diff --git a/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx b/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx
index 4948504c077..7e1b9c141ce 100644
--- a/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/trails/ActionTabs/MetricOverviewScene.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { Stack, Text, TextLink } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 
+import { getUnitFromMetric } from '../AutomaticMetricQueries/units';
 import { MetricScene } from '../MetricScene';
 import { StatusWrapper } from '../StatusWrapper';
 import { reportExploreMetrics } from '../interactions';
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ export class MetricOverviewScene extends SceneObjectBase<MetricOverviewSceneStat
     const variable = model.getVariable();
     const { loading: labelsLoading, options: labelOptions } = variable.useState();
 
+    // Get unit name from the metric name
+    const metricScene = getMetricSceneFor(model);
+    const metric = metricScene.state.metric;
+    let unit = getUnitFromMetric(metric) ?? 'Unknown';
     return (
       <StatusWrapper isLoading={labelsLoading || metadataLoading}>
         <Stack gap={6}>
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ export class MetricOverviewScene extends SceneObjectBase<MetricOverviewSceneStat
                 <div>{metadata?.unit}</div>
               ) : (
                 <i>
-                  <Trans>Unknown</Trans>
+                  <Trans>{unit}</Trans>
                 </i>
               )}
             </Stack>
diff --git a/public/app/features/trails/AutomaticMetricQueries/units.test.ts b/public/app/features/trails/AutomaticMetricQueries/units.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15f61988690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/trails/AutomaticMetricQueries/units.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { getUnitFromMetric } from './units';
+
+// Tests for units
+describe('getUnitFromMetric', () => {
+  it('should return the last part of the metric if it is a valid unit', () => {
+    expect(getUnitFromMetric('go_gc_gomemlimit_bytes')).toBe('bytes');
+    expect(getUnitFromMetric('go_gc_duration_seconds')).toBe('seconds');
+  });
+
+  it('should return the second to last part of the metric if it is a valid unit', () => {
+    expect(getUnitFromMetric('go_gc_heap_allocs_by_size_bytes_count')).toBe('bytes');
+    expect(getUnitFromMetric('go_cpu_classes_gc_mark_assist_cpu_seconds_total')).toBe('seconds');
+  });
+
+  it('should return null if no valid unit is found', () => {
+    expect(getUnitFromMetric('ALERTS')).toBe(null);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/trails/AutomaticMetricQueries/units.ts b/public/app/features/trails/AutomaticMetricQueries/units.ts
index 5a150809b1e..e025d41af2d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/trails/AutomaticMetricQueries/units.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/trails/AutomaticMetricQueries/units.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 const DEFAULT_UNIT = 'short';
 
+// Get unit from metric name (e.g. "go_gc_duration_seconds" -> "seconds")
+export function getUnitFromMetric(metric: string) {
+  const metricParts = metric.split('_');
+  const suffix = metricParts.at(-1) ?? '';
+  const secondToLastSuffix = metricParts.at(-2) ?? '';
+  if (UNIT_LIST.includes(suffix)) {
+    return suffix;
+  } else if (UNIT_LIST.includes(secondToLastSuffix)) {
+    return secondToLastSuffix;
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+// Get Grafana unit for a panel (e.g. "go_gc_duration_seconds" -> "s")
 export function getUnit(metricPart: string | undefined) {
   return (metricPart && UNIT_MAP[metricPart]) || DEFAULT_UNIT;
 }
@@ -9,6 +24,8 @@ const UNIT_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
   seconds: 's',
 };
 
+const UNIT_LIST = ['bytes', 'seconds'];
+
 const RATE_UNIT_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
   bytes: 'Bps', // bytes per second
   seconds: 'short', // seconds per second is unitless -- this may indicate a count of some resource that is active
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 9885a315581..ce8d0076cc6 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "_comment": "The code is the source of truth for English phrases. They should be updated in the components directly, and additional plurals specified in this file.",
+  "{unit}": "{unit}",
   "access-control": {
     "add-permission": {
       "role-label": "Role",
diff --git a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
index 4b0ac98fbba..f3b8135be83 100644
--- a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "_comment": "Ŧĥę čőđę įş ŧĥę şőūřčę őƒ ŧřūŧĥ ƒőř Ēʼnģľįşĥ pĥřäşęş. Ŧĥęy şĥőūľđ þę ūpđäŧęđ įʼn ŧĥę čőmpőʼnęʼnŧş đįřęčŧľy, äʼnđ äđđįŧįőʼnäľ pľūřäľş şpęčįƒįęđ įʼn ŧĥįş ƒįľę.",
+  "{unit}": "{ūʼnįŧ}",
   "access-control": {
     "add-permission": {
       "role-label": "Ŗőľę",