECEIVED, 'connection1');
     eventBus.emit(SDK_CONNECTION_ID_RECEIVED, 'connection2');
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ test('sync first previous bucket', async () => {
 
     await uniqueConnectionService.sync(addHours(new Date(), 1));
 
-    const stats = await uniqueConnectionService.getStats();
+    const stats = await uniqueConnectionReadModel.getStats();
     expect(stats).toEqual({ previous: 3, current: 0 });
 });
 
@@ -66,6 +73,9 @@ test('sync to existing current bucket from the same service', async () => {
         config,
     );
     uniqueConnectionService.listen();
+    const uniqueConnectionReadModel = new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+        uniqueConnectionStore,
+    );
 
     uniqueConnectionService.count('connection1');
     uniqueConnectionService.count('connection2');
@@ -75,7 +85,7 @@ test('sync to existing current bucket from the same service', async () => {
     uniqueConnectionService.count('connection1');
     uniqueConnectionService.count('connection3');
 
-    const stats = await uniqueConnectionService.getStats();
+    const stats = await uniqueConnectionReadModel.getStats();
     expect(stats).toEqual({ previous: 0, current: 3 });
 });
 
@@ -95,6 +105,9 @@ test('sync to existing current bucket from another service', async () => {
         { uniqueConnectionStore },
         config,
     );
+    const uniqueConnectionReadModel = new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+        uniqueConnectionStore,
+    );
 
     uniqueConnectionService1.count('connection1');
     uniqueConnectionService1.count('connection2');
@@ -104,10 +117,8 @@ test('sync to existing current bucket from another service', async () => {
     uniqueConnectionService2.count('connection3');
     await uniqueConnectionService2.sync();
 
-    const stats1 = await uniqueConnectionService1.getStats();
-    expect(stats1).toEqual({ previous: 0, current: 3 });
-    const stats2 = await uniqueConnectionService2.getStats();
-    expect(stats2).toEqual({ previous: 0, current: 3 });
+    const stats = await uniqueConnectionReadModel.getStats();
+    expect(stats).toEqual({ previous: 0, current: 3 });
 });
 
 test('sync to existing previous bucket from another service', async () => {
@@ -118,6 +129,9 @@ test('sync to existing previous bucket from another service', async () => {
         eventBus: eventBus,
     };
     const uniqueConnectionStore = new FakeUniqueConnectionStore();
+    const uniqueConnectionReadModel = new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+        uniqueConnectionStore,
+    );
     const uniqueConnectionService1 = new UniqueConnectionService(
         { uniqueConnectionStore },
         config,
@@ -135,10 +149,8 @@ test('sync to existing previous bucket from another service', async () => {
     uniqueConnectionService2.count('connection3');
     await uniqueConnectionService2.sync(addHours(new Date(), 1));
 
-    const stats1 = await uniqueConnectionService1.getStats();
-    expect(stats1).toEqual({ previous: 3, current: 0 });
-    const stats2 = await uniqueConnectionService2.getStats();
-    expect(stats2).toEqual({ previous: 3, current: 0 });
+    const stats = await uniqueConnectionReadModel.getStats();
+    expect(stats).toEqual({ previous: 3, current: 0 });
 });
 
 test('populate previous and current', async () => {
@@ -149,6 +161,9 @@ test('populate previous and current', async () => {
         { uniqueConnectionStore },
         config,
     );
+    const uniqueConnectionReadModel = new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+        uniqueConnectionStore,
+    );
 
     uniqueConnectionService.count('connection1');
     uniqueConnectionService.count('connection2');
@@ -164,6 +179,6 @@ test('populate previous and current', async () => {
     await uniqueConnectionService.sync(addHours(new Date(), 1));
     await uniqueConnectionService.sync(addHours(new Date(), 1)); // deliberate duplicate call
 
-    const stats = await uniqueConnectionService.getStats();
+    const stats = await uniqueConnectionReadModel.getStats();
     expect(stats).toEqual({ previous: 3, current: 2 });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.ts b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.ts
index f49903bd45..c8ad19b8cf 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-service.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import type { IUniqueConnectionStore } from './unique-connection-store-type';
 import HyperLogLog from 'hyperloglog-lite';
 import type EventEmitter from 'events';
 import { SDK_CONNECTION_ID_RECEIVED } from '../../metric-events';
-
-// HyperLogLog will create 2^n registers
-const n = 12;
+import { REGISTERS_EXPONENT } from './hyperloglog-config';
 
 export class UniqueConnectionService {
     private logger: Logger;
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ export class UniqueConnectionService {
 
     private activeHour: number;
 
-    private hll = HyperLogLog(n);
+    private hll = HyperLogLog(REGISTERS_EXPONENT);
 
     constructor(
         {
@@ -44,22 +42,6 @@ export class UniqueConnectionService {
         this.hll.add(HyperLogLog.hash(connectionId));
     }
 
-    async getStats() {
-        const [previous, current] = await Promise.all([
-            this.uniqueConnectionStore.get('previous'),
-            this.uniqueConnectionStore.get('current'),
-        ]);
-        const previousHll = HyperLogLog(n);
-        if (previous) {
-            previousHll.merge({ n, buckets: previous.hll });
-        }
-        const currentHll = HyperLogLog(n);
-        if (current) {
-            currentHll.merge({ n, buckets: current.hll });
-        }
-        return { previous: previousHll.count(), current: currentHll.count() };
-    }
-
     async sync(currentTime = new Date()): Promise<void> {
         if (!this.flagResolver.isEnabled('uniqueSdkTracking')) return;
 
