diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb
index 06e46595b95798325a31c0ece29281ba667b53d3..a69678a4422e6dcab3ebfa31cd4c3ac29d88e10e 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/create_service.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module MergeRequests
       issuable.cache_merge_request_closes_issues!(current_user)
       create_pipeline_for(issuable, current_user)
       issuable.update_head_pipeline
+      Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::MergeRequestCounter.count(:create)
 
       super
     end
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/id-code-review-smau.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/id-code-review-smau.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0bc7bca789bea1226295c2dc2e346269f5dfcdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/id-code-review-smau.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add usage pings for merge request creating
+merge_request: 32059
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/usage_data.rb b/lib/gitlab/usage_data.rb
index 353298e67b31cc42a8e2606308cd9faa2c94a6c0..a93301cb4ce2192807de310e7aa3d5a1094d92fe 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/usage_data.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/usage_data.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ module Gitlab
          Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::SnippetCounter,
          Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::SearchCounter,
          Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::CycleAnalyticsCounter,
-         Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::SourceCodeCounter
+         Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::SourceCodeCounter,
+         Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::MergeRequestCounter
         ]
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/merge_request_counter.rb b/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/merge_request_counter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e786e595f77e64e3fc712229e19044f46a1e1475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/merge_request_counter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Gitlab
+  module UsageDataCounters
+    class MergeRequestCounter < BaseCounter
+      KNOWN_EVENTS = %w[create].freeze
+      PREFIX = 'merge_request'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/merge_request_counter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/merge_request_counter_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4be4a6612609788890e2c2d07454422b312a3504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/usage_data_counters/merge_request_counter_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::MergeRequestCounter do
+  it_behaves_like 'a redis usage counter', 'Merge Request', :create
+
+  it_behaves_like 'a redis usage counter with totals', :merge_request, create: 5
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/usage_data_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/usage_data_spec.rb
index dda119e09b1e2c22784325152859bb34a740c7fd..b3a179e276b617f79d7788c124df3b262d8556a2 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/usage_data_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/usage_data_spec.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ describe Gitlab::UsageData do
         snippet_update: a_kind_of(Integer),
         snippet_comment: a_kind_of(Integer),
         merge_request_comment: a_kind_of(Integer),
+        merge_request_create: a_kind_of(Integer),
         commit_comment: a_kind_of(Integer),
         wiki_pages_create: a_kind_of(Integer),
         wiki_pages_update: a_kind_of(Integer),
diff --git a/spec/services/merge_requests/create_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/merge_requests/create_service_spec.rb
index ed48f4b1e44babd1b19bb10d012c75a17f9a775f..699f2a98088ef7534d4ab959e0287a322621d423 100644
--- a/spec/services/merge_requests/create_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/merge_requests/create_service_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe MergeRequests::CreateService do
+describe MergeRequests::CreateService, :clean_gitlab_redis_shared_state do
   include ProjectForksHelper
 
   let(:project) { create(:project, :repository) }
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ describe MergeRequests::CreateService do
           end
         end
       end
+
+      it 'increments the usage data counter of create event' do
+        counter = Gitlab::UsageDataCounters::MergeRequestCounter
+
+        expect { service.execute }.to change { counter.read(:create) }.by(1)
+      end
     end
 
     it_behaves_like 'new issuable record that supports quick actions' do