diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/QueryField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/QueryField.tsx
index 6c43346b531..fe226fcb6ff 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/QueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/QueryEditor/QueryField.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 
 import { QueryEditorProps, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
-import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { config, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   Badge,
   FileDropzone,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class TempoQueryFieldComponent extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { query, onChange, datasource } = this.props;
+    const { query, onChange, datasource, app } = this.props;
 
     const logsDatasourceUid = datasource.getLokiSearchDS();
 
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ class TempoQueryFieldComponent extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
               options={queryTypeOptions}
               value={query.queryType}
               onChange={(v) => {
+                reportInteraction('grafana_traces_query_type_changed', {
+                  datasourceType: 'tempo',
+                  app: app ?? '',
+                  newQueryType: v,
+                  previousQueryType: query.queryType ?? '',
+                });
+
                 this.onClearResults();
 
                 onChange({
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.test.ts
index 36d5d2c8531..e692163b64a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ import { BackendDataSourceResponse, FetchResponse, setBackendSrv, setDataSourceS
 import { DEFAULT_LIMIT, TempoJsonData, TempoDatasource, TempoQuery } from './datasource';
 import mockJson from './mockJsonResponse.json';
 
+jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => {
+  return {
+    ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
+    reportInteraction: jest.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
 describe('Tempo data source', () => {
   // Mock the console error so that running the test suite doesnt throw the error
   const origError = console.error;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts
index 87057f9e079..2ee50f259bf 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   BackendSrvRequest,
   DataSourceWithBackend,
   getBackendSrv,
+  reportInteraction,
   TemplateSrv,
   getTemplateSrv,
 } from '@grafana/runtime';
@@ -159,6 +160,15 @@ export class TempoDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<TempoQuery, TempoJson
 
     if (targets.nativeSearch?.length) {
       try {
+        reportInteraction('grafana_traces_search_queried', {
+          datasourceType: 'tempo',
+          app: options.app ?? '',
+          serviceName: targets.nativeSearch[0].serviceName ?? '',
+          spanName: targets.nativeSearch[0].spanName ?? '',
+          limit: targets.nativeSearch[0].limit ?? '',
+          search: targets.nativeSearch[0].search ?? '',
+        });
+
         const timeRange = config.featureToggles.tempoBackendSearch
           ? { startTime: options.range.from.unix(), endTime: options.range.to.unix() }
           : undefined;
@@ -199,6 +209,12 @@ export class TempoDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<TempoQuery, TempoJson
     }
 
     if (targets.traceId?.length > 0) {
+      reportInteraction('grafana_traces_traceID_queried', {
+        datasourceType: 'tempo',
+        app: options.app ?? '',
+        query: targets.traceId[0].query ?? '',
+      });
+
       subQueries.push(this.handleTraceIdQuery(options, targets.traceId));
     }