diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarItem.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarItem.tsx
index 8abff2d09df..c0d6490d623 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarItem.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarItem.tsx
@@ -54,15 +54,14 @@ const NavBarItem = ({
 
   const onNavigate = (item: NavModelItem) => {
     const { url, target, onClick } = item;
-    if (!url) {
-      onClick?.();
-      return;
-    }
+    onClick?.();
 
-    if (!target && url.startsWith('/')) {
-      locationService.push(locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(url));
-    } else {
-      window.open(url, target);
+    if (url) {
+      if (!target && url.startsWith('/')) {
+        locationService.push(locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(url));
+      } else {
+        window.open(url, target);
+      }
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarMenu.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarMenu.tsx
index 12c826aa3ca..750f86dd091 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarMenu.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import CSSTransition from 'react-transition-group/CSSTransition';
 import { useLocalStorage } from 'react-use';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
+import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { CollapsableSection, CustomScrollbar, Icon, IconButton, IconName, useStyles2, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { Branding } from '../../Branding/Branding';
@@ -64,7 +65,14 @@ export function NavBarMenu({ activeItem, isOpen, navItems, onClose, setMenuAnima
                 variant="secondary"
               />
             </div>
-            <NavBarToggle className={styles.menuCollapseIcon} isExpanded={isOpen} onClick={onClose} />
+            <NavBarToggle
+              className={styles.menuCollapseIcon}
+              isExpanded={isOpen}
+              onClick={() => {
+                reportInteraction('grafana_navigation_collapsed');
+                onClose();
+              }}
+            />
             <nav className={styles.content}>
               <CustomScrollbar hideHorizontalTrack>
                 <ul className={styles.itemList}>
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarNext.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarNext.tsx
index 47dec60eb9f..b7e93db15a1 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarNext.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/Next/NavBarNext.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, NavModelItem, NavSection } from '@grafana/data';
-import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { config, locationService, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Icon, IconName, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Branding } from 'app/core/components/Branding/Branding';
 import { getKioskMode } from 'app/core/navigation/kiosk';
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ import { KioskMode, StoreState } from 'app/types';
 
 import { OrgSwitcher } from '../../OrgSwitcher';
 import { NavBarContext } from '../context';
-import { enrichConfigItems, getActiveItem, isMatchOrChildMatch, isSearchActive, SEARCH_ITEM_ID } from '../utils';
+import {
+  enrichConfigItems,
+  enrichWithInteractionTracking,
+  getActiveItem,
+  isMatchOrChildMatch,
+  isSearchActive,
+  SEARCH_ITEM_ID,
+} from '../utils';
 
 import NavBarItem from './NavBarItem';
 import { NavBarItemWithoutMenu } from './NavBarItemWithoutMenu';
@@ -27,21 +34,6 @@ const onOpenSearch = () => {
   locationService.partial({ search: 'open' });
 };
 
-const searchItem: NavModelItem = {
-  id: SEARCH_ITEM_ID,
-  onClick: onOpenSearch,
-  text: 'Search dashboards',
-  icon: 'search',
-};
-
-// Here we need to hack in a "home" NavModelItem since this is constructed in the frontend
-const homeItem: NavModelItem = {
-  id: 'home',
-  text: 'Home',
-  url: config.appSubUrl || '/',
-  icon: 'grafana',
-};
-
 export const NavBarNext = React.memo(() => {
   const navBarTree = useSelector((state: StoreState) => state.navBarTree);
   const theme = useTheme2();
@@ -49,23 +41,50 @@ export const NavBarNext = React.memo(() => {
   const location = useLocation();
   const kiosk = getKioskMode();
   const [showSwitcherModal, setShowSwitcherModal] = useState(false);
+  const [menuOpen, setMenuOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [menuAnimationInProgress, setMenuAnimationInProgress] = useState(false);
+  const [menuIdOpen, setMenuIdOpen] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
+
   const toggleSwitcherModal = () => {
     setShowSwitcherModal(!showSwitcherModal);
   };
-  const navTree = cloneDeep(navBarTree);
-  navTree.unshift(homeItem);
 
