diff --git a/scope.go b/scope.go
index 1418348d..4e0e21d0 100644
--- a/scope.go
+++ b/scope.go
@@ -660,6 +660,12 @@ type HistogramSnapshot interface {
 
 	// Durations returns the sample values by upper bound for a durationHistogram
 	Durations() map[time.Duration]int64
+
+	// NumValues returns the number of values which were emitted by this metric
+	NumValues() int64
+
+	// NumDurations returns the number of values which were emitted by this metric
+	NumDurations() int64
 }
 
 // mergeRightTags merges 2 sets of tags with the tags from tagsRight overriding values from tagsLeft
@@ -792,3 +798,19 @@ func (s *histogramSnapshot) Values() map[float64]int64 {
 func (s *histogramSnapshot) Durations() map[time.Duration]int64 {
 	return s.durations
 }
+
+func (s *histogramSnapshot) NumValues() int64 {
+	valCounter := 0
+	for _, val := range s.values {
+		valCounter += int(val)
+	}
+	return int64(valCounter)
+}
+
+func (s *histogramSnapshot) NumDurations() int64 {
+	durationCounter := 0
+	for _, val := range s.durations {
+		durationCounter += int(val)
+	}
+	return int64(durationCounter)
+}
diff --git a/scope_test.go b/scope_test.go
index 70d91aaa..17873db5 100644
--- a/scope_test.go
+++ b/scope_test.go
@@ -1147,6 +1147,8 @@ func TestSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 				)
 				assert.EqualValues(t, map[time.Duration]int64(nil), histograms["foo.fizz+env=test"].Durations())
 				assert.EqualValues(t, commonTags, histograms["foo.fizz+env=test"].Tags())
+				assert.Equal(t, histograms["foo.fizz+env=test"].NumValues(), int64(2))
+				fmt.Println(histograms["foo.fizz+env=test"].NumDurations())
 
 				assert.EqualValues(t, map[float64]int64(nil), histograms["foo.buzz+env=test"].Values())
 				assert.EqualValues(