@@ -68,7 +50,10 @@ export class UniqueConnectionService {
 
         if (this.activeHour !== currentHour && currentBucket) {
             if (currentBucket.updatedAt.getHours() < currentHour) {
-                this.hll.merge({ n, buckets: currentBucket.hll });
+                this.hll.merge({
+                    n: REGISTERS_EXPONENT,
+                    buckets: currentBucket.hll,
+                });
                 await this.uniqueConnectionStore.insert({
                     hll: this.hll.output().buckets,
                     id: 'previous',
@@ -77,7 +62,10 @@ export class UniqueConnectionService {
                 const previousBucket =
                     await this.uniqueConnectionStore.get('previous');
                 if (previousBucket) {
-                    this.hll.merge({ n, buckets: previousBucket.hll });
+                    this.hll.merge({
+                        n: REGISTERS_EXPONENT,
+                        buckets: previousBucket.hll,
+                    });
                 }
                 await this.uniqueConnectionStore.insert({
                     hll: this.hll.output().buckets,
@@ -86,9 +74,12 @@ export class UniqueConnectionService {
             }
 
             this.activeHour = currentHour;
-            this.hll = HyperLogLog(n);
+            this.hll = HyperLogLog(REGISTERS_EXPONENT);
         } else if (currentBucket) {
-            this.hll.merge({ n, buckets: currentBucket.hll });
+            this.hll.merge({
+                n: REGISTERS_EXPONENT,
+                buckets: currentBucket.hll,
+            });
         }
 
         await this.uniqueConnectionStore.insert({
diff --git a/src/lib/metrics.ts b/src/lib/metrics.ts
index 02b1373336..e504d6e30d 100644
--- a/src/lib/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/metrics.ts
@@ -269,6 +269,18 @@ export function registerPrometheusMetrics(
         },
     });
 
+    dbMetrics.registerGaugeDbMetric({
+        name: 'unique_sdk_connections_total',
+        help: 'The number of unique SDK connections for the full previous hour across all instances. Available only for SDKs reporting `unleash-x-connection-id`',
+        query: () => {
+            if (flagResolver.isEnabled('uniqueSdkTracking')) {
+                return stores.uniqueConnectionReadModel.getStats();
+            }
+            return Promise.resolve({ current: 0, previous: 0 });
+        },
+        map: (result) => ({ value: result.previous }),
+    });
+
     const featureTogglesArchivedTotal = createGauge({
         name: 'feature_toggles_archived_total',
         help: 'Number of archived feature flags',
diff --git a/src/lib/types/stores.ts b/src/lib/types/stores.ts
index 710b842d48..baf3768e2b 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/stores.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/stores.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import { IOnboardingStore } from '../features/onboarding/onboarding-store-type';
 import type { IUserUnsubscribeStore } from '../features/user-subscriptions/user-unsubscribe-store-type';
 import type { IUserSubscriptionsReadModel } from '../features/user-subscriptions/user-subscriptions-read-model-type';
 import { IUniqueConnectionStore } from '../features/unique-connection/unique-connection-store-type';
+import { IUniqueConnectionReadModel } from '../features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model-type';
 
 export interface IUnleashStores {
     accessStore: IAccessStore;
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ export interface IUnleashStores {
     userUnsubscribeStore: IUserUnsubscribeStore;
     userSubscriptionsReadModel: IUserSubscriptionsReadModel;
     uniqueConnectionStore: IUniqueConnectionStore;
+    uniqueConnectionReadModel: IUniqueConnectionReadModel;
 }
 
 export {
@@ -168,4 +170,5 @@ export {
     IOnboardingStore,
     type IUserSubscriptionsReadModel,
     IUniqueConnectionStore,
+    IUniqueConnectionReadModel,
 };
diff --git a/src/test/fixtures/store.ts b/src/test/fixtures/store.ts
index 21038c30f1..d4b0d7b10a 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures/store.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures/store.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { createFakeOnboardingReadModel } from '../../lib/features/onboarding/cre
 import { FakeUserUnsubscribeStore } from '../../lib/features/user-subscriptions/fake-user-unsubscribe-store';
 import { FakeUserSubscriptionsReadModel } from '../../lib/features/user-subscriptions/fake-user-subscriptions-read-model';
 import { FakeUniqueConnectionStore } from '../../lib/features/unique-connection/fake-unique-connection-store';
+import { UniqueConnectionReadModel } from '../../lib/features/unique-connection/unique-connection-read-model';
 
 const db = {
     select: () => ({
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ const db = {
 };
 
 const createStores: () => IUnleashStores = () => {
+    const uniqueConnectionStore = new FakeUniqueConnectionStore();
+
     return {
         db,
         clientApplicationsStore: new FakeClientApplicationsStore(),
@@ -122,7 +125,10 @@ const createStores: () => IUnleashStores = () => {
         onboardingStore: new FakeOnboardingStore(),
         userUnsubscribeStore: new FakeUserUnsubscribeStore(),
         userSubscriptionsReadModel: new FakeUserSubscriptionsReadModel(),
-        uniqueConnectionStore: new FakeUniqueConnectionStore(),
+        uniqueConnectionStore,
+        uniqueConnectionReadModel: new UniqueConnectionReadModel(
+            uniqueConnectionStore,
+        ),
     };
 };