-  const coreItems = navTree.filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Core);
-  const pluginItems = navTree.filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Plugin);
+  // Here we need to hack in a "home" and "search" NavModelItem since this is constructed in the frontend
+  const searchItem: NavModelItem = enrichWithInteractionTracking(
+    {
+      id: SEARCH_ITEM_ID,
+      onClick: onOpenSearch,
+      text: 'Search dashboards',
+      icon: 'search',
+    },
+    menuOpen
+  );
+
+  const homeItem: NavModelItem = enrichWithInteractionTracking(
+    {
+      id: 'home',
+      text: 'Home',
+      url: config.appSubUrl || '/',
+      icon: 'grafana',
+    },
+    menuOpen
+  );
+
+  const navTree = cloneDeep(navBarTree);
+
+  const coreItems = navTree
+    .filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Core)
+    .map((item) => enrichWithInteractionTracking(item, menuOpen));
+  const pluginItems = navTree
+    .filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Plugin)
+    .map((item) => enrichWithInteractionTracking(item, menuOpen));
   const configItems = enrichConfigItems(
     navTree.filter((item) => item.section === NavSection.Config),
     location,
     toggleSwitcherModal
-  );
+  ).map((item) => enrichWithInteractionTracking(item, menuOpen));
+
   const activeItem = isSearchActive(location) ? searchItem : getActiveItem(navTree, location.pathname);
-  const [menuOpen, setMenuOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [menuAnimationInProgress, setMenuAnimationInProgress] = useState(false);
-  const [menuIdOpen, setMenuIdOpen] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
   if (kiosk !== KioskMode.Off) {
     return null;
@@ -87,16 +106,20 @@ export const NavBarNext = React.memo(() => {
             <NavBarToggle
               className={styles.menuExpandIcon}
               isExpanded={menuOpen}
-              onClick={() => setMenuOpen(!menuOpen)}
+              onClick={() => {
+                reportInteraction('grafana_navigation_expanded');
+                setMenuOpen(true);
+              }}
             />
 
             <NavBarMenuPortalContainer />
 
             <NavBarItemWithoutMenu
               elClassName={styles.grafanaLogoInner}
-              label="Home"
+              label={homeItem.text}
               className={styles.grafanaLogo}
               url={homeItem.url}
+              onClick={homeItem.onClick}
             >
               <Branding.MenuLogo />
             </NavBarItemWithoutMenu>
@@ -111,7 +134,7 @@ export const NavBarNext = React.memo(() => {
                   <NavBarItem
                     key={`${link.id}-${index}`}
                     isActive={isMatchOrChildMatch(link, activeItem)}
-                    link={{ ...link, subTitle: undefined, onClick: undefined }}
+                    link={{ ...link, subTitle: undefined }}
                   >
                     {link.icon && <Icon name={link.icon as IconName} size="xl" />}
                     {link.img && <img src={link.img} alt={`${link.text} logo`} />}
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts
index 83bc8705c44..af29773bca7 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavBar/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Location } from 'history';
 
 import { NavModelItem, NavSection } from '@grafana/data';
+import { reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { getConfig } from 'app/core/config';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export const enrichConfigItems = (
       link.children = [
         ...getFooterLinks(),
         {
+          id: 'keyboard-shortcuts',
           text: 'Keyboard shortcuts',
           icon: 'keyboard',
           onClick: onOpenShortcuts,
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ export const enrichConfigItems = (
       link.children = [
         ...menuItems,
         {
+          id: 'switch-organization',
           text: 'Switch organization',
           icon: 'arrow-random',
           onClick: toggleOrgSwitcher,
@@ -80,6 +83,21 @@ export const enrichConfigItems = (
   return items;
 };
 
+export const enrichWithInteractionTracking = (item: NavModelItem, expandedState: boolean) => {
+  const onClick = item.onClick;
+  item.onClick = () => {
+    reportInteraction('grafana_navigation_item_clicked', {
+      path: item.url ?? item.id,
+      state: expandedState ? 'expanded' : 'collapsed',
+    });
+    onClick?.();
+  };
+  if (item.children) {
+    item.children = item.children.map((item) => enrichWithInteractionTracking(item, expandedState));
+  }
+  return item;
+};
+
 export const isMatchOrChildMatch = (itemToCheck: NavModelItem, searchItem?: NavModelItem) => {
   return Boolean(itemToCheck === searchItem || itemToCheck.children?.some((child) => child === searchItem));
 };